Techland has just released Dying Light 2 on PC. Powered by the next version of the C-Engine, it’s time now to benchmark it and see how it performs on the PC.
For this PC Performance Analysis, we used an Intel i9 9900K with 16GB of DDR4 at 3800Mhz, AMD’s Radeon RX580, RX Vega 64, RX 6900XT, NVIDIA’s GTX980Ti, RTX 2080Ti and RTX 3080. We also used Windows 10 64-bit, the GeForce 511.65 and the Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 22.1.2 drivers.
Techland has added a few graphics settings to tweak. PC gamers can adjust the quality of Anti-Aliasing, Particles, Sun Shadows, Contact Shadows, Ambient Occlusion, Global Illumination, Reflections and Fog. The game also features a FOV setting, as well as Colorblind and Sharpening options. And, as we’ve already reported, the game supports AMD FSR, NVIDIA DLSS and Ray Tracing.
Dying Light 2 does not feature any built-in benchmark tool. As such, we’ve decided to test two separate scenes. For our GPU benchmarks, we used the starting forest area. For our CPU tests, we used the first city area at night (filled with lots of zombies).
In order to find out how the game scales on multiple CPU threads, we simulated a dual-core, a quad-core and a hexa-core CPU. And, surprisingly enough, the game does not require a high-end CPU. Although our simulated dual-core system was unable to launch the game without Hyper-Threading, it was able to push over 90fps at 720p/Max No-RT Settings. And while we did notice some occasional stutters, the game was completely playable on that system.
Dying Light 2 uses both DX11 and DX12 APIs. However, we suggest using the DX12 which offers better CPU multi-threading capabilities. The game was able to utilize all eight cores of our Intel Core i9 9900K. Thus, and in order to avoid any possible stutters that may occur due to high CPU usage, we suggest enabling Hyper-Threading.
Most of our GPUs were able to provide a smooth gaming experience at 1080p/Max No-RT Settings. In fact, we were impressed by the performance of the AMD Radeon RX Vega 64, which was able to run our stress scene with 60fps. Thanks to the DX12 API, Dying Light 2 runs extremely well on AMD’s GPUs. That is of course when not using the game’s Ray Tracing effects. Although we have a separate article for our Ray Tracing benchmarks, we tried running the game with RT on the AMD Radeon RX 6900XT. And, unfortunately, AMD’s high-end GPU was unable to offer a smooth gaming experience, even at native 1080p. Since AMD’s GPUs do not support DLSS, they can only use FSR. And, as we’ve already reported, the game looks really blurry with FSR. In short, don’t bother with the RT effects if you own an AMD GPU.
At 1440p/Max No-RT Settings, our top three GPUs were able to provide a constant 60fps experience. As for native 4K, none of our GPUs was able to provide a 60fps experience. Now as we’ve said, this is a stress test, meaning that other areas may run better. Still, you may encounter some areas later in the game that could be as demanding as this one.
Sadly, the game’s scalability (via its graphics settings) is not that great. As you can see below, our RTX3080 could only run our stress scene with 60fps in native 4K at Low Settings. Still, and despite using Low Settings, the game did not look particularly bad (so there is at least that).
Graphics-wise, Dying Light 2 looks better than its predecessor. The game features some cool wind effects, and can display numerous enemies on screen. Its animation system is great, though the character lip-syncing could have been better. Most of its characters are highly detailed, though they cannot come close to other triple-A games. There are also pop-in issues, even on Max Settings. In general, and although the game looks very good, there is nothing here to “wow” you. That is of course until you enable the game’s Ray Tracing effects which are amazing.
All in all, Dying Light 2 can run smoothly on a wide range of PC configurations. For gaming at 1080p/Max Settings, you won’t need a powerful PC system. Dying Light 2 also runs better on AMD’s hardware when not using its RT effects, and does not require a high-end CPU. Things get a bit trickier though once you start increasing the game’s resolution. For gaming at 1440p/Max Settings, you’ll need a somewhat powerful GPU. And, for gaming at 4K/Max Settings, there isn’t any GPU that can run it smoothly (without resorting to DLSS).
Enjoy!
