Measured FPS benchmarks
Need for Speed FPS
- 2015
- 60/100 · 247 ratings
- Action
- Adventure
- Racing
- Simulation
Need for Speed was released in 2015. We list 2 published FPS results for it from Notebookcheck, covering 1 graphics card. Steam lists NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB, AMD Radeon HD 7850 2GB, or equivalent DX11 compatible GPU w… as the minimum graphics card, an entry-level card by today's standards.
Frame rate cap: none on record. We have no record of an engine frame limit for Need for Speed, so our estimates assume it runs uncapped. V-Sync, an in-game limiter or your monitor's refresh rate can still hold it lower.
Measured results
Published · with sources60+ FPS 30–59 under 30 lower bound (frame cap, CPU or VRAM limit). Average FPS from published tests.
- GTX 1060High100Notebookcheck
- GTX 1060Ultra77.4Notebookcheck
At 1080p the fastest measured card, GTX 1060, averages 100 FPS; the slowest, GTX 1060, 77 FPS.
Estimate vs measured
0/2 within ±30% · median -33%Each dot is one published result: how far our model's figure for the same card and setting was from it. The shaded band is ±30%.
Our estimate on 10 reference GPUs
Estimate ±30%Model figures, not measurements: dashed bars with their ±30% band. How they are made.
- RTX 4090360model max
- RTX 5070 Ti286200–372
- Radeon RX 9070 XT286200–372
- RTX 4070214150–278
- Radeon RX 7800 XT183128–238
- RTX 4060 Ti163114–212
- RTX 406013091–169
- RTX 306010574–137
- Radeon RX 66009164–118
- GTX 16505438–70
Cards that run Need for Speed at 60+ FPS
1080p High · cheapest firstCurrent cards, by launch price. Solid chips are measured results; dashed ones are our estimate (±30%).
- Intel Arc B580launch price $249≈95 FPSAmazon
- Radeon RX 7600launch price $269≈101 FPSAmazon
- RTX 5060launch price $299≈144 FPSAmazon
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Player reports
0 reportsNo player reports for Need for Speed yet.
Screenshots
SteamSystem requirements
SteamMinimum
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB, AMD Radeon HD 7850 2GB, or equivalent DX11 compatible GPU with 2GB of memory
- CPU
- Intel Core i3-4130 or equivalent with 4 hardware threads
- RAM
- 6 GB
Recommended
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB, AMD Radeon R9 290 4GB, or equivalent DX11 compatible GPU with 4GB of memory
- CPU
- Intel Core i5-4690 or equivalent with 4 hardware threads
- RAM
- 8 GB
Need for Speed FPS questions
- What graphics card do I need for 60 FPS in Need for Speed at 1080p?
- In a published test (Notebookcheck) the GTX 1060 averages 100 FPS at 1080p High: the least powerful card in our data with a 60+ FPS result at 1080p High or Ultra.
- Can a GTX 1650 run Need for Speed?
- By our estimate it gets about 85 FPS at 1080p Low (smooth) and 54 FPS at 1080p High (playable), each ±30%.
- What are the minimum system requirements for Need for Speed?
- Steam lists NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB, AMD Radeon HD 7850 2GB, or equivalent DX11 compatible GPU with 2GB of memory graphics, Intel Core i3-4130 or equivalent with 4 hardware threads and 6 GB of RAM as the minimum.
