Measured FPS benchmarks
Watch Dogs FPS
- 2014
- 73/100 · 1,160 ratings
- Action
- Adventure
Watch Dogs was released in 2014. We list 2 published FPS results for it from Notebookcheck, covering 1 graphics card. Steam lists DirectX 11 graphics card with 1 GB Video RAM - Nvidia Geforce GTX 460 or AMD Radeon HD 57… 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 Watch Dogs, 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 1060High84.7Notebookcheck
- GTX 1060Ultra65.5Notebookcheck
At 1080p the fastest measured card, GTX 1060, averages 85 FPS; the slowest, GTX 1060, 66 FPS.
Estimate vs measured
2/2 within ±30% · median +17%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 Ti360model max
- Radeon RX 9070 XT360model max
- RTX 4070314220–408
- Radeon RX 7800 XT268188–348
- RTX 4060 Ti240168–312
- RTX 4060191134–248
- RTX 3060154108–200
- Radeon RX 660013393–173
- GTX 16507955–103
Cards that run Watch Dogs 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≈139 FPSAmazon
- Radeon RX 7600launch price $269≈147 FPSAmazon
- RTX 5060launch price $299≈211 FPSAmazon
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Player reports
0 reportsNo player reports for Watch Dogs yet.
Screenshots
SteamSystem requirements
SteamMinimum
- GPU
- DirectX 11 graphics card with 1 GB Video RAM - Nvidia Geforce GTX 460 or AMD Radeon HD 5770
- CPU
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 @ 2.66Ghz or AMD Phenom II X4 940 @ 3.0Ghz
- RAM
- 6 GB
Recommended
- GPU
- DirectX 11 graphics card with 2 GB Video RAM - Nvidia Geforce GTX 560 ti or AMD Radeon HD 7850
- CPU
- Eight core - Intel Core i7-3770 @3.5 GHz or AMD FX-8350 X8 @ 4 GHz
- RAM
- 8 GB
Watch Dogs FPS questions
- What graphics card do I need for 60 FPS in Watch Dogs at 1080p?
- In a published test (Notebookcheck) the GTX 1060 averages 85 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 Watch Dogs?
- By our estimate it gets about 124 FPS at 1080p Low (smooth) and 79 FPS at 1080p High (smooth), each ±30%.
- What are the minimum system requirements for Watch Dogs?
- Steam lists DirectX 11 graphics card with 1 GB Video RAM - Nvidia Geforce GTX 460 or AMD Radeon HD 5770 graphics, Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 @ 2.66Ghz or AMD Phenom II X4 940 @ 3.0Ghz and 6 GB of RAM as the minimum.
