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Battlefield: Bad Company 2

Battlefield: Bad Company 2

81/100
643 ratings2010Easy to run

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1080p performance

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 estimated FPS at 1080p across 14 GPUs and 4 quality presets
GPUlowmediumhighultra
RTX 5090999 fps999 fps999 fps999 fps
RTX 4090999 fps999 fps999 fps999 fps
RX 7900 XTX999 fps999 fps999 fps999 fps
RTX 5080999 fps999 fps999 fps999 fps
RTX 4080 Super999 fps999 fps999 fps999 fps
RTX 4070 Ti999 fps999 fps999 fps999 fps
RTX 4070999 fps999 fps999 fps858 fps
RX 7800 XT999 fps999 fps930 fps755 fps
RTX 3080999 fps999 fps905 fps735 fps
RTX 4060 Ti999 fps999 fps854 fps694 fps
RTX 3070999 fps974 fps779 fps633 fps
RTX 4060999 fps880 fps704 fps572 fps
RTX 3060942 fps754 fps603 fps490 fps
GTX 1660 Super683 fps547 fps437 fps355 fps

1440p performance

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 estimated FPS at 1440p across 14 GPUs and 4 quality presets
GPUlowmediumhighultra
RTX 5090999 fps999 fps999 fps999 fps
RTX 4090999 fps999 fps999 fps999 fps
RX 7900 XTX999 fps999 fps999 fps999 fps
RTX 5080999 fps999 fps999 fps999 fps
RTX 4080 Super999 fps999 fps999 fps949 fps
RTX 4070 Ti999 fps999 fps924 fps750 fps
RTX 4070999 fps990 fps792 fps643 fps
RX 7800 XT999 fps872 fps697 fps567 fps
RTX 3080999 fps848 fps679 fps551 fps
RTX 4060 Ti999 fps801 fps641 fps521 fps
RTX 3070913 fps730 fps584 fps475 fps
RTX 4060825 fps660 fps528 fps429 fps
RTX 3060707 fps565 fps452 fps368 fps
GTX 1660 Super512 fps410 fps328 fps266 fps

4K performance

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 estimated FPS at 4K across 14 GPUs and 4 quality presets
GPUlowmediumhighultra
RTX 5090999 fps999 fps844 fps686 fps
RTX 4090999 fps980 fps784 fps637 fps
RX 7900 XTX999 fps880 fps704 fps572 fps
RTX 5080999 fps829 fps663 fps539 fps
RTX 4080 Super974 fps779 fps623 fps506 fps
RTX 4070 Ti770 fps616 fps493 fps400 fps
RTX 4070660 fps528 fps422 fps343 fps
RX 7800 XT581 fps465 fps372 fps302 fps
RTX 3080565 fps452 fps362 fps294 fps
RTX 4060 Ti534 fps427 fps342 fps278 fps
RTX 3070487 fps390 fps312 fps253 fps
RTX 4060440 fps352 fps281 fps229 fps
RTX 3060377 fps302 fps241 fps196 fps
GTX 1660 Super273 fps219 fps175 fps142 fps

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Nvidia GeForce 7800 GT

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Processor
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Intel Pentium D 3.0 Ghz, Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz, AMD Athlon 64 X2

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2 GB

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Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is a 2010 action shooter that revolutionized multiplayer gaming with award-winning Battlefield gameplay and destructible environments powered by the Frostbite engine. The game introduced Destruction 2.0 technology that lets you demolish buildings and reshape the map dynamically, alongside new vehicles like ATVs and transport helicopters that create unexpected tactical moments during matches.

Running Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is highly accessible by modern standards, making it ideal for benchmarking older or mid-range hardware. The game requires just 2GB of RAM and runs smoothly on modest GPUs from the GTX 960 era and older, easily achieving 60+ FPS at 1080p on low to medium graphics settings. Even integrated graphics can handle playable performance at lower resolutions, making this title excellent for establishing baseline performance metrics on budget systems.

With an 81/100 rating, Battlefield: Bad Company 2 remains a solid action shooter worth revisiting if you enjoy destructible environments and vehicle combat. Its low hardware demands make it perfect for testing GPU performance across a wide range of systems.

Performance profile

March 2010 release. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 targets mid-2000s-to-early-2010s hardware — any modern entry-level GPU (GTX 1650 tier or newer integrated graphics) handles it at 1080p Ultra without breaking a sweat.

Action titles like Battlefield: Bad Company 2 reward high framerates for visual clarity during combat. A mid-range modern GPU at 1440p 60–120 FPS is the practical sweet spot; VRR (G-Sync/FreeSync) smooths out drops during heavy effects.

Extremely light — Battlefield: Bad Company 2 runs at 60 FPS 1080p on any integrated GPU (Intel Iris Xe, AMD Radeon Graphics) or a decade-old discrete card like the GTX 1050. A current-gen RTX 4060 pushes 4K Ultra without effort.

