Battlefield 5 Notebook and Desktop Benchmarks

As we mentioned earlier, Battlefield V looks great, but it largely looks no better than its predecessor. That does not matter though as the game looks extremely detailed for a title released in 2018 and is a visually impressive first-person shooter. Textures are mostly, but not always, first class. Specifically, structured surfaces like soil are rendered in greater detail on Battlefield V than in other games and often include accumulations of stones etc. Moreover, the effects are convincing, be that smoke, sparks or explosions. The lighting looks stylish too, while the destructible environments add to the game’s realism and are rarely replicated by Battlefield V’s competitors. The excellent physics system ties all this together into an impressive package that offers an entertaining experience. The maps are well-designed for multiplayer too.

Overall, Battlefield is a visually impressive spectacle that reminds us of earlier titles in the Call of Duty series. By contrast, Black Ops 4 can neither match its predecessor nor Battlefield V for atmosphere, which the latter has in abundance.

We also applaud the developers for the game’s extensive graphics menu, which has been divided into Basic and Advanced modes. The menu includes over 30 settings, but the ones that we are most excited about are in the expanded menu. There you will find a DirectX 12 mode, which should push systems harder than DirectX 11 and an HDR option that enables V-Sync and a frame rate limit of up to 200 FPS. Unfortunately, we could not entirely disable the latter option, although few graphics cards can achieve optimal performance with HDR fully on even at minimum graphics settings.

Please note, the Frostbite engine will use downsampling or upscaling to render the game if the resolution scaling is not set to 100%. We would also recommend disabling the ‘Future Frame Rendering’ option for a better gaming experience. We turned off the GPU memory restrictions for our tests too. There are also a few graphics presets for those who do not want to mess about with fine tuning graphics settings.

In our experience, all graphics changes are effective immediately, except for ‘Future Frame Rendering’, which requires a restart. We have included screenshots below to demonstrate this, but unfortunately we do not have comparison images from Black Ops 4. Battlefield V currently takes up around 44 GB of storage, but we expect this to change when EA releases updates. We hope that the developers could improve loading times though, as they occasionally feel too long for our liking.

We decided to benchmark Battlefield V at the start of the Tirailleur campaign to achieve comparable results across systems and graphics settings. As demonstrated in the video below, the benchmark sequence runs for around a minute and comprises of a short pre-rendered section followed by a real-time action sequence. The latter part includes close-ups of characters, trees, vehicles and an explosion, which should stress most systems. We record frame rates with FRAPS, for reference.