What graphics card do I need for 60 FPS in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky at 1080p?

By our estimate (±30%), the GTX 1650 is the least powerful of our 10 reference cards to reach 60 FPS at 1080p High, at about 165 FPS. No published benchmark of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky at that setting is in our data to confirm it.

Can a GTX 1650 run S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky?

By our estimate it gets about 258 FPS at 1080p Low (smooth) and 165 FPS at 1080p High (smooth), each ±30%.

What are the minimum system requirements for S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky?

Steam lists 128 MB DirectX® 8.0 compatible card / nVIDIA® GeForce™ 5700 / ATI Radeon® 9600 graphics, Intel Pentium 4 2.0 Ghz / AMD XP 2200+ and 1 GB of RAM as the minimum.

FPS estimates

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky FPS

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Estimates only · ±30%

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S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky was released in 2008. No published benchmark of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky is in our dataset yet, so every FPS figure on this page is an estimate. Steam lists 128 MB DirectX® 8.0 compatible card / nVIDIA® GeForce™ 5700 / ATI Radeon® 9600 as the minimum graphics card, about what integrated graphics deliver today.

Frame rate cap: none on record. We have no record of an engine frame limit for S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky, so our estimates assume it runs uncapped. V-Sync, an in-game limiter or your monitor's refresh rate can still hold it lower.

No measured data yet. We have not found a published benchmark of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky with a source we can link. The figures below come from our model and carry a ±30% band. How the estimate works.

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 Ti360model max
Radeon RX 9070 XT360model max
RTX 4070360model max
Radeon RX 7800 XT360model max
RTX 4060 Ti360model max
RTX 4060360model max
RTX 3060320224–416
Radeon RX 6600278195–361
GTX 1650165115–215

Cards that run S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky at 60+ FPS

1080p High · cheapest first

Current cards, by launch price. Solid chips are measured results; dashed ones are our estimate (±30%).

Intel Arc B580launch price $249≈289 FPSAmazon
Radeon RX 7600launch price $269≈307 FPSAmazon
RTX 5060launch price $299≈360 FPSAmazon

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System requirements

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Minimum

GPU: 128 MB DirectX® 8.0 compatible card / nVIDIA® GeForce™ 5700 / ATI Radeon® 9600
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2.0 Ghz / AMD XP 2200+
RAM: 1 GB