Dota 2 graphic card benchmarks math
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- from July 2016
- to August 2016
Dota 2 is a popular game that is deemed “undemanding” to run at 1080p60 with maxed settings. That is most likely true as my i5-4460 and HD7790 is able to run Dota 2 at 45
70FPS on 1080p, albeit not with maxed settings. However, what I want to know is what would it take to reach 1080p144 or 1440p144.
Because no reviews ever benchmark Dota 2, I can only rely on other people’s performance. But the results posted are often conflicting. Here are a few results I’ve seen posted:
- Person A: 150-180FPS, 1440p, i5-6600K (4.5Ghz) and GTX 980, running on Vulkan.
- Person B: 70-160FPS , 1440p, i7-4790K (4.4Ghz) and GTX 980Ti. Noted that the GPU usage was User #97479 17560 posts
I don’t think it gets into a lot of benchmarks because the original was released over 3 years ago and was DX9.
I don’t play DOTA2 but I think the benchmarks you have listed and your own experience should give you a decent idea. Dota 2 graphic card benchmarks math
Person A: 150-180FPS, 1440p, i5-6600K (4.5Ghz) and GTX 980, running on Vulkan.
GTX 980Ti. Noted that the GPU usage was
Person E: 70-80FPS, 1080p, i5-2500 and RX 480, maxed settings except Shadows on High (1 lower from max).
Seems as though the game is much more CPU bound than GPU bound and that higher clocks are much more valuable than more cores so a GTX1060 6GB and a i5 6600K overclocked to 4.5Ghz will net you 150-200fps maxed out at 1440p based on the info you have given.
so a GTX1060 6GB and a i5 6600K overclocked to 4.5Ghz will net you 150-200fps maxed out at 1440p based on the info you have given.
Or the RX480 paired with the same CPU.
Loaded up a game with only myself on the regular 5v5 map.
Max settings except for animate portrait (lose about 5-10 fps on that)
vulkan API, i5 750 @ 3.6ghz, gtx 980 with about 55-65% GPU usage
Would probably get worse in a real game since there are more units.
Because no reviews ever benchmark Dota 2, I can only rely on other people’s performance:
Perhaps not on 1080p, but definitely on 1440p or 2160p would be great.
You just need to look a little harder 😛
It appears it is true that CPU is more important than GPU in Dota 2, which I believe is quite rare in games (CPU > GPU)? I’m a bit sad that everyone recommended going for a better GPU than CPU when I was building my PC because “CPU does not matter as much as GPU” even after I stress that Dota 2 was the only game I play. Oh well.
@AjnaZulu, I am aware of those reviews, but all except the first link are severely outdated and not relevant today. For the first review though, it would have been better if the reviewer increased the FPS cap. Regardless, at this point I think the CPU is more important than the GPU.
I’m a bit sad that everyone recommended going for a better GPU than CPU when I was building my PC because “CPU does not matter as much as GPU” even after I stress that Dota 2 was the only game I play. Oh well.
I play a lot of World of Tanks however I don’t need to see new performance reviews as I know current model i5/i7’s @4Ghz+ with a GTX 1070 will murder 1080P and monster it at well over 100FPS even at 1440P 😛
Dota 2 is the same kind of game performance speaking, I would speculate graphics have likely improved over the years which is mostly GPU, really not hard to guess what will work 😛
For the first review though, it would have been better if the reviewer increased the FPS cap. Regardless, at this point I think the CPU is more important than the GPU.
He couldn’t, simply because Dota 2 caps out at 120fps, but yes Dota 2 is much more influence by CPU’s. Modern cards in the upper range can easily run at those frame rates or higher if allowed, hence why it’s not really relevant to put into GPU reviews now days.
Because no reviews ever benchmark Dota 2
That’s why I linked the reviews even if it is somewhat outdated, but it’s still a good baseline to gauge on how it performs. You never said you were aware of those.
He couldn’t, simply because Dota 2 caps out at 120fps, but yes Dota 2 is much more influence by CPU’s. Modern cards in the upper range can easily run at those frame rates or higher if allowed, hence why it’s not really relevant to put into GPU reviews now days.
Dota 2’s 120FPS cap can be changed, i. e. increased or decreased with a console command. The reviewer simply did not do so.
That’s why I linked the reviews even if it is somewhat outdated, but it’s still a good baseline to gauge on how it performs. You never said you were aware of those.
I have extensively searched the internet for Dota 2 reviews that are recent because the latest updates have made increasingly made Dota 2 more demanding. However, none have surfaced except for this review for Linux. In that review, many GPUs were CPU-bound.
At this point, I’m convinced by the growing pile of benchmark evidence that Dota 2 performance relies more on CPU than GPU.
Dota 2 Performance, Benchmarked
Dota 2 is one of the most popular games around. And, it’s free-to-play, so anyone can try it out. How much hardware do you need to enjoy this title at smooth frame rates? Not much, it turns out. We test a number of CPUs and GPUs at different settings.