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I feel like you should cover DLSS and FSR performance and visual quality in future analysis, I know you mention them, but something more thorough would be appreciated
https://www.dsogaming.com/pc-performance-analyses/dying-light-2-nvidia-dlss-amd-fsr-ray-tracing-benchmarks/
Yes i know, i’ve read the article. But i believe you should include it in the performance analysis. Especially now with DLSS being a core tech. Just a thought, great analysis as always.
And so is DLSS, I didn’t spend 1500-1700 dollars on a GPU to use fuqin AI sorcery. For that type of money you better RASTERIZE me to death. People pay so much money for their GPUs and then they convince themselves that some Dogshit AI is good enough for what they paid for. After a decade these cards can’t do 4k 120 hz, so pay us money and we’ll give you a bandaid fix. Man most of y’all are some dumb muthafuqas. Worse, you’ll defend getting crap for more.
I didn’t pay money to use incredibly useful feature1!!
Hey dumba$$ with a big disrespectful mouth, when did i say anything about Nvidia, you fuqboy! I agreed that FSR and DLSS is terrible. When did i make this about NVidia. that’s the problem with lil biche made kunts like you, just spews off at the mouth when anyone talks about your favorite or pertaining to your favorite A$$ fuqr. Free you say, Keep telling yourself that. Don’t buy a GPU and let me see you use FSR or DLSS, go ahead I’ll wait DUMMY. You just wanna hear yourself speak man, at no time did you say anything coherently worthy. You can’t even read comprehend properly, but you wanna get all high in the chest with me.
PC Gamer just had an article saying FSR looks better then DLSS in this game lol
PC gamer, who are they? Ohh yeah that printed game mag that was about PC games some 20 years ago. Today their scores etc are almost as much off as ign’s and that’s by itself an accomplishment to be as off from their audience as they are
It’s a shame what happened to PCGamer but I don’t think there is any going back for them. I used to love getting their magazine back in the 90s but now I wouldn’t wipe my a*s with it.
PCZone was always better. I’d only grab PCGamer if there was something on the disc worth having.
PC Zone when Charlie Brooker was still writing for them was the best.
Same with Gizmodo. They are nothing but a propaganda pushing political site now. Pure trash
100% same i gave up on them over 10+y ago BUT for fun i follow them and i couldn’t believe it when i even went and read the article and looked at the comparison THEY HAD
just shook my head
Seriously look at all their editors. They push gossip bullshit and culture war trash now. Just another Kotaku .
This is what I like about this site. John doesn’t inject politics in his articles and reviews. When I go to a site for PC gaming news and reviews I don’t want to have to filter through the political bias. I just want the PC gaming news and reviews. I get that here on this site.
Yeah politically unbiased and focused on the game… like game reviews should be. When its more about political views than the actual game its not a game review anymore… and sadly that’s seems to be the majority of so called “reviews” the main stream media shovels out
PC Gamer was the site that had the guy who reviewed Sekiro and bragged about using cheats to finish the game.
Scores are not off, just paid for.
even in their own screenshots FSR looks like trash. Unbelievable someone can say that with a straigth face
The solution is to just not use either of them
that CPU usage xD well its winter so its ok i guess …..
Got the game maxed out at native 1440p on a Titan Xp. Not into using image upscalers.
Been getting about 55-65fps
Game is pretty fun. I am enjoying it.
Shame on you for buying this denuvo ridden jew propaganda.
The game works. I don’t care if it has denuvo. I got the game for $36 off cdkeys a while ago. It’s only a problem for ppl that wanted it for free
“The game works.”
Nobody cares .
“I don’t care if it has denuvo.”
That much is clear.
” It’s only a problem for ppl that wanted it for free”
I don’t care to pirate this game, but i totally support piracy.
55 fps at not even 4K LOOOL
for Far Cry 4 graphics
My video card is 5 years old. Whatever. I am satisfied
bruhhhh this performance is pathetic and an insult LOL
it looked so realistic and dark, instead of that we got another happy hippie colorful joke with 4th wall breaking post ironic humor like every other game. I was impressed at that mission and the sunken city, they removed if from the game. Sigh, what a disappointment and the fact the last chapter with “point of no return” is so long prove they didnt design this with open world in mind.
So whats the talk on this game, do people say its good or bad?
whats with troon? Is the writer trans?
