Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Patch 1.2 (Hotfix) - PC performance graphics benchmarks of Graphics Cards and Processors
We have tested the latest game Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Patch 1.2 on maximum graphics settings with GeForce RTX and Radeon RX video cards. We also evaluated the performance and quality of the game's graphics during our tests.
| THE GRAFICAL PART |
This subsection of our review highlights the main graphical aspects of this game. Particular attention is paid to the version of the graphics engine used, the version of the API used, graphic settings and the quality of development of the main visual aspects.
| Supported OS and Graphics API |
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II develops the ideas of the first part, offering an even more realistic model of medieval life, with an emphasis on historical accuracy, a detailed combat system and non-linear development of the plot. The game is designed for 64-bit operating systems Windows 10 and newer, using the capabilities of modern processors and video cards. Thanks to flexible graphics settings, you can run the game even on mid-range systems or reveal its full visual potential on ultra- and experimental settings.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II System Requirements
Minimum system requirements:
- Operating system: Windows 10 (64-bit) or later
- Processor: Intel Core i5-8400 or AMD Ryzen 5 2600
- Memory: 16 GB
- Video card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (6 GB) or AMD Radeon RX 580
- Disk space: 100 GB
At minimum settings, the game focuses on basic detailing of the environment and characters. Textures are simplified, draw distances are reduced, and some graphical effects (such as complex shadows and advanced lighting) are disabled or minimized.
Recommended system requirements:
- Operating system: Windows 10 (64-bit) or later
- Processor: Intel Core i7-13700K or AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
- Memory: 32 GB
- Video card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 or AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
- Disk space: 100 GB
With the recommended configuration, the game can run in high resolution and with detailed textures, providing a stable frame rate and an expanded set of visual effects, such as rich shadows, realistic reflections and a more advanced physics model.
| Patch 1.2 |
The developers of Kingdom Come: Deliverance II have released a major update 1.2, which brings major changes to the graphics, lighting system, optimization, and NPC behavior. The patch eliminates numerous bugs, improves performance in large cities and battles, and adds support for modern rendering technologies.
Graphical improvements and optimizations
The developers paid special attention to image quality, which is especially noticeable in lighting, textures and drawing distance. In Kuttenberg and other large locations, lighting effects have been improved, shadows have been adjusted and problems with sharp changes in brightness have been fixed. The behavior of global illumination has been improved, which made the picture more natural at any time of day.
Important changes affected the textures and detailing of models. Now the characters look more realistic, problems with the display of hair and clothes have been fixed. Metal and skin materials have been improved, and character movement animations have been reworked, making their behavior in battle and everyday life more believable.
Performance has increased significantly due to optimized use of video card resources. In battles and densely populated areas, the load has been reduced by reducing the number of active light sources and a revised texture loading mechanism. This is especially noticeable when moving between locations and in dynamic scenes.
Improvements to the combat system
The developers have made a number of changes to the combat mechanics. Now combo attacks deal more damage, making the fights more dynamic. Problems with the animations of rolls and blocks have been fixed, and smooth transitions between different types of attacks have been added.
Special attention has been paid to long-range weapons. Now the process of drawing a bowstring or loading a crossbow is not reset when receiving a hit, which makes shooting more predictable. Shooting animations have been reworked, and aiming has become more convenient.
In addition, bugs with finishing blows have been fixed. They are now performed without visual artifacts, and the characters' movements during final attacks have become smoother.
NPC Behavior Updates
Significant changes affected the artificial intelligence of NPCs. Now citizens and guards react more realistically to the player's actions, remember his misdeeds and can report them. Bugs have been fixed due to which NPCs could attack the character without reason or not react to crimes.
The system of routine NPC actions has been optimized: merchants close their shops on time, blacksmiths work at the forge, and residents of large settlements behave more realistically. Interaction with animals has been improved, the death animations of cows and bulls have been corrected, and hares no longer freeze in motionlessness when meeting a dog.
The mechanics of crimes have also been reworked. Now if a player commits a theft, guards do not always notice him immediately, but can later identify him by his appearance. Improved crowd behavior in panic, fixed errors with murders, in which victims could continue to look at the attacker even after a fatal blow.
Support for modern rendering technologies
Patch 1.2 added support DLSS-4.0. Also fixed artifacts that occur when using the technology FSR3.1. Global illumination settings have been reworked to minimize image quality loss when lowering graphics settings.
