FIFA 18 Notebook and Desktop Benchmarks
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As we reported on the day of its official release, a multitude of buyers are currently having trouble with the soccer simulation. While Amazon customers may receive their order late due to a strike, other users complain about downloads that are not working. Even though we were spared these problems during downloading and the installation of FIFA 18 (it needs about 34 GB on the hard drive), there were various irregularities during the test.
It began with starting the game, which lead to most headaches and head shaking. Even though FIFA 18 ran flawlessly on the first test device with a GeForce GTX 980, after changing to a GeForce GTX 1060, suddenly the game did not want to start anymore at all (only the Launcher worked). The same occurred in a large part of our remaining systems with a Pascal GPU.
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After some tips from various forums did not bring any improvements, in order to continue testing, we reinstalled Origin several times. And lo and behold, in the second or third try, most of the times FIFA 18 worked again. However, the error message regarding Microsoft's .NET framework, which would pop up in some places and which was also present in older FIFA titles, could not be remedied, since the developer still has not fixed this.
The fact that you can hardly find any results in the chart below (as of 9/30/2017), has to do with the restrictive installation policy by Origin and EA, which only allows a certain amount of new systems per day, as was the case in the past with other games. Even changing the graphics card uses one activation. Due to this fact, it will still take a while until we will have been able to check all of our notebooks and desktop PCs. Since the system requirements have hardly changed compared to the predecessor, FIFA 17 is a good indicator for the expected performance.
Anyone who has hoped for a similarly great jump in the graphics capabilities as in the predecessor (EA changed to the Frostbite engine in 2016) might be rather disappointed. Besides the sometimes prettier figures and smaller improvements (lighting, audience crowds, animations etc.), hardly anything has changed visually. Overall, FIFA 18 achieves a good but not exciting graphics level. Too many details get lost in the normal camera perspective for our tastes. The technical framework is only noticeably effective in close-ups or replays.
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The graphics menu, which can be opened outside the game and is not very comprehensive, follows the predecessor to a large extent. Besides the resolution and the screen mode, you can only change the overall quality (4 steps) and the smoothing of the edges. Here EA uses MSAA again, which does a decent job. The remaining menu items are concerned with the frame rate and the DirectX-mode, which is new.
While the optional frame lock was completely turned off for the tests, we set DirectX on version 11.0. Although in theory, DirectX 12 brings more performance due to the lower overhead, in all the games released until now, DX12 tended towards a lower performance, which is also the case for FIFA 18 in our experience. Anyone who does not feel like tuning the graphics settings, or does not know how, can also activate the Auto mode in most settings.
Benchmark
To compare the performance with FIFA 17, we use our benchmark sequence with the same game options as in the previous year. It is based on a match between FC Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund in the "Allianz Arena" under a clear sky in summer at 2pm in the afternoon. We record 7 minutes (game minutes, not real-time) of the first halftime with the Fraps tool.
Since the frame rates during interruptions such as fouls and corner kicks are limited to 30 FPS, independent of the frame lock settings, we avoid such scenes and repeat the benchmark if necessary, so that there are no strange values in the minimum FPS. You can follow the whole procedure in the video below.
Results
In the following days and weeks, the benchmark chart below will be continually expanded with new graphics chips. In the beginning, we mainly have Nvidia GPUs from the high-end range. Later we will add weaker GeForce models and graphics cards by AMD and Intel. So stay tuned!
FIFA 18 | |
3840x2160 Ultra Preset 1920x1080 Ultra Preset AA:4xMS 1920x1080 High Preset AA:2xMS 1920x1080 Medium Preset 1366x768 Medium Preset 1280x720 Low Preset | |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop), 6700K | |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop), 6700K | |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile, 6820HK | |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Desktop), 6700K | |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980, 6700K | |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile, 6820HK | |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile, i7-7700HQ | |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile, i7-7700HQ | |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M, 6700HQ | |
NVIDIA GeForce MX150, i7-7700HQ | |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M, 6700HQ | |
NVIDIA GeForce 940MX, 6700HQ | |
NVIDIA GeForce 940M, 5700HQ | |
NVIDIA GeForce 920M, 2970M |
Overview
Test Systems
Device | Graphics Card | Processor | RAM | Operating System |
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Desktop-PC I | MSI GeForce GTX 1080 (8 GB GDDR5X) MSI GeForce GTX 1070 (8 GB GDDR5) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 (6 GB GDDR5) Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 (4 GB GDDR5) |
Intel Core i7-6700K | 2 x 8 GB DDR4 | Windows 10 64 Bit |
Desktop-PC II | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (11 GB GDDR5X) Asus GeForce GTX 980 Ti (6 GB GDDR5) XFX Radeon R9 Fury (4 GB HBM) Sapphire Radeon R9 290X (4 GB GDDR5) Sapphire Radeon R9 280X (3 GB GDDR5) MSI Radeon R7 370 (2 GB GDDR5) |
Intel Core i7-4790K | 2 x 4 GB DDR3 | Windows 10 64 Bit |
Asus G752VS | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 (8 GB GDDR5) | Intel Core i7-6820HK | 4 x 16 GB DDR4 | Windows 10 64 Bit |
MSI GT62VR | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 (6 GB GDDR5) | Intel Core i7-6820HK | 4 x 8 GB DDR4 | Windows 10 64 Bit |
MSI GE72 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (4 GB GDDR5) | Intel Core i7-7700HQ | 2 x 4 GB DDR4 | Windows 10 64 Bit |
Asus GL753VD | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 (4 GB GDDR5) | Intel Core i7-7700HQ | 2 x 8 GB DDR4 | Windows 10 64 Bit |
MSI GL62 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 (2 GB GDDR5) | Intel Core i7-7700HQ | 2 x 4 GB DDR4 | Windows 10 64 Bit |
MSI GE72 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 965M (2 GB GDDR5) | Intel Core i7-6700HQ | 1 x 8 GB DDR4 | Windows 10 64 Bit |
MSI PE60 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 950M (2 GB GDDR5) | Intel Core i7-6700HQ | 2 x 4 GB DDR4 | Windows 10 64 Bit |
MSI GP62 | Nvidia GeForce 940M (2 GB DDR3) | Intel Core i7-5700HQ | 1 x 8 GB DDR3 | Windows 10 64 Bit |
MSI CX61 | Nvidia GeForce 920M (2 GB DDR3) | Intel Celeron 2970M | 1 x 8 GB DDR3 | Windows 10 64 Bit |
Asus N551ZU | AMD Radeon R9 M280X (4 GB GDDR5) | AMD FX-7600P | 2 x 4 GB DDR3 | Windows 10 64 Bit |
4K Monitor | Nvidia Driver | AMD Driver |
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2 x Asus PB287Q, Philips 328P6VJEB | ForceWare 385.69 | Crimson 17.9.3 |