Invaded? Have you watched a movie since lately? What you and many others don’t understand is that these people were always like this, the entertainment people. They tend to lean very left and if you aren’t down with that then Hollywood or the entertainment industry ain’t for you. I was a musician and every single one of those theatre b*stards were queermos. It was so bad that I refused to do musicals. I went with gospel music and the choir director is pole smoking Queermo that claims he’s “Gay For Jesus” so I left the church. It’s just the way people in entertainment are. The only difference is now it sells. The world has gone mad and they are incharged of the madhouse.
I’m bringing this up because yesterday my wife wanted to watch Eternals & I told her that I’m done with anything marvel related. Endgame, That was my out. But I said ok, let’s watch this Dumpster Fire. And whattdya know… The Black & Muslim dude are gay for each other and have a child together. If you know anything about Black people is that they are EXTREMELY ANTI-Pole Smoking, yet every turn Hollywood takes, tries to shove that garbage down the black communities throat because we are the Last bastion. Aint nobody hate Queermos more than blacks and it’s for specific reasons which are just illogical to the species survival. But my point here is, it’s propaganda season and they are out in full swing. THEY WANT YOUR KIDS THE MOST. I don’t hate Queermos, it’s just the constant propaganda that is there every time you turn on entertainment. That is why my daughter is not going to school, we home school. The public school system is an indoctrination camp and y’all need to stop sending your children there. Because your children is your greatest legacy.
Most of the media in general push Far Leftist Political Agendas. It’s gotten worse over the years because most people accept the BS. It will continue to get worse until it goes too far and the majority push back.
It’s the same with Universities. When I went to earn my degree I was put off by the Far Left Political Agenda pushing. I met many people transferring from all around the country and they all spoke the same babble. They were generally smug and arrogant because they thought they were “enlightened” and they believed they were smarter than most people but they indeed lacked common sense.
You just described Gizmodo
ffs, which country is that shithole university at?
You can’t be Muslim and gay at the same time. This is pure madness and dangerous brainwashing. I was looking for this movie but when i hear about the woke lgbt stuff i forget about it. Man i don’t know where we are heading?! I have a feeling that this is not going to end well.
This is what they say and what they want, let’s not forget the lgbt crowds are living in another dimension, and no matter how hard they try they can’t change the truth (what they want and what they do is against nature it self)… Lgbt for now is a solid card on the hands of the elite and this is why they are working slowly and calmly rewriting everything and also the new Abrahamic religion which is ok with everything they want.
I woudn’t say they are from another dimension (unless you mean demons from another dimension). They are criminals engaged in grooming operations, it’s not so much about ideology or a (correct)world vision, but more about their desire to diddle kids and punish their enemies (normal people).
I didn’t say they are “from” but living, and i’m talking about the happy rainbow sims characters.
I got what you was saying, i just typed it wrong.
Brother, I’m gonna be honest man I’ve been out of the loop when it comes to new movies so I didn’t know Eternals was that bad. Because I’ve unplugged from all the sjw this and woke that… because I’ve been too busy dealing with Actual real world problem like the PLANDEMIC! Sad part is the story and premise is actually good but from the start you can see its a movie made by someone that’s trying to SHOVE DIFFERENT CULTURES down our throats. All it does is a glorified culture movie. Just be warned this movie is woke as it gets.
Where are we going you ask? Now more than ever “toxic masculinity” is needed. I use to get the type of man that would try to accommodate people and their wishes. Now I don’t anymore because it’s a sign of weakness. We’ve become too soft. More no’s are needed. I stopped using the word “Faggxt” over 15 YEARS ago because someone told me some sob story about how his best getting got disowned by his father for coming out the closet. I slowly realize that is rediculous and now I’m in full swing calling everything “Faggxt”. I soon realized that my accommodating self is what aided to the mess that we are currently in. If this is all to stop, we must be rude AF again. I know I sound crazy and regressive but what am I supposed to do at this point. I tried being nice and all they do is take and take without impunity.
then you do not know about the dancing boys in Afghanistan.
yeah
“You can’t be Muslim and gay at the same time.”
Gheys can subvert any religion (except judaism which supports them), US used to work with pedo warlords in afghanistan.