The work has been further improved HDR, color tones have been adjusted and sharp contrast transitions have been eliminated. Now scenes with sunset and night lighting look more natural, and the use of torches or other light sources in the dark has become more realistic.
Update 1.2 has become one of the largest for Kingdom Come: Deliverance II. It significantly improves the graphics, makes lighting and shadows more realistic, fixes errors with character animation. New rendering technologies have also been added, which improve image quality on modern video cards.
| QUALITY |
Update 1.2 for Kingdom Come: Deliverance II brought not only improved graphics and optimization, but also support for modern upscaling technologies. The game now supports FSR3.1 from AMD and DLSS-4.0 from NVIDIA. Each of these technologies has its own impact on image quality and performance, but the best result is achieved with DLSS 4.0 in the "Transformer" mode, which uses advanced machine learning algorithms.
SMAA 2TX – basic antialiasing with a good balance
SMAA 2TX - this is an improved version SMAAwhich uses temporary methods for eliminating "ladders". In Kingdom Come: Deliverance II it shows decent image quality, but compared to upscaling DLSS and FSR has several disadvantages:
- Blurry textures at long distances – there is no reconstruction of details, which reduces the clarity of distant objects.
- Moderate smoothing – artifacts in the form of “ladders” are still present, especially on thin objects (tree branches, fences, weapons).
- Moderate impact on performance – technology requires a small reserve of computing power, but does not provide an FPS boost like FSR and DLSS.
SMAA 2TX is best suited for those who do not have a video card with DLSS or FSR support, but who want to get an anti-aliased image without a significant decrease in FPS.
FSR 3.1 – noticeable performance gain, but loss of detail
FidelityFX Super Resolution 3.1 - updated version upscaling from AMD, which promises improved quality images and increased texture clarity. In Kingdom Come: Deliverance II FSR 3.1 shows itself well, but there are nuances:
- Artifacts and blurry edges – FSR 3.1 still suffers from "soapiness" on moving objects and sometimes makes textures too smooth.
- Noise and flickering - on the small details (grass, chains, NPC clothes) can be seen distortions.
- Clarity is inferior to DLSS – due to the peculiarities of the FSR 3.1 algorithms, it does not reconstruct as well fine details and textures of the characters' skin.
FSR 3.1 is a good choice for owners of AMD graphics cards or budget NVIDIA cards, but the image quality is inferior to DLSS.
DLSS 4.0 – The Best Option for Maximum Quality
The most advanced upscaling technology DLSS-4.0 from NVIDIA provides better image clarity и significant increase in FPS. Especially in the mode "Transformer"which uses deep neural network algorithms for detailed reconstruction of frames.
Advantages DLSS-4.0 in Kingdom Come: Deliverance II:
- Maximum image clarity – DLSS better than all restores textures and fine details, eliminating blurriness.
- Great work with the movement – unlike FSR 3.1, DLSS 4.0 correctly reconstructs moving objects, without causing "noise" and flickering.
- High detail hair, grass and foliage - especially noticeable on objects with transparency, where FSR 3.1 often crashes.
DLSS 4.0 – the best option for maximum quality in the game. When using the "Transformer" mode, you achieve the perfect balance between clarity, smoothness and performance.
| TEST PART |
Below you will find a table of equipment that was kindly provided by our sponsors: GIGABYTE, ASUS, Kingston и Deep Cool. It reflects the list of motherboards, video cards, memory modules and cooling systems used in the tests, and also indicates the current configuration of the operating system and drivers.
| Test configuration | |
| GIGABYTE | |
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| ASUS | |
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| Video Cards |
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4070 Ti OC |
| KINGSTON | |
| RAM |
16 GB DDR4 4600 CL19 Kingston FURY Renegade 32 GB DDR4 3600 CL16 Kingston FURY Renegade 32 GB DDR4 4000 CL18 Kingston FURY Renegade 32 GB DDR5 5600 CL40 Kingston Fury Beast 32 GB DDR5 6000 CL30 Kingston FURY Renegade 32 GB DDR5 7200 CL36 Kingston FURY Renegade |
| Storage devices |
Kingston FURY Renegade PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD |
| Deep Cool | |
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Cases and cooling |
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| Software configuration |
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| Operating system | Windows 11 24H2 |
| Graphics driver | |
| Monitoring programs | MSI Afterburner 4.6.6 Beta 5 Build 16555 |
All video cards were tested at maximum graphics quality using MSI Afterburner. The purpose of the test is to determine how video cards from different manufacturers behave under the same conditions. Below is a video of a test segment from the game:
Our video cards were tested at different screen sizes 1920x1080, 2560x1440 и 3840x2160 with maximum graphics quality settings in native resolution. There is no frame generation support in the game.
| TEST GPU |
In the video card test, the default resolution is 1920x1080; other resolutions are added and removed manually. You can also remove and add any positions of video cards. You can also select any of our test processors from the list in the drop-down menu, comparing its performance with the given video card tests (by default, the most productive solution is selected). The test is carried out on the most powerful CPU in this game and is scaled to other processors, taking into account their testing on NVIDIA and AMD video cards.
