Fortnite Notebook and Desktop Benchmarks
Graphics
A good copy is better than a bad original: Fortnite meets almost all the requirements for this motto. The gameplay is sometimes extremely similar to PlayerUnknown‘s Battlegrounds. After a short lobby phase, an aircraft brings you and other players (up to 99 in total) to a deserted island where you have to fight your rivals while the area gets smaller. You can either play alone, in teams, or squads. The biggest unique feature of Fortnite is the ability to build houses and barricades by collecting wood, stone or metal with your pickax. These constructions can create new tactical possibilities, either for movements or defense.
The controls of Fortnite are much smoother compared to PUBG, which is not only a result of the higher basic speed and softer animations, but also the better overall performance. This is a bit surprising since both titles are based on the Unreal Engine 4. The differences in terms of texture quality should be one reason. PUBG does not really shine with crisp textures in the first place, but objects are much more detailed compared to Fortnite. The latter can, however, hide the muddy textures with its pleasing comic design, which is comparable to some titles from Blizzard (like Overwatch). Fortnite also convinces with an atmospheric day-night cycle and changing lighting conditions.
There is not much to criticize about the graphics options. The corresponding menu consists of 14 settings, starting with the picture mode all the way up to an FPS counter, and they are applied without a restart. You can also choose an automatic mode or use one of four presets if you do not want to change them individually. The presets do not just change several quality settings, they also change the resolution. The low preset, for example, is only displayed in 480p, and the medium setting in 720p, which noticeably affects the sharpness. The performance is increased significantly in return though. There is an optional FPS limit for 30, 60, or 120 frames per second. A switch for VSync is obviously available as well.
Fortnite can be installed via Epic Games launcher. The gaming platform is comparable to its rivals Steam, Uplay, and Origin, but it has more in common with Blizzard's Battlenet due to the limited number of games. Our test is based on the Free2Play version of Fortnite, which occupies about 16 GB on your hard drive right now, so it is similar to PUBG (13 GB). The developer could improve the loading and connection times, which are a slightly too long for our taste. We also encountered some error messages (not unlike PUBG), but Fortnite is currently still in an early-access state, so you should not be too critical here.
Benchmarks
The PvE missions are not included in the F2P version and there is no replay feature according to our information, so we use the classic Battle Royale mode for our benchmarks. All players are thrown into a kind of lobby and can play around before the actual game starts. Because of the bigger spawn area and the 10 instead of 60-second countdown, it is unfortunately not easy to follow a certain sequence (see video) compared to PUBG, and there are some performance fluctuations even if it works. It is a fast first-person shooter, so the target result should be higher than 60 FPS. We would say you should at least manage 40 FPS to play Fortnite.
Results
If you ignore low and medium settings, which are often limited by the CPU on powerful systems (compare notebook and desktop versions of the GTX 1060, GTX 1070, and GTX 1080, for example), the frame rate depends on the performance of the graphics card.
You will need an upper mainstream GPU like the GeForce GTX 1050 if you want to play Fortnite at high settings and 1080p. A combination of Full HD and the Epic preset requires a GeForce GTX 970M or better, while more expensive GPUs only pay off at higher resolutions. QHD panels (2560x1440 pixels) require a GeForce GTX 1060 or better, and at least a GeForce GTX 1080 is needed for 4K displays (3840x2160 pixels). The requirements are still moderate if you take in all the results. The main rival PUBG performs much worse and suffers from annoying performance drops.
Fortnite | |
3840x2160 Epic Preset 2560x1440 Epic Preset 1920x1080 Epic Preset 1920x1080 High Preset 1920x1080 Medium Preset 1280x720 Low Preset | |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop), 4790K | |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop), 6700K | |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile, i7-7820HK | |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (Desktop), 4790K | |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop), 6700K | |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile, 6820HK | |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 4790K | |
AMD Radeon R9 Fury, 4790K | |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Desktop), 6700K | |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980, 6700K | |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile, 6820HK | |
AMD Radeon RX 480 (Desktop), 4790K | |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M, 6700HQ | |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970, 4790K | |
AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop), 4790K | |
AMD Radeon R9 280X, 4790K | |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Desktop), 4790K | |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile, i7-7700HQ | |
AMD Radeon R7 370, 4790K | |
AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop), 4790K | |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M, 6700HQ | |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile, i7-7700HQ | |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile, i7-7700HQ | |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M, 6700HQ | |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M, i7-7700HQ | |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M, 6700HQ | |
NVIDIA GeForce MX150, i7-7700HQ | |
NVIDIA GeForce 940MX, 6700HQ | |
NVIDIA GeForce 940M, 5700HQ | |
NVIDIA GeForce 920M, 2970M | |
Intel HD Graphics 615, i7-7Y75 |
Overview
Test Systems
System | GPU | CPU | RAM | OS |
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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 |
Alienware 17 R4 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 (8 GB GDDR5X) | Intel Core i7-7820HK | 1 x 16 GB DDR4 | Windows 10 64-bit |
Asus G752VS | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 (8 GB GDDR5) | Intel Core i7-6820HK | 2 x 16 GB DDR4 | Windows 10 64-bit |
MSI GT62VR | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 (6 GB GDDR5) | Intel Core i7-6820HK | 2 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 | 1 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 |
Asus G752VY | Nvidia GeForce GTX 980M (4 GB GDDR5) | Intel Core i7-6700HQ | 2 x 16 GB DDR4 | Windows 10 64-bit |
MSI GS60 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 970M (3 GB GDDR5) | Intel Core i7-6700HQ | 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 GL72 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 960M (2 GB GDDR5) | Intel Core i7-7700HQ | 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 PL62 | Nvidia GeForce MX150 (2 GB GDDR5) | Intel Core i7-7700HQ | 1 x 8 GB DDR4 | Windows 10 64-bit |
MSI CX72 | Nvidia GeForce 940MX (2 GB DDR3) | Intel Core i7-6700HQ | 2 x 8 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 Display | Nvidia driver | AMD driver |
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2 x Asus PB287Q, Philips 328P6VJEB | ForceWare 390.65 | Adrenalin 18.1.1 |