Metal Gear Solid V Notebook Benchmarks

Box of Curiosities. After a longer hiatus, Metal Gear Series 2014 with Revengeance and Ground Zeroes once again returns to the PC platform. The newest offshoot, called "The Phantom Pain" is - in line with the previous installment - a rather unusual title. We check out the new stealth game and look at how it performs on notebooks.

Florian Glaser, ✓ Tanja Hinum (translated by Bernie Pechlaner), Published 09/08/2015 🇩🇪

For the original German article, see here.

Graphics

Those who aren't familiar with the Metal Gear series are going to be stumped at first, as it is extremely difficult to make sense of the characters, the background story and the universe without knowing the previous installment. Despite that - or maybe just because of it - The Phantom Pain captures the imagination right from the start. Although the intro is a bit slow-moving in our opinion, the tension builds up nicely in similar fashion to highly choreographed ego shooters like Call of Duty.

The developers were particularly successful with how they staged the game. Thanks to continuously changing perspectives and thrilling camera movement, Metal Gear Solid V reminds us of a Hollywood production in some ways. That doesn't mean that this is a casual game, however - from a player's point of view, The Phantom Pain is comparable to stealth adventures like Splinter Cell, Thief or Dishonored. Controlling the game using the mouse and the keyboard is - for the most part - a very decent experience (exceptions: the menus don't support mouse control and there are controller overlays in the tutorial).

From a technical standpoint, the game impresses as well, although there are some areas where the title doesn't quite compare to other games released in 2015 like The Witcher 3 or GTA V, among others. In addition to very sharp textures, there are also object surfaces which are much less defined - quite a contrast compared to the carefully designed and credibly animated characters. Another negative aspect is the lack of higher-end anti-aliasing. FXAA, which is activated at higher post-processing levels, doesn't smooth the edges nearly as well as MSAA, for example. For that reason, many of the objects flicker (hair, bushes,...).

Aside from these flaws, we can't really criticize the Fox Engine, which is also used for Pro Evolution Soccer 2014-2016, among others. A plus point is the very good scalability, which helps out less powerful notebooks. We really liked the effects as well: in some action-heavy scenes, gamers get to experience a true explosion of dust, smoke and other particles. Lights and shadows are executed on a very high level as well. The cutscenes are compelling as well and round out the nice experience.

To run Metal Gear Solid V, DirectX 11 is required. The rest of the requirements are, as our benchmarks show, quite modest. The title remains playable even with a dual-core CPU. The fact that The Phantom Pain is part of Nvidia's "the way it's meant to be played"-series isn't noticeable - at least not in the graphics menu (no TXAA or similar). All settings are available for AMD GPUs as well, although the performance isn't quite up to par. With ForceWare 355.82, Nvidia already offers an optimized driver.

Something to consider: the retail DVD-package does not contain the actual game, but just the Steam Installer, which in turn means that a download of more than 20 GB is required. The start of the game is accompanied by a lot of messages and The Phantom Pain also needs to connect to a server, which many users won't appreciate much - especially considering that it does waste quite a bit of time.

Settings

The adjustment options are pretty extensive with the graphics menu offering 16 options, all of which don't require a restart. Some of the features can only be turned on or off, while others have a low, medium, high and extra high setting. The system is not uniform in that some settings are missing (it's impossible to play Metal Gear Solid V. completely on medium settings, for example).

Much more annoying, in our opinion, is the 60 fps limitation, which forces displays with 120 or 144 Hz to a lower refresh rate. Even with the vertical synchronization disabled, The Phantom Pain remains restricted to 60 fps. There's an option to restrict the frame rate down further to 30 fps, which doesn't make much sense in our opinion. At least we didn't encounter any crashes or major bugs. The PC platform desperately needed a reasonably well-engineered game after the disastrous launch of Batman: Arkham Knight.

The differences in performance of some of the systems had us scratching our heads. During the first run, the GeForce GTX 950 posted 42 fps with maxed-out details. After a short interlude with the settings on high, we recorded 57 fps with identical settings as before. Even a restart of the game didn't change the result. When we encountered fluctuations like that, we used the average of the two values. We suspect that the settings are not applied correctly at times.

Benchmark

The prologue in the hospital is not suited all that well for benchmarking, since there are too many cutscenes and the level-architecture is limited as well. That's why we use the first chapter entitled "Phantom Limbs", which takes place in a desert (Afghanistan). Because of the constant base frame rate - easily recognizable because of the low fps count - even a short sequence is sufficient. As the video below shows, we ride - after the intro - along a path for about 30 seconds until the horse approaches a crossing. Our colleagues from PC Games Hardware use the same exact sequence.

