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NVIDIA RTX 5090 runs Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 with over 60FPS at Native 4K/Max Settings


Deep Silver has just released Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 on PC. Powered by CRYENGINE, this new first-person RPG is a game that a lot of PC gamers have been waiting for. So, can the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 run it smoothly at Native 4K? Let’s find out.

For these initial tests, we used an AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D with 32GB of DDR5 at 6000Mhz and an NVIDIA RTX 5090. We also used Windows 10 64-bit, and the GeForce 57216 driver. Moreover, we’ve disabled the second CCD on our 7950X3D. That’s the ideal thing you can do for gaming on this particular CPU.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 does not have any built-in benchmark tool. So, for our tests, we used the first open-world area (right after the Prologue Mission). This area was more demanding than the Prologue. So, it should give us a pretty good idea of how the rest of the game runs.

Although Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 supports NVIDIA DLSS and AMD FSR, it does not have any support for Frame Gen. This is a bummer as the game would benefit from it, especially in towns where there are a lot of NPCs. Still, the good news for RTX50 series owners is that NVIDIA has already added a game profile for it in the NVIDIA App. And yes, you can enable Smooth Motion for it.

At Native 4K with Max Settings (which are called Experimental), the NVIDIA RTX 5090 is able to run the game with over 65FPS at all times. The Prologue ran with over 90FPS. However, the open-world area was averaging at 75FPS (with a minimum of 65FPS). With 4K DLSS Quality, we were able to get close to 100FPS.

As you will see, at 100FPS, our AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D was used to its fullest. All of our CPU cores/threads were maxed out. And that’s why I say this game would benefit from Frame Gen. Older CPUs may have major issues running it with 60FPS at Experimental Settings. Yes, you can lower the settings but Frame Gen would be a perfect feature to have for these cases.

Anyway, we’ll talk more about the game’s performance in our upcoming PC Performance Analysis. At first glance, the game did not seem to suffer from any stutters. So, this is certainly good news for everyone.

I’m currently uploading a video with the first ten minutes. Naturally, it has all the metrics you’d expect. Thus, it will give you an idea of the game’s performance. I’ll be sure to add it to the article once it’s finished. I’ll also test Smooth Motion to see how it feels in this game. So, expect an update really soon.

Enjoy and stay tuned for more!

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 - NVIDIA RTX 5090 - Native 4K with Experimental Settings

UPDATE:

So I’ve tried Smooth Motion and this is a must for those with high-end GPUs. Right now, only the RTX50 series GPUs support it, but it will also work on the RTX40 series GPUs in the future. So, it will be interesting to see whether or not Warhorse will add support for DLSS 3 FG until then.

With Smooth Motion, KCD2 ran with over 120FPS at Native 4K with Experimental Settings on the RTX 5090. However, during quick mouse movements, I could spot some annoying artifacts with the crosshair. The good news is that you can greatly reduce them by dropping DLSS to Quality Mode. And, in my opinion, that’s the best way to play the game right now. Not only do you get to play at 160+FPS, but there are no major visual artifacts. Plus, I could not spot any major input latency issues.