200+ FPS
High
1080p
* This page is using reference screenshots for display purposes and not from in-game
Viewing the performance found on the 5 year old GeForce GTX 1080 while playing DOTA 2 we quickly see it can get a very strong 200+ FPS. To get that DOTA 2 is benched at High graphics setting and at 1080p.
But then the GeForce GTX 1080 will get a solid big screen performance at 4K, with 200+ frames per second. So we expect you are likely to consider running the game in 4K or 1440p. If you are interested, this is a cost of $1.62 per FPS, assuming we take it based on the GPU’s launch price.
This graphics card, paired with at least 4GB system memory and a suitable processor, like the Intel Core i7-6700K 4-Core 4.0GHz would be perfect to run this game at 4K Ultra.
To summarise, GeForce GTX 1080 graphics cards can smoothly run this game, but what DOTA 2 screen resolution would you like to run with? While you can get 200+ FPS with 4K Ultra you can increase your frame rate to 200+ FPS in Ultra 1440p and up to 200+ FPS with 1080p. Pricing this on a frame per frame around the graphics cards original price it will cost $0.73 per 1080p Ultra frame. This increases to $0.96 per frame at 1440p Ultra and even more with 4K Ultra at $1.62 per frame.
Graphics Card price at launch:
Nvidia 10 Series Low Vs Ultra for DOTA 2 | ||||
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Graphics Card | Difference | |||
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti | - | |||
GeForce GTX 1080 | - | |||
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti | - | |||
GeForce GTX 1070 | - | |||
GeForce GTX 1060 | - | |||
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB | - | |||
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB | - | |||
GeForce GTX 1050 | - | |||
GeForce GT 1030 | - |
Nvidia 900 Series Low Vs Ultra for DOTA 2 | ||||
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Graphics Card | Difference | |||
GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB | - | |||
GeForce GTX 980 4GB | - | |||
GeForce GTX 970 4GB | - | |||
GeForce GTX 960 Ti 4GB | - | |||
GeForce GTX 960 Ti 2GB | - | |||
GeForce GTX 960 2GB | - | |||
GeForce GTX 950 2GB | - | |||
GeForce GT 940 2GB | - | |||
GeForce GT 930 2GB | - |
AMD R-500 Series Low Vs Ultra for DOTA 2 | ||||
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Graphics Card | Difference | |||
Radeon Vega Frontier Edition 16GB | - | |||
Radeon RX Vega 64 8GB | - | |||
Radeon RX Vega 64 Air XT 8GB | - | |||
Radeon RX Vega 64 Air 8GB | - | |||
Radeon RX Vega 64 Nano 8GB | - | |||
Radeon RX Vega 56 8GB | - | |||
Radeon RX 590 8GB | - | |||
Radeon RX 580 8GB | - | |||
Radeon RX 580 4GB | - | |||
Radeon RX 570X 8GB | - | |||
Radeon RX 570 8GB | - | |||
Radeon RX 570 4GB | - | |||
Radeon RX 560 4GB | - | |||
Radeon RX 560 2GB | - | |||
Radeon RX 550 4GB | - | |||
Radeon RX 550 2GB | - | |||
Radeon RX 560D 2GB | - | |||
Radeon RX Vega 8 | - | |||
Radeon RX Vega 11 | - |