Results

Unlike a lot of current titles, Metal Gear Solid V doesn't need top-level hardware. Those who are happy with minimum details and a resolution of 1024 x 768 can successfully play The Phantom Pain with an HD Graphics 4600 or the HD Graphics 5500 (result for both above 30 fps).

For medium settings and 1366 x 768 pixels, a lower-middle class GeForce GT 740M is sufficient. More powerful midrange CPUS can sometimes handle high details and 1920 x 1080 pixels. An example is the GeForce GTX 850M which we clocked at 40 fps. Even the maximum settings don't have really high requirements as far as the hardware is concerned. From a GeForce GTX 960M on up, all settings can be maxed out. Metal Gear Solid V starts to get really demanding at 4K resolution, however. Only Nvidia'ss top-of-the-line GPU, the GeForce GTX 980M, can handle the settings on high and a resolution of 3840 x 2160 pixels without stutters.

All things considered, The Phantom Pain leaves us with a positive to very decent impression. The unique style and the atmosphere make up for the few weaknesses.

Note: we'll add the results for AMD GPUs in a few days.

Metal Gear Solid V
3840x2160 High / On 1920x1080 Extra High / On 1920x1080 High / On 1366x768 Medium / Off 1024x768 Low / Off
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980, 3770K Desktop-PC	52 (48^min) fps ∼85% 59.9 (59^min) fps ∼98% 59.9 (59^min) fps ∼97% 60 (59^min) fps ∼98% 60 (59^min) fps ∼97%
AMD Radeon R9 290X, 4790K Sapphire Radeon R9 290X Tri-X OC	46.8 (44^min) fps ∼77% 59.5 (48^min) fps ∼98% 59.9 (59^min) fps ∼97% 60 (59^min) fps ∼98% 60 (59^min) fps ∼97%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M, 4700MQ Schenker W504	37.4 (36^min) fps ∼61% 60 (59^min) fps ∼98% 60 (59^min) fps ∼97% 60 (59^min) fps ∼98% 60 (59^min) fps ∼97%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M, 4700MQ Schenker W504	28.5 (26^min) fps ∼47% 59.9 (59^min) fps ∼98% 59.9 (59^min) fps ∼97% 59.9 (59^min) fps ∼98% 59.9 (59^min) fps ∼97%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M, 4700MQ Schenker W504	26.2 (25^min) fps ∼43% 59.1 (56^min) fps ∼97% 59.9 (59^min) fps ∼97% 59.9 (59^min) fps ∼98% 60 (59^min) fps ∼97%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950, 3770K Desktop-PC	23.6 (22^min) fps ∼39% 49.7 (47^min) fps ∼81% 59.9 (59^min) fps ∼97% 59.9 (59^min) fps ∼98% 59.9 (59^min) fps ∼97%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M, 4700MQ Schenker W504	20.7 (18^min) fps ∼34% 45.4 (43^min) fps ∼74% 59.9 (59^min) fps ∼97% 59.9 (59^min) fps ∼98% 60 (59^min) fps ∼97%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M, 4720HQ Schenker XMG A505	15.5 (13^min) fps ∼25% 36.4 (34^min) fps ∼60% 54.2 (53^min) fps ∼87% 60 (59^min) fps ∼98% 60 (59^min) fps ∼97%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M, 4700MQ Schenker W504	12.6 (10^min) fps ∼21% 28.3 (26^min) fps ∼46% 42.2 (40^min) fps ∼68% 59.9 (59^min) fps ∼98% 59.9 (59^min) fps ∼97%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M, 4340M Schenker M504	10.7 (8^min) fps ∼18% 27 (26^min) fps ∼44% 39.2 (37^min) fps ∼63% 59.9 (59^min) fps ∼98% 59.9 (59^min) fps ∼97%
NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M, 4702MQ Schenker M503	15.4 (14^min) fps ∼25% 23.8 (23^min) fps ∼38% 59.9 (59^min) fps ∼98% 59.9 (59^min) fps ∼97%
AMD Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop), A10-7850K A10-7850K Asus A88-XM-PLUS	18.1 (16^min) fps ∼29% 46.4 (42^min) fps ∼76% 58.7 (56^min) fps ∼95%
Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200, 4750HQ Schenker S413	9.8 (9^min) fps ∼16% 16.1 (14^min) fps ∼26% 49.6 (43^min) fps ∼81% 59.9 (58^min) fps ∼97%
NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M, 2637M Acer Aspire M3-581TG	20.1 (19^min) fps ∼32% 57.6 (54^min) fps ∼94% 60 (0^min) fps ∼97%
NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M, 4200M HP Envy 15-j011sg	10.1 (7^min) fps ∼17% 15.3 (14^min) fps ∼25% 43.4 (41^min) fps ∼71% 59.9 (59^min) fps ∼97%
NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M, 4200M MSI CX61-i572M	7.9 (0^min) fps ∼13% 12.2 (0^min) fps ∼20% 36 (0^min) fps ∼59% 57.8 (0^min) fps ∼93%
AMD Radeon HD 8650G, A10-5750M Pumori Test Platform (A10-5750M)	12 (10^min) fps ∼19% 31 (29^min) fps ∼51% 48.6 (46^min) fps ∼78%
NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M, 3720QM Asus N56VM	14.7 (12^min) fps ∼24% 39.4 (37^min) fps ∼65% 59.2 (40^min) fps ∼95%
Intel Iris Graphics 5100, 4258U Apple MacBook Pro Retina 13 inch 2013-10	9 (8^min) fps ∼15% 24.9 (23^min) fps ∼41% 37.2 (35^min) fps ∼60%
Intel HD Graphics 4600, 4700MQ Schenker W504	9.9 (8^min) fps ∼16% 28.2 (25^min) fps ∼46% 45.1 (40^min) fps ∼73%
Intel HD Graphics 5500, 5010U Intel NUC Kit NUC5i3RYH	9.4 (8^min) fps ∼15% 25.4 (23^min) fps ∼42% 37.1 (33^min) fps ∼60%

