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Crysis 2 Benchmarks

Crytec's intensive ego-shooter, Crysis 2, takes everything a high-end laptop graphics card has to offer and still hungers for more. In the following article, we will describe the hardware requirements of this game with various benchmarks.

How We Test

We decided to use the first mission from the single-player campaign (submarine scene) as our benchmark sequence. This scene may not be as demanding as the outdoor battles in later missions but it does give us a good idea about the performance. The recording starts as soon as the protagonist looks up at his colleague. After a short briefing, we ran the character down a red-lit corridor. The recording ended each time at the broken pipe.

800x600, High DX9, Radeon HD 5850
800x600, High DX9, Radeon HD 5850
1024x768,	High DX9, Radeon HD 5850
1024x768, High DX9, Radeon HD 5850
1366x768,	Very High DX9, Radeon HD 5850
1366x768, Very High DX9, Radeon HD 5850
1920x1080	, Extreme DX9, Radeon HD 5850
1920x1080 , Extreme DX9, Radeon HD 5850
1920x1080, Extreme DX11 High Res Textures, Radeon HD 5850
1920x1080, Extreme DX11 High Res Textures, Radeon HD 5850

Analysis of the Benchmarks

Crysis 2 always looks good regardless of what settings we pick. To run the game fluidly with high details at a modest resolution (1024x768 pixels or less), the user will need a middle-class GPU such as the Radeon HD 6650M or the GeForce GT 540M. 

Very high details and a resolution of 1366x768 pixels requires at least a Radeon HD 6770M or a GeForce GeForce GT 555M. 

The Extreme setting with a resolution of 1920x1080 pixels can only be run halfway well on high-end graphic cards such as the Radeon HD 6990M or the GeForce GTX 580M. 

Gamers who want the absolute best (Ultra-Preset + DirectX-11 + High-Res-Textures), need a dual-GPU system with two HD 6990Ms or two GTX 580Ms or a high-end desktop graphics card.

An overview of the games we have tested can be found here.

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PosModel< PrevNext >Crysis 2
 Crysis 2 (2011)
low
800x600
High
med.
1024x768
High
high
1366x768
Very High
ultra
1920x1080
Extreme
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI
100.2
100.1
92.5
AMD Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
100.2
100.2
95.9
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
102
102
101
82.3
AMD Radeon HD 7970
101.4
101.2
100.7
83.6
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590
101n2
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M
64
AMD Radeon HD 7870
101.5
101.1
101
63.2
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
106
105
107
68
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
103.7
103
101.05n2
48.75n2
AMD Radeon HD 7970M
101
102.2
102.8
54.25n2
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M SLI
347.8
239
141.4n2
68.25n2
AMD Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire
291.4
212.1
162.5
65.6
AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
190.5
134.4
103.6
43.3n2
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
42.6
AMD Radeon HD 6870
121
41.5n2
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470
126
44
ATI Radeon HD 5850
205.5
151.4
113.2
39.9
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M
100.2
100.1
97.8
36.3
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M
189.1
121.2n2
99.5n2
36n3
PosModel< PrevNext >Crysis 2
low med. high ultra
AMD Radeon HD 6990M
186.4
134.3
102n3
34n3
AMD Radeon HD 7770
101.3
100.8
85.7
33
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M
166.6
117.5
87.8
30.3
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB
87
31
AMD Radeon HD 6790
166
113
84
30
NVIDIA Quadro 5010M
81.6
28.2
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M
105.1
102
82.1n3
28.6n3
AMD Radeon HD 6970M
178.9
126.3
96.8
30.2
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570M
103.1
96.9
75.95n2
26.2n2
ATI Radeon HD 5770
73
26
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
72
26
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M
92
69.45n2
22.6n2
NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M
98.2
81.6
60.1n3
19.4n3
NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M
63.9
57.2
42.93
16.72
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M
115.6
79.3
59.4n3
20.1n3
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
59
22
ATI Radeon HD 4850
62.5n2
18.5n2
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M
104.45n2
71.35n2
52.3n2
17.95n2
NVIDIA GeForce GT 730M
63.7
54.4
40.97
14.81
NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M
69.6n2
56.85n2
46.7n2
14.65n2
PosModel< PrevNext >Crysis 2
low med. high ultra
AMD Radeon HD 7690M XT
88
54
44
17
AMD FirePro M5950
64.9
48.3
16
AMD Radeon HD 6770M
83.8
56.6
40.8
13.4
NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M
59.05n2
41.04n2
29.77n2
10.46n2
NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M
76.45n2
47.4n3
37.9n4
12.6n4
ATI Radeon HD 5670
101
68
50
16
AMD Radeon HD 6755G2
46.8
31.8
24
8.9
AMD Radeon HD 6750M
76.15n2
51.6n2
37.4n2
12.4n2
NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M
58.55n2
39.4n2
29.1n2
10.3n2
AMD Radeon HD 6740G2
51
34.5
25.8
AMD Radeon HD 6730M
56.3
38.6
28
11.6
AMD Radeon HD 7520G + HD 7670M Dual Graphics
52.2
34.3
25.4
10.5
AMD Radeon HD 7670M
59.5
39.9
29
10.4
NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M
56.7
37.4
27.1
NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M
56n3
36.4n4
26.6n4
8.95n2
AMD Radeon HD 6650M
58.6
38.7
29
10.3
AMD Radeon HD 7660G
51
33
26
9
ATI Radeon HD 5570
48
32
23
9
AMD Radeon HD 6630M
51.5n4
33.95n4
25.15n4
8.9n2
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650
55.8
35.7
26
8.7
PosModel< PrevNext >Crysis 2
low med. high ultra
NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M
51
34.5
25.4
8.5
AMD Radeon HD 6550D
46.5n2
31.5n2
22.5n2
8.5n2
AMD Radeon HD 7610M
49.9
33.5
24.1
Intel HD Graphics 4000
42.15n4
27.45n4
19.2n4
7.1n4
AMD Radeon HD 6620G
37.8
25.3
17.8
AMD Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5
46
31
20
7
AMD Radeon HD 6520G + HD 7450M Dual Graphics
30
20.2
14.9
AMD Radeon HD 6480G + HD 7450M Dual Graphics
24.9
16.9
12.5
AMD Radeon HD 7470M
22.5
15.3
11.1
AMD Radeon HD 7520G
38.8
27.2
19
AMD Radeon HD 7450M
35
23.5
17.7
NVIDIA GeForce 610M
29.7
20.4
14.6
AMD Radeon HD 6470M
39n3
27n3
20n3
6n3
NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M
31.95n2
20.65n2
16.1n2
5.2n2
AMD Radeon HD 6520G
27.4
18.4
13.1
4
Intel HD Graphics 3000
30n4
19n5
15n4
4n3
NVIDIA GeForce G210M
22
15
ATI Radeon HD 4350
16
10
Intel HD Graphics 2000
18
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD
6
5
3
(-) * Smaller values are better. / n123 Number of benchmarks for this median value / * Approximate position

 

Legend
5Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
?Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.
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