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The Witcher 2

The Witcher 2 is a well-designed role-playing game with high hardware requirements. In the following article, we will show how demanding the game can be on the hardware.

How we test

It is possible to skip chapters "The Witcher 2" and so we skip ahead to a demanding graphic scene: the appearance of the dragon („Kingslayer“/Königsmörder“). The recording starts as soon as we get control over the Hero - Geralt. During the dragon attacks, we run to the end of the tunnel to the left. At that point the FRAPS recording stops.

1024x768, Low Preset, Radeon HD 5850
1024x768, Low Preset, Radeon HD 5850
1366x768, Medium Preset, Radeon HD 5850
1366x768, Medium Preset, Radeon HD 5850
1600x900, High Preset, Radeon HD 5850
1600x900, High Preset, Radeon HD 5850
1920x1080, Very High Preset, Super-Sampling, Radeon HD 5850
1920x1080, Very High Preset, Super-Sampling, Radeon HD 5850

Analysis of the Benchmarks

We do not recommend installation of this game for users with low-end or middle-end graphic cards. The popular GeForce GT 540M can only manage 15 fps with medium details and a resolution of 1366x768 pixels. A high-end graphic card like the GeForce GTX 580M or a Radeon HD 6990M is necessary to run the game on high details and active Anti-Aliasing. Ultra high details and a Full HD resolution (1920x1080 pixels) with Super-Sampling is too much for any currently available notebook graphic card. Even expensive dual-GPU systems have to give up at these settings. 

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

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NVIDIA T1000
AMD Radeon Pro 5300M
NVIDIA RTX A6000
AMD Radeon HD 6770M
AMD Radeon HD 6760G2
AMD Radeon 890M
AMD Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
AMD Radeon 760M
AMD Radeon 680M
AMD Radeon HD 6750M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
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NVIDIA Quadro NVS 5100M
AMD Radeon HD 8970M
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AMD Radeon Pro 460
AMD Radeon HD 6620G + HD 7670M Dual Graphics
AMD Radeon Pro 450
AMD Radeon PRO W6600M
AMD Radeon HD 6630M
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AMD Radeon HD 6640G2
AMD Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5
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AMD Radeon 860M
AMD FirePro W5130M
AMD Radeon HD 7350M
AMD Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire
AMD Radeon HD 7290
AMD Radeon HD 6990M
AMD Radeon HD 6970M
Intel HD Graphics 4200
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE
Intel HD Graphics 630
NVIDIA GeForce 310M
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NVIDIA Quadro P5000 Max-Q
Intel HD Graphics 620
NVIDIA GeForce 315M
Intel Arc A730M
NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT SLI
Intel UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760
NVIDIA Quadro M600M
NVIDIA Quadro M5500
NVIDIA Quadro M520
NVIDIA Quadro M500M
NVIDIA Quadro M3000M
NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation Laptop GPU
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570
NVIDIA Quadro T2000 Max-Q
NVIDIA Quadro M620
NVIDIA Quadro P4200
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AMD Radeon HD 6650M
NVIDIA RTX A5500 Laptop GPU
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AMD Radeon HD 6350M
AMD Radeon HD 6430M
AMD Radeon 840M
AMD Radeon 780M
AMD Radeon 630
AMD Radeon 625
AMD FirePro M8900
AMD FirePro W5170M
AMD Radeon 520
AMD Radeon HD 6570M
AMD Radeon HD 7450M
AMD Radeon HD 6370M
AMD Radeon 880M
AMD Radeon 740M
AMD FirePro W4190M
AMD Radeon 540X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
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NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT
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AMD Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire
AMD Radeon HD 6515G2
AMD Radeon HD 6520G
AMD Radeon HD 6790
AMD Radeon HD 6510G2
AMD Radeon HD 7600G
AMD Radeon HD 6830M
AMD Radeon HD 7610M
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AMD Radeon HD 6530M
NVIDIA Quadro P3200
NVIDIA GeForce 320M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M SLI
NVIDIA Quadro K2100M
AMD Radeon HD 6550M
AMD Radeon HD 6490M
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AMD Radeon Pro 455
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M SLI
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AMD Radeon Pro 5500M
AMD Radeon Pro 555
AMD Radeon Pro 555X
AMD Radeon Pro 560
AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16
AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20
NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS
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AMD Radeon HD 6970
AMD Radeon HD 6950M
AMD Radeon HD 6870
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AMD Radeon HD 6850M
AMD Radeon HD 6870M
ATI Mobility Radeon X300
AMD Radeon HD 7640G + HD 7670M Dual Graphics
ATI Mobility Radeon X1300
ATI Radeon HD 3100
ATI Mobility Radeon M7
ATI Mobility Radeon X800XT
NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS
NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT
Intel UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen)
Intel UHD Graphics 630
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NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI (Laptop)
NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M
Intel UHD Graphics 620
NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS
NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT
Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M
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NVIDIA GeForce FX Go 5600 / 5650
NVIDIA GeForce GT 220M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 220
NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M SLI
NVIDIA GeForce GT 130M
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NVIDIA Quadro K3100M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)
NVIDIA Quadro K1000M
AMD Radeon HD 6645G2
AMD Radeon HD 6480G
AMD Radeon HD 6470M
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q
NVIDIA Quadro K620M
NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU
NVIDIA Quadro M1000M
NVIDIA Quadro P500
NVIDIA Quadro K610M
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NVIDIA Quadro T1000 (Laptop)
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000 (Laptop)
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NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000 (Laptop)
Qualcomm Adreno 732
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q
NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation
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AMD Radeon R5 M315
AMD Radeon HD 6480G + HD 7450M Dual Graphics
AMD Radeon HD 6380G
AMD Radeon HD 6690G2
AMD Radeon HD 6450M
AMD Radeon 660M
AMD FirePro W4170M
AMD FirePro W2100
AMD Radeon HD 6310
AMD Radeon HD 6290
AMD Radeon HD 6250
AMD Radeon 620
AMD Radeon 610
AMD Radeon 610M
AMD FirePro W4100
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AMD FirePro M5950
AMD FirePro M4000
AMD FirePro M6100
AMD FirePro M3900
AMD FirePro M4100
AMD Radeon 530
AMD FirePro M2000
AMD Radeon HD 6740G2
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AMD Radeon HD 6755G2
AMD FirePro M6000
AMD Radeon Pro 560X
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M
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AMD FirePro M5100
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670MX
AMD Radeon HD 6620G + HD 7450M Dual Graphics
AMD Radeon HD 6730M
Intel UHD Graphics Xe 750 32EUs (Rocket Lake)
ATI Mobility Radeon X800
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M
NVIDIA Quadro FX Go 1400
AMD Radeon Pro 5600M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670MX SLI
AMD Radeon HD 6775G2
AMD FirePro W7170M
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AMD Radeon HD 6330M
AMD Radeon HD 6320
AMD Radeon R5 M335
AMD Radeon R5 M330
AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590
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AMD Radeon HD 6550D
AMD Radeon R5 M255
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AMD Radeon HD 8850M
AMD Radeon R5 M320
NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M
AMD Radeon HD 8830M
NVIDIA RTX A2000 Laptop GPU
AMD Radeon HD 8790M
AMD Radeon HD 6620G
AMD Radeon HD 8870M
AMD Radeon HD 6545G2
Intel HD Graphics 405 (Braswell)
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(-) * 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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