Test System And Graphics Hardware
As a free-to-play multiplayer online title, Dota 2 isn’t aimed at hardcore PC gamers with enthusiast-class rigs. And as you’ll see in the benchmarks, multiple graphics cards in SLI or CrossFire are overkill. So, we’re only testing up to AMD’s Radeon HD 7950 Boost and Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 660 Ti, though those two boards are even a lot more than this game needs.
We planned to test the game at 5760×1080 using three screens, but Dota 2 doesn’t support that setting. Maybe Valve doesn’t want players with more desktop real estate to have an advantage. Thus, 2560×1600 is the highest resolution we’re able to test.
Additionally, I’m adding multiple CPU tests, a mobile AMD A10-4600M (with integrated Radeon HD 7660G graphics), and an Intel Core i5-3210M (with integrated HD Graphics 4000) to the mix.
| Test System | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core i5-3550 (Ivy Bridge) 3.3 GHz Base Clock Rate, 3.7 GHz Maximum Turbo Boost | |||||||
| Motherboard | Gigabyte Z77X-UP7, LGA 1155, Chipset: Intel Z77 Express | |||||||
| Networking | On-Board Gigabit LAN controller | |||||||
| Memory | Corsair Vengeance LP PC3-16000, 4 x 4 GB, 1600 MT/s, CL 8-8-8-24-2T | |||||||
| Hard Drive | Western Digital Caviar Black 1 TB, 7,200 RPM, 32 MB Cache, SATA 3Gb/s | |||||||
| Power | ePower EP-1200E10-T2 1,200 W, ATX12V, EPS12V | |||||||
| Software and Drivers | ||||||||
| Operating System | Microsoft Windows 8 | |||||||
| DirectX | DirectX 11.1 | |||||||
| Graphics Drivers | AMD Catalyst 13.3 Beta 3Nvidia GeForce 314.22Intel Graphics Driver 9.18.10.3071 | |||||||
| Benchmarks | ||||||||
| Dota 2 | Custom THG Benchmark, 60-second Fraps runPractice With Bots, Difficulty: Easy, Start Bench At 00:00 on Timer, Switch View To Other Teammates Every 5 Seconds. | |||||||
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As A former DoTA player.. (original WC ver.)
I’m so glad they keep the game mechanic and the system requirement low.
the one problems i had is no near server in my country, and the internet connection is quite bad.
I’m wonder if this game is playable on LAN or private/local server?
Some items offer in-game advantages, but Valve committed to a true free-to-play strategy (not pay-to-win), so none of the cash items are powerful enough to make or break a match.
did i see that right – hd 4000 beat 7660 igpu in low res gaming. the 7660 igpu was designed to perform for this kind of games. looks like intel is stepping up to the game, geddit?:P i hope rabid amd fanboys (r. a. Dota 2 graphic card benchmarks math l. f.) don’t rage at toms like they did at xbitlabs when they showed hd4000 beat 7660 in f1 2012 @1080p low q. *fingers crossed*
and desktop core i3 is keeping up with fx8350 and then beats it in avg fps? so much for moar cores. the time has come again to recommend core i3 over fx!! relax c. a. Dota 2 graphic card benchmarks math l. f., i am kidding, it’s not 2011 anymore. 😛
i think. this is the second multiplayer game since the guild wars 2 where core i3 has taken a lead.
kidding aside, could you test core i5 3570k or 3470 (at stock) instead of core i5 3550, the 3570k is selling for $220 at newegg, i5 3550 is $225 and fx8350 is $200(excl. shipping). i5 3470 is selling for $200 and with a mobo like asus z77-v lx, i think it can hit 4 ghz with multicore turbo enabled.
de5_Roydid i see that right – hd 4000 beat 7660 igpu in low res gaming. the 7660 igpu was designed to perform for this kind of games. looks like intel is stepping up to the game, geddit? i hope rabid amd fanboys (r. a. Dota 2 graphic card benchmarks math l. f.) don’t rage at toms like they did at xbitlabs when they showed hd4000 beat 7660 in f1 2012 @1080p low q. *fingers crossed* and desktop core i3 is keeping up with fx8350 and then beats it in avg fps? so much for moar cores. the time has come again to recommend core i3 over fx!! relax c. a. Dota 2 graphic card benchmarks math l. f., i am kidding, it’s not 2011 anymore. i think. this is the second multiplayer game since the guild wars 2 where core i3 has taken a lead. kidding aside, could you test core i5 3570k or 3470 (at stock) instead of core i5 3550, the 3570k is selling for $220 at newegg, i5 3550 is $225 and fx8350 is $200(excl. shipping). i5 3470 is selling for $200 and with a mobo like asus z77-v lx, i think it can hit 4 ghz with multicore turbo enabled.
no one is going to rage, its a low requirement game as for cpu, all they needed to test was the general core difference. if your quad core intel cpu is faster than the tested cpu, then just add a few fps to the tested results +/- irregularities with systems and testing situations. the cpus chosen were just a bunch of cpus of different core count and architectures to gather data from modernish cpus for the game. No one is really going to argue against something like a 4.5 3570k being better than like a i5-3470 at max turbo clock. Its generally accepted that clocks in the same architecture will make it run better.