Test systems

Four of our test systems are from Schenker Technologies (mysn.de):

W504 (Core i7-4700MQ, 8 GB DDR3, GeForce GTX 860M, GTX 870M, GTX 880M, GTX 970M, GTX 980M)
A505 (Core i7-4720HQ, 8 GB DDR3, GeForce GTX 960M)
M504 (Core i5-4340M, 8 GB DDR3, GeForce GTX 850M)
M503 (Core i7-4702MQ, 8 GB DDR3, GeForce GT 750M)

Three notebooks are courtesy of Nvidia:

HP Envy 15-j011sg (Core i5-4200M, 12 GB DDR3, GeForce GT 740M)
MSI CX61-i572M281BW7 (Core i5-4200M, 8 GB DDR3, GeForce GT 720M)
Acer Aspire Timeline Ultra M3-581TG (Core i7-2637M, 4GB DDR3, Geforce GT 640M)

Intel also sent us a notebook:

Schenker S413 (Core i7-4750HQ, 8 GB DDR3, Iris Pro Graphics 5200)

The desktop PCs have CPUs/APUs from Intel and AMD, SSDs from Micron, Intel and Samsung, Mainboards from Intel and Asus, as well as graphic cards from Nvidia, PNY and AMD. Our 4K monitor is an Asus PB287Q.

GPU drivers we used: Nvidia 355.82, AMD 15.8 Beta, Intel 10.18.14.4264 (Win 7) and 10.18.15.4256 (Win 10)

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Editor of the original article: Florian Glaser - Managing Editor Gaming Laptops - 571 articles published on Notebookcheck since 2009

I discovered my interest in computers in my childhood, growing up with MS-DOS and Windows 3.1 in the early 1990s. I was especially fascinated with computer games, even from an early age. From Monkey Island through Lands of Lore to Doom, I tried every game I could get my hands on. I have been working for Notebookcheck since 2009 with my focus mostly being on high-performance gaming laptops.

Translator: Bernie Pechlaner - Senior Tech Writer - 276 articles published on Notebookcheck since 2012

Ended up in the IT sector in the 90s more or less accidentally and have remained in the industry (as a sysadmin) ever since. Always been interested in laptops - first purchase was - if memory serves correctly - a Toshiba Satellite T2115CS with DX4-75 processor, 4 MB of RAM and 350 MB hard disk drive (and Windows 3.1). To this day, laptops appeal to me - much to the chagrin of my wife, who doesn’t seem understand why we need 5-10 of them at any given time ;-).