Taliban was against bachabazi, it was the US occupation who propped up pedo warlords. A lot of arab countries are allied or closeted allied with “Israel”/US, which is why some degeneracy can take hold. As for China, i don’t know if it is legal, they censor a lot of stuff related to feminism, gheys and sissy boys or so i read…
Malcolm x was a ghey prostitute, and despite black people being more “homophobic” in general, they also have more ghey people than the general population, maybe it is related, “homophobia” is a reaction to creepy gheys. There is a concerted effort to elevate ghey values in the black community thanks to jewish controlled media and entertainment.
INdeed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qanF-91aJo&list=RDMM0qanF-91aJo&start_radio=1&ab_channel=BlackSabbath
We can’t usually find an escape from politics because it has infested almost all of entertainment including gaming. This virus is never going to stop until more people around the world start to wake up.
Another game with no textures quality settings…
yeah I was kinda confused on that one ????????????????????????????????
Did you have Deadnuvo malware free exe so you can really test the performance or something?
Nope, the review codes also had the Denuvo anti-tamper tech.
Sad.
Would be nice if they made this move and some actual journalist leaked that.
why this game has colourful cartoon graphics don’t know….they downgraded the 2019 dark realisitc lighting & graphics….now its too cartoony looking…..they delayed because they had to downgrade the graphics which of course due to ps4 ps5 xbox series can’t handle…..
It’s not you, it’s John and his censorship heavy handed way of dealing with comments.
Did you select the worst looking locations on purpose? under 50 fps for THAT???
It’s a fun and immersive game, I wish it didn’t have rpg elements.
its garbage
Immersive games have rpg elements.
Yes, HP bars and spongy enemies that are 10 levels above you are so immersive.
It reminds me more of Dead Island than anything. You can disable most hud elements, but not all the HUD completely.
Just because they let you do it, doesn’t mean you should.
But i want to? I played DL1 on nightmare will all HUD turned off. I don’t like HUD in games. I can play fine without.
Most can play fine without, but few can play optimally. And i’m not talking about this game in particular, more in general.
Well then they should give options to customize it how you want. You know, like most modern games. For those who want a casual experience, with all the hud notifications, you should be able to customize it. And for those who want a more immersive experience, they should be able to fully disable it.
What i mean to say is that a lot of games are not designed to play without HUD and markers. For curiosity sake, how do you play those stupid fetch quests without HUD, do you have to consult the map in the menu?
You have survivor senses. In the first game you don’t NEED HUD at all to know where the quest you are tracking is. A small circle or dot will appear on your screen when you use the survivor senses, that indicates where the quest is. It’s entierly playable. DL1 did it perfectly, and if it’s not broken, don’t fix it. Yet they didn’t add it. It’s obvious the game wants to hold your hand. No way to fully immerse yourself without 30 pointless informations on your screen, forced gameplay tutorials.. It’s stupid. At least we got a mod for the HUD, but this hand holding ain’t it.
It’s kind of pointless, You can see people through walls and there’s nothing you can do about it.
Also, I’m just sick of games with spongy enemies, I have no desire to play it again at this point.
You are supposed to get killed by said enemies, or run away, get better gear, level up, etc. If you know the mechanics of the game you won’t have to deal with “spongy enemies 10 levels above you”. Also, every game have HP bars.
Also, shame on you for buying this denuvo ridden piece of trash.
Spongy enemies that need higher levels and gears, so immersive.
Ok so the game is not immersive, so why did you lie in your first post?
Because you’re dense.
And you’re a liar.
I’m going to be completely frank here: This is a very disappointing release from the gaming industry. This was the most anticipated game people last year were looking forward to for 2022. This game has horrendous performance, netting 59fps on a 3080 w/ medium, average graphics settings at 4K. That means if you were to use a 3090 (+10%), you’d be at 64.9fps on medium settings. The game is in a piss poor state of unoptimized performance and it’s reportedly buggy on top of that. PC Gamers deserved far better. Fortunately for me, I didn’t buy this game.
I am using a 3090 FE and a 5900X cpu and at max settings at 4k full Raytracing and all with balanced dlss I pull 40 at the worst, 50 average frames and this game is breathtaking. I don’t find it unoptimized I find it next gen and as expected you need current gen cards and a more normal res. 4k/60 in next gen titles is just that… next gen lol
“.. and all with balanced dlss…”
Wow, all with balanced placebo / pseudo performance? Well damn, I guess this thing is the staple for the industry moving forward.
