RAGE 2 Performance Analysis – AMD and Nvidia Tested

1080p (Full HD), 1440p (2K), and 2160p (4K)

Please note that an AMD Radeon VII was not available to us at the time of testing, but we will aim to include those results when possible.

Without a doubt, this is an impressively well-optimised game to run. OK, we’re backing it up with an i9-9900K (stock clocks) which does help a fair bit, but these dates, any modern quad-core or above should keep a pretty similar pace in any game. GPU performance is the big deal for modern games though. What’s amazing is that even the rather weak GTX 1650 still managed 56 FPS. That’s very playable for high-settings, and a minor tweak will have that north of 60 FPS easily. While we didn’t have them to hand to test, I’d bet that the 1550 series would do similar, as would old AMD cards such as the 280X or the Nvidia GTX 660 Ti if you’re on older hardware, albeit on medium settings. Everything else managed 1080p with ease, and even the VEGA 56 broke 100 FPS, which is great for HFR display.

1440P and 144Hz+ Gaming

You’re easily taken care of here too, with everything from the RX580, which scored 53 FPS to the GTX 1660 Ti which scored 60 FPS giving an entry-level 1440p performance. Those who are gaming at 1440p and 144Hz, however, will want a high-end RTX class card. Only the RTX 2080 Ti did over 100 FPS (128 to be exact). However, the RTX 2080 did 99 FPS, which is certainly up there.

Glorious 4K

This is where the game got really demanding, even on our fine rig. Only the RTX 2080 Ti scored above 60 FPS with 62 FPS. The RTX 2080 right down to the 1080 Ti were not far off. However, dropping some settings to medium would be more than ideal here. Anything below that is going to look a bit cinematic/console like. That being said, the game still looks amazing at medium settings at 4K, so don’t be too shy about dialling things back a bit.