Which games can you play on a gaming laptop with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 video card?
How do you decide which games you can play with a video card?
How you can play a game depends on a few important things. We'll list them for you:
- First view the minimum and recommended specifications of a game.
- Read the benchmarks and see if your game suits the video card you want to game with.
- Decide in which resolution you want to game. The higher the resolution and the more detailed your settings, the more processing power your video card needs to create the frames.
- Turn on DLSS or FSR support in your game, so you video card can create extra frames for a smoother gameplay.
- Check whether your processor or RAM doesn't create a bottleneck. A processor that's too weak or has too little RAM reduces the performance of your game.
Summary of games, resolution, and frames per second for the RTX 4050
| 1080p low | 1080p medium | 1080p high | 1440p low | 1440p medium | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fortnite | 150 - 170 fps | 120 - 140 fps | 90 - 110 fps | 120 - 140 fps | 90 - 100 fps |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 | 110 - 130 fps | 90 - 110 fps | 70 - 90 fps | 90 - 110 fps | 60 - 80 fps |
| Counter-Strike | 250 - 300 fps | 200 - 250 fps | 170 - 220 fps | 200 - 240 fps | 160 - 200 fps |
| GTA V | 140 - 160 fps | 110 - 130 fps | 90 - 110 fps | 110 - 130 fps | 80 - 100 fps |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 70 - 90 fps | 50 - 70 fps | 40 - 60 fps | 50 - 70 fps | 40 - 50 fps |
| The Sims 4 | 200 - 250 fps | 170 - 220 fps | 150 - 200 fps | 170 - 220 fps | 140 - 180 fps |
| No Man's Sky | 100 - 120 fps | 80 - 100 fps | 60 - 80 fps | 70 - 90 fps | 50 - 70 fps |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 70 - 90 fps | 60 - 80 fps | 50 - 70 fps | 60 - 80 fps | 40 - 60 fps |
| Elden Ring | 80 - 100 fps | 60 - 80 fps | 50 - 70 fps | 60 - 80 fps | 50 - 60 fps |
Which resolution and frames does the RTX 4050 achieve?
With an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050, you can mostly play light modern games in 1080p that don't have demanding textures or graphics. For example, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, F1 2024, and Spider-Man: Miles Morales. These games also don't need DLSS support for a smooth gameplay at 60 fps or higher. More demanding games or games with more detailed graphics can't reach this, unfortunately. Games like Cyberpunk 2077, Alan Wake 2, and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora reach 40 fps in Full HD with much effort. The RTX 4050 is powerful enough to play old games like GTA V in 1440p.
Which shooters can you play with an NVIDIA RTX 4050?
You can play almost all shooters smoothly with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050. With these games, smooth gameplay is more important than details. This means these games need less processing power, so the video card can create games faster. This ensures you can easily reach 60 or even 120 fps in Call of Duty or Fortnite. You can even play less detailed shooters like Valorant or Counter-Strike at over 200 fps. Do you want more details? In most cases, you can easily reach 60 fps in 1440p. For 4K gaming, we recommend a more powerful video card like the RTX 4070 or higher.
Which open world games can you play with an NVIDIA RTX 4050?
Because open world games have more details, you can only play these games at medium or high settings in 1080p (Full HD). Games like The Witcher 3, Assassin's Creed Valhalla, and Cyberpunk 2077. When you just can't reach 60 fps, turn on DLSS. This makes your games run slightly more smoothly and you'll be less bothered by screen tearing. The RTX 4050 has difficulty with virtual reality games or ray tracing. When you still want to game this way, adjust the settings to medium or low. For 4K gaming at 60 fps, you need a more powerful video card like the RTX 4070 or higher.
Which simulation and strategy games can you play with an NVIDIA RTX 4050?
The RTX 4050 also works well with simulation and strategy games like The Sims 4 and Cities: Skylines. You can smoothly play these games at medium or high settings in 1080p or even 1440p. When the simulation or strategy game has an extra large or detailed world, we recommend DLSS support and medium settings at most. This means you can't play Flight Simulator or No Man's Sky with an RTX 4060 when you don't turn on DLSS. That's why you should choose an RTX 4060 or RTX 4070 when you'd like to play detailed simulation or strategy games.