You have low standards. 40-50fps is pathetically dreadful performance, barely playable.
I lost myself when he said balanced DLSS lol
bruhh you talk about RTX CARDS hahah I got 1660 ti gaming 6gb GOODLUCK, the performance is so bad I have no words LOL YET THE GAME LOOKS LIKE FROM 2014 LOL DID I MISS SOMETHING, dying light 1 looks amazing and plays amazing, the second game is a joke I hate everything about it besides performance
You have a GPU that looks as though it’s from 2014 ‘LOL’.
Try a 980ti. Everything looks like mud.
😀
I find the performance to be great. At 1440p, everything maxed out and DLSS Quality, I get between 55 – 120 FPS using an ancient 3770k and a 3080. I’m very happy with the 3080 as I only upgraded from a 1080Ti for RT.
I did and i refunded it after 3 hours. To add more crap in this dumpster fire.
The game has little to no customizable settings. You can’t modify textures, or shadows, only contact shadows, there is no FXAA or SMAA, it’s just Low AA and High AA. You can’t modify the LOD, view distances, can’t disable bloom or depth of field. Apparently, you have to edit them via a ini file. So i pay 60 bucks, full price, for a game that i can’t even tweak to get a decent performance.
However, i doubt anyone here played DL1 since day one. I did. And the first game at launch was just as bad optimized and missing options. It took years to make DL a perfect zombie experience. And i have no doubts they will make DL2 a good product, with time. Because that’s how gaming is nowadays. Never buy crap day one and expect a good, stable and finished product.
There is a simple solution to this ongoing problem for PC gamers. Give them some months to finish the game after it is released and buy it then or not if they are taking too long to finish the game after it is released. You can also wait a little longer and catch the game on a good sale on a Steam Sale.
Yes, I saw that you didn’t buy the game on release and that is good advice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP9ml3_A5Tc&ab_channel=Fallout%3ANuevoMexico
Damn that looks good!
Nah, this engine don’t look good even when it was brand new.
A rainbow flag is prominently displayed in a house fairly early on in the game. If you thought that maybe this type of stuff would not be present in the game because it was made by a Polish developer, you would be wrong.
I am letting others know incase they care about this and were not aware.
hhhmmm guess another garbage company
Polish is not as based as people think it is, with the most common red flags being part of NATO, and the westernized local gaming industry.
When I post stuff it gets deleted. I do not know who is doing it.
who?
I understand why they’d change lighting, graphics, animations, foliage, UI, quests, and scripted events (optimisation for weak consoles, 1050/60 570/80 still popular and stuff), but for the life of me I can’t get why they’d change the dialogue from naturally sounding and precisely delivered to this one liner cut-and-put-together gamey crap. Cyberpunk did this as well. It drives me nuts as it doesn’t affect performance in any way and it’s always changed for the worse.
And lol at that Space Hen crap. “Alien Galactic Federation” responsible for what happened in the first game? Total BS as usual.
It’s the best looking title we have had on PC, shoving CP2077 off the top spot.
Except CP77 hardly qualifies as “best looking”, unless you think looking at a static screenshot counts as “best looking game”. A game is about the sum of it’s parts, and not just some 4k textures and RT
Watch? I played MEE. All that had was RTGI due to it being a ‘next gen’ console title. BTW. I had over 100 hours in CP2077 without any of the bugs the clickbait beggers were posting.
Dying Light 2 is a comedy, or a game that wants to be serious? Cuz from
its original gothic dark art style presented at E3, to this new vibrant one, it went
from serious to comedy.
For my part I have an I7 12600K coupled to a RTX 2080 super slightly overclocked and I must say that I am disappointed not to be able to play it in 4K dlss quality but I want to specify that the game runs at 35 fps on average on my pc in 4K dlss balance. The best compromise is the 2K all graphics option at maximum with dlss quality ( 60 fps most of the time and sometimes 50 ) and I must say no loss of image quality. The game with Ray tracing on Pc is a completely different game, nothing to see visually. How lighting is a game changer.Driving through the city at night without a flashlight under the moonlight is visually amazing.