Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 was released last year and was one of the first DirectX 11 titles. It’s also running the same engine (though a bit younger) as the upcoming and highly anticipated Battlefield 3. This game does not have a built in tool so I used FRAPS to capture various points during a multiplayer game.
Settings are High (max) with 4xAA with a 1920×1200 resolution.
The results are in and we have a solid FPS of about 30. Not to bad. This game can be intense. I did try to make sure I got into combat during these runs.
Crysis 2
“Can it play Crysis?” YES! In fact, Crysis 2 is more of an improvement and optimization of the previous engine, so Crysis 2 actually runs great! I used Crysis’ benchmarking tool that you can activate by following these directions (Crysis 2 benchmark).
I ran this test with a few different settings. I ran two tests at 1920×1200 on ADVANCED and then the more extreme HARDCORE settings then two more at 1680×1050 to see the different between resolutions.
Good bit of a difference in FPS between Advanced and Hardcore, while adjusting the resolution didn’t help to much. I do want to note that I did have to look up which setting was the most advanced setting for this game because the naming convention they use sounds made up (because it is). GAMER is low, ADVANCED is middle, and HARDCORE is the best. I’ve seen games that put GAMER in the middle or even at the top. Why can’t they just use low, medium, and high?
Alien vs. Predator 2
I’ve actually never played this game, but it does have a standalone benchmarking tool and runs on DirectX 11. This test did not provide a nice output so I took a screen shot of the results. Excuse the Mac interface. I use a Mac to get my work done.
Here we have an average FPS of 28.8. Perfectly playable for a single player game, though you’ll be comfortable at 30FPS by lowering a few settings.