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Pos	Model	< Prev Next > Metal Gear Solid V (2015)
Pos	Model	low 1024x768 Low / Off	med. 1366x768 Medium / Off	high 1920x1080 High / On	ultra 1920x1080 Extra High / On	4K 3840x2160 High / On
60	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 SLI (Laptop)	60	60	60	60	60
68	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 (Desktop)	60	60	60	60
74	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)				60ⁿ²	60
91	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile				60ⁿ³	60ⁿ⁴
107	NVIDIA Quadro P5200	60	60	60	60	60
111	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)	60ⁿ²	60ⁿ²	60ⁿ²	60ⁿ²	59.95ⁿ²
116	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile			59.9	60ⁿ⁶	60
117*	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q	60	60	60	59.2
134	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q			60	60ⁿ³	59
139	AMD Radeon R9 Fury	60	60	60	60	57
140	AMD Radeon R9 Nano	60	60	60	60	56.4
141	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980	60	60	59.9	59.95ⁿ²	52
143	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q	60		60	60
151	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)	59.95ⁿ²	59.95ⁿ²	59.9ⁿ³	60ⁿ⁵	50.8ⁿ³
153	AMD Radeon R9 390X	60	60	60	60	48.8
159	AMD Radeon RX 480 (Desktop)				59.9	43.1
160	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile			60ⁿ²	60ⁿ¹¹	40.8
164	NVIDIA Quadro P4000 Max-Q	60	60	60	60	50
178	NVIDIA Quadro P3000				60
Pos	Model	< Prev Next >Metal Gear Solid V
Pos	Model	low	med.	high	ultra	4K
179	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970	60	60	60	59.9	46
180	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q			60	60ⁿ²	42
199	AMD Radeon R9 290X	60	60	59.9	59.5	46.8
206	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M	59.9ⁿ³	59.9ⁿ³	60ⁿ⁸	60ⁿ⁹	36ⁿ⁵
207	AMD Radeon RX Vega M GH	60	60	60	59
210	AMD Radeon R9 280X	60	60	60	60	35.3
211	AMD Radeon R9 380	60	60	60	59.9	31.8
212	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960	59.9	59.9	59.9	59.9	28.2
214	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile	60	60	60	60
218	NVIDIA Quadro P2000	60	60	60	60	25
219	NVIDIA Quadro P2000 Max-Q	60	60	60	60	28
221	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M	59.9ⁿ³	59.95ⁿ⁴	59.9ⁿ⁹	59.9ⁿ⁹	28.5
231	AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870	60	60	60	54
232	AMD Radeon Pro WX Vega M GL	60	60	60	50	25.1
238	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile	60ⁿ²	60ⁿ²	60ⁿ⁴	53.3ⁿ⁴	24.8
241	AMD Radeon R7 370	60	59.9	59.7	39.88
243	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M	60	59.9	59.9	59.1	26.2
245	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950	59.9	59.9	59.9	49.7	23.6
255	AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop)	60	60	59.9	44.8	20.2
258	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M	60	60ⁿ²	59.95ⁿ²	48.35ⁿ²
Pos	Model	< Prev Next >Metal Gear Solid V
Pos	Model	low	med.	high	ultra	4K
262	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M	60	59.9	59.9	45.4	20.7
273	AMD Radeon R9 M390	60	60	60	39.6	21.6
283	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M	60ⁿ⁴	59.95ⁿ⁸	56.2ⁿ¹⁴	37.9ⁿ¹⁵	14.5ⁿ³
301	NVIDIA GeForce MX150	60ⁿ³	60ⁿ³	37.2ⁿ³	24ⁿ³
312	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M	59.9	59.9	42.2	28.3	12.6
320	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M	59.9	59.9ⁿ³	37.5ⁿ³	26.7ⁿ³	10.4
325	AMD Radeon R9 M385X	57.3	56	41.4	25.2
327	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M	59.9	59.9	39.2	27	10.7
331	AMD Radeon R9 M280X	56.8	51.7	36	21.4
336	NVIDIA GeForce 945M	60	60	35.2	23.7
345*	Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU)	60	60	31.1	18.1
348	Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580	59.9	58.6	23	14.9
373	NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book	42	35.9	19.7	13.3
392*	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)	60		40.4	29.7
415	NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M	59.9	59.9	23.8	15.4
418	NVIDIA GeForce 940MX	60ⁿ²	51.65ⁿ²