- Experimental
- Experimental + AMD FSR 3.1 Native
- Experimental + NVIDIA DLSS 4.0 Native
When resolved 1920x1080:
- Average FPS (25 frames): Reached on video cards of the level of Radeon RX 6700 XT or GeForce RTX 3060.
- Minimum FPS (25 frames): Provided by video cards of the level of Adeon RX 6700 XT or GeForce RTX 3060.
- Comfortable average FPS (60 frames): Possible with video cards like Radeon RX 7900 GRE or GeForce RTX 4070.
When resolved 2560x1440:
- Average FPS (25 frames): Reached on video cards of the level of Radeon RX 6700 XT or GeForce RTX 3060.
- Minimum FPS (25 frames): Provided by video cards of the Radeon Radeon RX 6800 or GeForce RTX 2080 Ti level.
- Comfortable average FPS (60 frames): Possible with video cards of the Radeon RX 9070 XT or GeForce RTX 5070 level.
When resolved 3840x2160:
- Average FPS (25 frames): Reached on video cards of the level of Radeon RX 6800 or GeForce RTX 4070.
- Minimum FPS (25 frames): Provided by video cards of the level of Adeon Radeon RX 6800 XT or GeForce RTX 4070.
- Comfortable average FPS (60 frames): Possible with GeForce-level video cards RTX 4090.
FSR3.1
When resolved 1920x1080:
- Average FPS (25 frames): Reached on video cards of the level of Radeon RX 6700 XT or GeForce RTX 3060.
- Minimum FPS (25 frames): Provided by video cards of the level of Adeon RX 6700 XT or GeForce RTX 3060.
- Comfortable average FPS (60 frames): Possible with video cards like Radeon RX 7900 GRE or GeForce RTX 4070.
When resolved 2560x1440:
- Average FPS (25 frames): Reached on video cards of the level of Radeon RX 6700 XT or GeForce RTX 3060.
- Minimum FPS (25 frames): Provided by video cards of the Radeon Radeon RX 6800 or GeForce RTX 2080 Ti level.
- Comfortable average FPS (60 frames): Possible with video cards of the Radeon RX 9070 XT or GeForce RTX 5070 level.
When resolved 3840x2160:
- Average FPS (25 frames): Reached on video cards of the level of Radeon RX 6800 or GeForce RTX 4070.
- Minimum FPS (25 frames): Provided by video cards of the level of Adeon Radeon RX 6800 XT or GeForce RTX 4070.
- Comfortable average FPS (60 frames): Possible with GeForce-level video cards RTX 4090.
DLSS-4.0
When resolved 1920x1080:
- Average FPS (25 frames): Reached GeForce RTX 3060 level on video cards.
- Minimum FPS (25 frames): Provided by video cards of the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti level.
- Comfortable average FPS (60 frames): Possible with video cards of the GeForce RTX 3080 level.
When resolved 2560x1440:
- Average FPS (25 frames): Reached the level of GeForce RTX 2080 Ti on video cards.
- Minimum FPS (25 frames): Provided by video cards of the level of Adeon GeForce RTX 2080 Ti.
- Comfortable average FPS (60 frames): Possible with video cards of the GeForce RTX 5070 level.
When resolved 3840x2160:
- Average FPS (25 frames): Reached GeForce RTX 4070 level on video cards.
- Minimum FPS (25 frames): Provided by video cards of the level of Adeon GeForce RTX 4070S.
- Comfortable average FPS (60 frames): Possible with GeForce-level video cards RTX 4090.
| VIDEO MEMORY CONSUMPTION |
Testing of video memory consumed by the game was carried out by the program MSI Afterburner. The indicator was based on the results on video cards from AMD and NVIDIA with separate screen sizes 1920x1080, 2560x1440 and 3840x2160 with various anti-aliasing settings. By default, the graph displays the most current solutions. Other video cards are added and removed from the chart at the request of the reader.
