Just Cause 2

Publisher: Eidos

From our Just Cause 2 review:
What makes Just Cause 2 shine is the fact that players are innately anarchic and that the weapons function as a toolbox for embracing that – not the level of polish with which the game has been assembled.

There are far better story driven shooters out there if you’re primarily interested in fighting, but if you’re willing to step away from the beaten path though and motivate yourself to see what Just Cause 2 has to offer then you’ll have a lot of fun. It’s far better to be driven by the curiosity of what’s on the next island than the barked orders of a Texan stereotype and it's far more fun to spend time messing around with the grappling hook than actually trying to follow the storyline.


We run the game at its maximum graphical settings, with motion blur disabled. GPU water effects and the BOKEH filter are disabled as these are Nvidia exclusive graphical options. A 60 second FRAPs run is taken from within the Concrete Jungle in-game benchmark.

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Just Cause 2

1,680 x 1,050 0x AA 16xAF, DirectX 11, Maximum Detail

  • ATI Radeon HD 5970 2GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 580 1.5GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 480 1.5GB
  • ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB
  • ATI Radeon HD 6870 1GB
  • ATI Radeon HD 6850 1GB
  • ATI Radeon HD 5850 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 470 1.2GB
  • Nvidia Geforce GTX 460 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 768MB
  • ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB
    • 76
    • 47
    • 62
    • 43
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    • 41
    • 54
    • 35
    • 50
    • 34
    • 42
    • 30
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    • 28
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    • 39
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Just Cause 2

1,680 x 1,050 4x AA 16xAF, DirectX 11, Maximum Detail

  • ATI Radeon HD 5970 2GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 580 1.5GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 480 1.5GB
  • ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB
  • ATI Radeon HD 6870 1GB
  • ATI Radeon HD 5850 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 470 1.2GB
  • ATI Radeon HD 6850 1GB
  • Nvidia Geforce GTX 460 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 768MB
  • ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB
    • 67
    • 44
    • 57
    • 38
    • 54
    • 33
    • 45
    • 28
    • 42
    • 28
    • 38
    • 26
    • 44
    • 25
    • 36
    • 24
    • 36
    • 20
    • 34
    • 19
    • 28
    • 18
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10
20
30
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70
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Just Cause 2

1,920 x 1,200 0x AA 16xAF, DirectX 11, Maximum Detail

  • ATI Radeon HD 5970 2GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 580 1.5GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 480 1.5GB
  • ATI Radeon HD 6870 1GB
  • ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB
  • ATI Radeon HD 5850 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 470 1.2GB
  • ATI Radeon HD 6850 1GB
  • Nvidia Geforce GTX 460 1GB
  • ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 768MB
    • 69
    • 43
    • 55
    • 34
    • 50
    • 32
    • 43
    • 31
    • 47
    • 30
    • 39
    • 26
    • 41
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    • 36
    • 25
    • 34
    • 20
    • 30
    • 20
    • 32
    • 17
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10
20
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  • Average
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Just Cause 2

1,920 x 1,200 4x AA 16xAF, DirectX 11, Maximum Detail

  • ATI Radeon HD 5970 2GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 580 1.5GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 480 1.5GB
  • ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB
  • ATI Radeon HD 6870 1GB
  • ATI Radeon HD 6850 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 470 1.2GB
  • ATI Radeon HD 5850 1GB
  • Nvidia Geforce GTX 460 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 768MB
  • ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB
    • 58
    • 35
    • 49
    • 33
    • 46
    • 27
    • 39
    • 25
    • 36
    • 24
    • 31
    • 21
    • 36
    • 21
    • 33
    • 21
    • 30
    • 16
    • 28
    • 16
    • 24
    • 15
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10
20
30
40
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60
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  • Average
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Just Cause 2

2,560 x 1,600 0x AA 16xAF, DirectX 11, Maximum Detail

  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 580 1.5GB
  • ATI Radeon HD 5970 2GB
  • ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 480 1.5GB
  • ATI Radeon HD 6870 1GB
  • ATI Radeon HD 5850 1GB
  • ATI Radeon HD 6850 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 470 1.2GB
  • Nvidia Geforce GTX 460 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 768MB
  • ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB
    • 39
    • 30
    • 48
    • 29
    • 33
    • 22
    • 34
    • 22
    • 30
    • 20
    • 27
    • 18
    • 25
    • 17
    • 28
    • 16
    • 21
    • 13
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    • 20
    • 12
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10
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Frame Per Second
  • Average
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Just Cause 2

2,560 x 1,600 4x AA 16xAF, DirectX 11, Maximum Detail

  • ATI Radeon HD 5970 2GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 580 1.5GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 480 1.5GB
  • ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB
  • ATI Radeon HD 6870 1GB
  • ATI Radeon HD 5850 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 470 1.2GB
  • ATI Radeon HD 6850 1GB
  • Nvidia Geforce GTX 460 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 768MB
  • ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB
    • 41
    • 23
    • 34
    • 21
    • 30
    • 19
    • 27
    • 18
    • 25
    • 15
    • 23
    • 15
    • 24
    • 14
    • 21
    • 13
    • 19
    • 11
    • 17
    • 9
    • 16
    • 9
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