Storyline

In October 1944, a group of US commandos infiltrate an island in the Sea of Japan to extract a Japanese scientist with war decisive information. They successfully secure the defecting Japanese scientist who was working on a secret weapon codenamed "The Black Weapon" (a scalar weapon), and attempt to escape the island on a stolen submarine. But after repeated warnings by the scientist, the commandos witness the effects of Black Weapon's power and subsequently perish, sparking a myth about what really happened in Operation Aurora. In the present day, Bad Company is on a counter-intelligence operation behind enemy lines in Russia in attempt to secure a high value individual of the US military, and a device related to a scalar weapon. Despite escaping Russian soldiers, and completing what they thought was their final mission in B-company, the device is discovered to be a fake. Being impressed with their previous activities, Army General Braidwood assigns them to the Special Activities Division, and tasks them with delivering information to Agent Aguire, much to the disappointment of Sgt. Redford. The squad travels to Bolivia in search of Aguire. Through many firefights with paramilitaries, they manage to save Aguire just before a Russian hauls him onto a waiting Mi-24 Hind. After discovering that Aguire's findings were stolen by the Russians, Aguire requests the squad to get all his intelligence detailing the scalar weapon from a satellite. The squad moves up to take the mountain with assistance from their pilot Flynn and his UH-60 Black Hawk. After taking over the satellite station, Sweetwater codes the satellite to crash, with the squad driving over cross country to find it, taking on Vodniks and Quad Bikes along the way. After reaching the satellite, the squad successfully defeat a Russian counterattack aimed at destroying the satellite, but soon bad weather rolls in. While Redford and Haggard go to find transport, with Sweetwater following, Marlowe soon finds the data storage unit and proceeds to go down the mountain during a blizzard, taking on Russian patrols, and is soon extracted by the others in Flynn's helicopter. During extraction, Aguire briefs the squad about the man responsible for building a scalar weapon named Arkady Kirilenko; the Russian Army colonel the squad failed to eliminate in Chukotka, who is believed to be hiding in Chile. Marlowe and the squad travel to Chile, where they, aided by US Armoured forces and Marines, find Kirilenko, though he soon escapes after US Command starts shelling Kirilenko's position. Left only with papers from Kirilenko's office, Sweetwater discovers there is a shipping manifest for a lost ship called the "Sangre del Toro." Aided by the rest of the squad getting the coordinates, Marlowe finds the ship and retrieves an unnamed compound essential to the use of the weapon, and finds out the truth behind Operation Aurora. While attempting to meet Aguire in Colombia, the squad's helicopter is shot down by a Javelin and they become separated. Sweetwater and Marlowe regroup first, taking on a militia counter-attack, and they soon find the rest of the squad. After fighting through heavily defended Russian bases, the squad find Flynn, and then race to a helicopter base on Quad Bikes. After fighting through Russian territories in a salvaged Black Hawk, the squad reach the rendezvous with Aguire, and Marlowe gives Aguire the compound, while Redford demands to know what's happening. However, Aguire double-crossed the squad by allying with Kirilenko, his rival in the quest for the scalar weapon. Aguire wanted revenge against the United States for what happened to his father, one of the commandos in original raid on Japan, after Marlowe revealed that the US military callously sent them to their deaths. Despite the alliance, Kirilenko betrays Aguire and kills him. Flynn intervenes and saves the squad at the cost of his own life, his helicopter shot down by an RPG. While still mourning after Flynn's loss, the squad overhear a Russian soldier's radio, which the squad use to find their position. They begin to move towards a city, but then Kirlienko begins the detonation of the scalar weapon. The squad begin advancing through a Venezuelan city, being attacked by Russian and militia troops, along with mortars. However, as they reach the mouth of a large river, they witness a huge firefight between US and Russian troops. However, as the fight reaches a climax, the scalar weapon detonates, annihilating the US forces and sending "all tech dead." The squad then fight through the blast zone in pursuit of Kirilenko, but, as the squad reach the plane, an An-124 Ruslan (Which Haggard mistakenly identifies as an An-225 Mriya), they realize it's taking off. The squad unanimously vote that they should hijack the plane, and set off through sewer tunnels towards it. Though they had to discard their weapons, they climb on board through the undercarriage, and await dawn. The squad begins to progress through the plane, taking out multiple guards before reaching the scalar weapon, which is protected by a reinforced pane of glass, which Haggard says will "take an act of God to get through, or a lot of C4." The squad then fight towards the cockpit of the plane, but realize that Kirilenko is in the Scalar chamber itself when they discover that the cockpit is empty. After detonating C4 to get through the glass, the squad destroy the Scalar weapon, and then proceed to bail out of the plane. However, as Sweetwater tries to give Marlowe the last parachute, Kirilenko tackles him, and Marlowe is forced to dive out of the plane, killing Kirilenko in a free fall with an MP-443. Sweetwater passes Marlowe a parachute in midair, and the pair land safely in Texas alongside the rest of the squad. However, as they begin to celebrate, General Braidwood tells them to follow him in a HMMVW, as the Russians are invading through Alaska. The last cutscene shows a map of Russian forces swarming through Alaska and Canada, quickly advancing on the US border.

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