421	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)	59.9ⁿ²		25.8ⁿ²	18ⁿ²
422	NVIDIA GeForce 940M	60	41.5	16.3	11.9
431	AMD FirePro W4190M	59.9	42.3	18.9	13
439	AMD Radeon R7 M370	57.1	43.3	20.2	12.7
Pos	Model	< Prev Next >Metal Gear Solid V
Pos	Model	low	med.	high	ultra	4K
447	NVIDIA GeForce 840M	58	39.9	16.1	11.9
452	AMD Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)	58.7	46.4	18.1
453	Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200	59.9	49.6	16.1	9.8
462	NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M	59.9	43.4	15.3	10.1
464	NVIDIA GeForce 930M	60	40.5	16.4	11.7
465	Intel Iris Graphics 550		55.7	18.9	12.3
471	NVIDIA GeForce 830M	60	48.2	16.9	11.5
474	NVIDIA GeForce 920MX	60	43.6	15.4
475	Intel Iris Graphics 540	53.3ⁿ²	36.1ⁿ²	15.3ⁿ²
507	AMD Radeon R7 M265	60	48.7	18.3	11.4
511*	AMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge)	45.5	36.4	14.3
512	NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M	60	57.6	20.1
513	AMD Radeon R7 (Carrizo)	40.1	29.9	12	8.6
514	AMD Radeon R7 (Kaveri)	50.2	34.6	14.5
515	AMD Radeon R8 M365DX	42.4	28.9	11.5	7.6
516*	AMD Radeon R7 M460	43.9	30.2	12.4
519	AMD Radeon R7 M360	39.8	27.4	11.2	6.8
524	AMD Radeon R8 M445DX	60	37.5	13.3
533	AMD Radeon R7 M340	50.5ⁿ²	33.1ⁿ²	13.35ⁿ²	6
538	AMD Radeon R6 M340DX	47	28.5	10	7.2
Pos	Model	< Prev Next >Metal Gear Solid V
Pos	Model	low	med.	high	ultra	4K
542	Intel UHD Graphics 630	60	40.7	13.4
545	Intel HD Graphics 630	57	37	14.4
548	Intel HD Graphics 530	46.9ⁿ²	30.95ⁿ²	12ⁿ²	8.3
551	AMD Radeon R5 (Bristol Ridge)	46.1	30
552	Intel UHD Graphics 620	48.2	31.3	12.1	8.2
553	Intel HD Graphics 620	43.6	29.7	10.9
554	AMD Radeon R6 (Carrizo)	49.8	32	12.5	8
588	Intel HD Graphics 5600	31.2	20.7	7.2
614	AMD Radeon HD 8650G	48.6	31	12
619	NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M	59.2	39.4	14.7
622	AMD Radeon R5 M335	40.2	26.4	9.9	7.1
623	AMD Radeon R5 M330	40.5	26.5	9.8
624	AMD Radeon R5 M430	33.5	22.8
625	AMD Radeon R5 M255	41.1	28.4	11.7	7.2
628	NVIDIA GeForce 910M	40.9	29.3	13.2	8.7
630	Intel HD Graphics 520	43.5ⁿ⁶	28.2ⁿ⁷	11.3ⁿ⁵	9.3
631	Intel Iris Graphics 6100	35.55ⁿ²	25.35ⁿ²	9.9ⁿ²	7.2
633	NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M	57.8	36	12.2	7.9
635	AMD Radeon R5 M240	52.6	30
641	AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge)	34.1	24.9
Pos	Model	< Prev Next >Metal Gear Solid V
Pos	Model	low	med.	high	ultra	4K
647	Intel HD Graphics 6000	35	24.8	9.5
650	Intel Iris Graphics 5100	37.2	24.9	9
654	Intel HD Graphics 4600	37.5ⁿ²	23.7ⁿ²	8.15ⁿ²
656	Intel HD Graphics 5500	33.5ⁿ³	21.1ⁿ³	9.05ⁿ²
682	Intel HD Graphics 615	23.4	20.8	7.6
687	AMD Radeon HD 7660G	46.5	32.2	11.9
724	Intel HD Graphics 515	25.7	15.3
726	Intel HD Graphics 610	38.5	25.2
727	Intel HD Graphics 4400	35.2	23.5
729	Intel HD Graphics 510	38.9	25.2
760	Intel UHD Graphics 605	21.6	15.8
761	Intel HD Graphics 505	20.7	13.8
762	Intel HD Graphics 5300	20.6	12.4
771	Intel HD Graphics 4000	41	25.2	9.6
775	AMD Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge)	26	17.9
777	AMD Radeon R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L)	28.1	18.5
778	AMD Radeon R4 (Beema)	26.2	17.3
781	AMD Radeon R2 (Stoney Ridge)	23.6	18.5
783	Intel HD Graphics 4200	30.7	20.5
814	AMD Radeon HD 8350G	27.7	22.8
Pos	Model	< Prev Next >Metal Gear Solid V
Pos	Model	low	med.	high	ultra	4K
817	Intel HD Graphics 500	16.4	9.7
837	Intel HD Graphics 405 (Braswell)	18.8	13
838	Intel HD Graphics (Braswell)	13.7	9.5
839	Intel HD Graphics 400 (Braswell)	13.3
843	AMD Radeon HD 7420G	23.3	18.3
892	Intel HD Graphics (Cherry Trail)	15.1	9.8
963	Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail)	10.8

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5	Stutters – 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.
30	Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40	Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60	Fluent – 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.
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