I know this because I spent a lot of time comparing both modes on the same map. Now, before you stamp your feet in protest, claiming this isn't an accurate way to test as it doesn't replicate the kind of load you'll see in a big multiplier game, that's not actually true for a GPU test. Instead, we've used the Arica Harbor 'free-for-all' custom experience without any other players. That isn't to say the game is without issues and of course, we had to deal with the crappy Origin launcher and the 5 hardware lockout DRM trash, but after buying a little over half a dozen EA Play accounts for a month, plus my personal Steam version, I have been able to test a good number of GPUs over the past 3 days. Still, we couldn't help but think the game was going to murder mid-range hardware and even 1080p would be a struggle with a modest graphics card, but we've got to say, it's far better optimized than we were expecting.

We first jumped in with an RTX 3090 at 4K and frame rates were decent, not as high as we'd like for competitive gameplay, but they were surprisingly good given the visuals. Visually, Battlefield 2042 is breathtaking and certainly one of the best-looking games we've experienced. If you've seen any gameplay of this latest title, you can expect a modified or upgraded version of Frostbite that supports new weather effects amongst other things. EA's latest Battlefield title recently debuted and it's arrived to some gameplay and connectivity issues, but we're not going to waste time talking about gameplay or review this title, instead we'll take the opportunity to measure graphics card performance, so you can get an idea of what you'll need to get into the action.īattlefield 2042 is powered by the Frostbite game engine, developer DICE is relying on the third iteration of the engine which was also used by Battlefield 5, Battlefield 1, Battlefield Hardline and Battlefield 4.

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