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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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 The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings (2011)
low
1024x768
low
med.
1366x768
medium
high
1600x900
high
onAA
ultra
1920x1080
very high
UbersamplingAA
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PosModel< PrevNext >The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
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low med. high ultra
PosModel< PrevNext >The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
low med. high ultra
PosModel< PrevNext >The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
low med. high ultra
PosModel< PrevNext >The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
low med. high ultra
PosModel< PrevNext >The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
low med. high ultra
PosModel< PrevNext >The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
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PosModel< PrevNext >The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
low med. high ultra
PosModel< PrevNext >The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
low med. high ultra
PosModel< PrevNext >The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
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AMD Radeon R9 M375
AMD Radeon R9 M390X
AMD Radeon HD 7570M
AMD Radeon R9 M385X
AMD Radeon R9 M385
AMD Radeon HD 7590M
AMD Radeon HD 7600G
AMD Radeon HD 6970M
AMD Radeon HD 6530M
AMD Radeon 860M
AMD Radeon HD 8450G
AMD Radeon HD 8330
AMD Radeon HD 8350G
AMD Radeon HD 8310G
AMD Radeon HD 8250
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Mobile
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low med. high ultra
SIS Mirage 3 671MX
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Max-Q
SIS Mirage 3+ 672MX
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M
Qualcomm Adreno 830
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low med. high ultra
AMD Radeon HD 7620G
AMD Radeon HD 6830M
AMD Radeon HD 6950M
AMD Radeon HD 6520G
PosModel< PrevNext >The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
low med. high ultra
AMD Radeon HD 6490M
AMD Radeon HD 6380G
AMD Radeon HD 6370M
AMD Radeon 680M
AMD Radeon 880M
AMD Radeon HD 6250
AMD Radeon HD 7520G
AMD Radeon HD 8590M
AMD Radeon HD 6850M
AMD Radeon HD 6550M
AMD Radeon HD 6470M
AMD Radeon 840M
AMD Radeon HD 6310
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low med. high ultra
AMD Radeon R9 M380
AMD Radeon HD 7400G
AMD Radeon HD 7420G
AMD Radeon HD 7850M
AMD Radeon HD 7370M
AMD Radeon Pro 450
AMD Radeon HD 7870M
AMD Radeon Pro 455
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low med. high ultra
PosModel< PrevNext >The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
low med. high ultra
AMD Radeon HD 7450M
SIS Mirage M661FX
PosModel< PrevNext >The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
low med. high ultra
AMD Radeon HD 7510M
AMD Radeon HD 7350M
AMD Radeon HD 7430M
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low med. high ultra
PosModel< PrevNext >The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
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PosModel< PrevNext >The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
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AMD Radeon R9 M390
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low med. high ultra
AMD Radeon R9 M395X
AMD Radeon R9 M470
AMD Radeon R9 M470X
AMD Radeon R9 M485X
AMD Radeon RX 480 (Laptop)
AMD Radeon RX 490M
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low med. high ultra
AMD Radeon HD 8240
AMD Radeon HD 8210
AMD Radeon HD 7970M
AMD Radeon HD 7950M
AMD Radeon HD 8180
AMD Radeon Pro 555X
NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M (G) / ION (LE)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop
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low med. high ultra
NVIDIA T600 Laptop GPU
Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-45 2.1 TFLOPS
AMD Radeon HD 7610M
AMD Radeon HD 7310
AMD Radeon HD 7290
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low med. high ultra
PosModel< PrevNext >The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
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PosModel< PrevNext >The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
low med. high ultra
PosModel< PrevNext >The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
low med. high ultra
PosModel< PrevNext >The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
low med. high ultra
AMD Radeon RX 6650M XT
AMD Radeon HD 7340
AMD Radeon HD 6870M
PosModel< PrevNext >The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
low med. high ultra
AMD Radeon HD 7640G
AMD Radeon HD 6990M
AMD Radeon HD 6430M
AMD Radeon 780M
AMD Radeon 740M
AMD Radeon HD 6730M
AMD Radeon HD 6650M
AMD Radeon HD 6630M
23
AMD Radeon HD 6350M
AMD Radeon HD 6320
AMD Radeon HD 6330M
AMD Radeon 760M
AMD Radeon 625
AMD Radeon 660M
AMD Radeon 610M
AMD Radeon 530
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low med. high ultra
PosModel< PrevNext >The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
low med. high ultra
AMD Radeon HD 7690M XT
39
27
17
13
AMD Radeon RX 6650M
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low med. high ultra
PosModel< PrevNext >The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
low med. high ultra
AMD Radeon R9 M365X
AMD Radeon RX 6700M
AMD Radeon R9 M295X
AMD Radeon R9 M290X
AMD Radeon HD 7530M
AMD Radeon R9 M370X
AMD Radeon HD 7490M
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX
(-) * 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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