- Experimental
GameGPU
Resolution 1920x1080:D
- Video cards with 12 GB of video memory: consume 8 GB
- Video cards with 16 GB of video memory: consume 9 GB
- Video cards with 24 GB of video memory: consume 8 GB
- Video cards with 32 GB of video memory: consume 8 GB
Resolution 2560x1440:
- Video cards with 12 GB of video memory: consume 9 GB
- Video cards with 16 GB of video memory: consume 9 GB
- Video cards with 24 GB of video memory: consume 9 GB
- Video cards with 32 GB of video memory: consume 9 GB
Resolution 3840x2160:
- Video cards with 12 GB of video memory: consume 10 GB
- Video cards with 16 GB of video memory: consume 10 GB
- Video cards with 24 GB of video memory: consume 10 GB
- Video cards with 32 GB of video memory: consume 11 GB
| CPU TEST |
Testing was carried out at a resolution of 1920x1080. In the processor test, you can remove or add any processor positions. You can also select any tested video card from the list in the drop-down menu, comparing its performance with the given processor test results (by default, the most productive solution from NVIDIA is selected). Testing takes place on the most powerful NVIDIA and AMD video cards and scales to low-end models.
- Experimental
- Experimental + AMD FSR 3.1 Native
- Experimental + NVIDIA DLSS 4.0 Native
When using NVIDIA video cards:
- Processors for acceptable FPS (not lower than 25 frames per second):
- AMD Ryzen 3 3100
- Intel Core i3-10100
- Processors for comfortable FPS (at least 60 frames per second):
- AMD Ryzen 5 5600
- Intel Core i5-10600
When using AMD video cards:
- Processors for acceptable FPS (not lower than 25 frames per second):
- AMD Ryzen 3 3100
- Intel Core i3-10100
- Processors for comfortable FPS (at least 60 frames per second):
- AMD Ryzen 5 5600
- Intel Core i5-10600
- Experimental
Loading and using streams:
- Maximum load: The game can load up to 24 streams.
- Optimal loading: Uses up to 12 threads as efficiently as possible.
| RAM TEST |
The test was carried out on the basic configuration of Core i 9 13900K with 32 GB DDR5 6400 MHz pre-installed memory. All used RAM was taken as an indicator. The RAM test on the entire system was carried out on various video cards without launching third-party applications (browsers, etc.). In the graphics, you can add and remove any resolutions and video cards as desired.
- Experimental
GameGPU
Resolution 1920x1080:
- Video cards with 12 GB of video memory: consume 13 GB of RAM
- Video cards with 16 GB of video memory: consume 13 GB of RAM
- Video cards with 24 GB of video memory: consume 13 GB of RAM
- Video cards with 32 GB of video memory: consume 13 GB of RAM
Resolution 2560x1440:
- Video cards with 12 GB of video memory: consume 13 GB of RAM
- Video cards with 16 GB of video memory: consume 13 GB of RAM
- Video cards with 24 GB of video memory: consume 13 GB of RAM
- Video cards with 32 GB of video memory: consume 13 GB of RAM
Resolution 3840x2160:
- Video cards with 12 GB of video memory: consume 13 GB of RAM
- Video cards with 16 GB of video memory: consume 13 GB of RAM
- Video cards with 24 GB of video memory: consume 13 GB of RAM
- Video cards with 32 GB of video memory: consume 13 GB of RAM
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| Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Conclusion Patch 1.2 |
Although patch 1.2 added improved technologies upscaling and raised graphics quality, the performance of video cards has deteriorated significantly. However, the fresh hotfix fixed these problems and restored stability.
Graphical improvements and performance fixes
The update brought support DLSS-4.0 и FSR3.1, what really increases clarity images. However, the game initially lost up to 50% FPS even on RTX 4000 series, and FSR 3.1 reduced texture detail.
After the release of emergency hotfix, situation has improved significantly:
- Performance restored.
- FSR 3.1 now works correctly - noise and artifacts are eliminated, and the image quality has become equal with DLSS 4.0.
- Game stability has increased, especially on video cards AMD Radeon, which previously experienced memory management problems.
Additionally, the developers have fixed it problems loading levels и optimized NPC work, which had a positive effect on the smoothness of the game.
Is it worth upgrading?
Taking into account the corrections Update 1.2 is now completely safe for installation. If previously the owners RTX 4080 or RX 9070 it was not recommended to update, but now the game runs stably even on RTX 3080 and RX 6800 cards.
Final World: Now graphics improved and performance restored - can update safely and enjoy a new level of detail.
