Cities: Skylines II on Arc A770 16GB

Meets minimumEstimate · medium confidence, ±20%

Yes, at lower settings. The Arc A770 16GB meets Cities: Skylines II's minimum spec but not the recommended one. We estimate ~40 fps at 1080p high (range 32–48, medium confidence, ±20%), GPU-limited. For 60 fps at 1080p, use the low preset. Its 16 GB of video memory covers the 10 GB the game recommends. The cheapest current card for 60 fps at 1080p high is the GeForce RTX 3080 10GB (~60 fps). Model estimate, not measured; data updated 2026-09-24.

Estimated FPS by preset

Preset	1080p	1440p	4K
low	68	47	28
medium	52	36	22
high	40	28	17
ultra	32	22	13

Estimate · medium confidence, ±20%

Estimated FPS from our model (v0), based on the game's published requirements and relative GPU/CPU performance. Not measured. Real results vary with drivers, patches, and scenes. Values above 300 fps show as 300+. Data updated 2026-09-24.

Best settings

60 fps at 1080p: low preset
60 fps at 1440p: not reachable
144 fps at 1080p: not reachable

Intel Arc card: use XeSS (native on Arc) or FSR in quality mode before dropping the preset. DLSS is not available.

What limits performance

Estimates above: GPU-limited, assuming a processor fast enough not to hold the Arc A770 16GB back.
Processor needed for ~40 fps: Core i3-9100F or faster (slowest current desktop CPU our model expects to keep up).
With the recommended CPU (Core i5-12600K): still GPU-limited at 1080p high, ~40 fps.

Video memory

Arc A770 16GB: 16 GB
Minimum spec: 4 GB (+12 GB headroom)
Recommended spec: 10 GB (+6 GB headroom)

Cheapest upgrade for each target

1080p, 60 fps, High

GeForce RTX 3080 10GB

~60 fps vs 40 now (est.)

+51% GPU performance

1440p, 60 fps, High

Radeon RX 7900 XT

~61 fps vs 28 now (est.)

+118% GPU performance

4K, 60 fps, High

GeForce RTX 5090

~63 fps vs 17 now (est.)

+277% GPU performance

Slowest current desktop card (2020+) that reaches each target in Cities: Skylines II; usually the cheapest.

Cities: Skylines II on popular graphics cards (high preset)

Graphics card	1080p	1440p	vs Arc A770 16GB
GeForce GTX 1650	14	10	-65%
GeForce GTX 1060 6GB	20	14	-51%
GeForce RTX 2060 6GB	29	21	-26%
Radeon RX 6600	32	22	-19%
GeForce RTX 3060 12GB	35	24	-12%
GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	36	25	-9%
Arc A770 16GB	40	28	—
Radeon RX 7600	40	28	+2%
GeForce RTX 4060	41	29	+4%
GeForce RTX 3070	48	34	+21%
GeForce RTX 4070	61	42	+53%
Radeon RX 7800 XT	68	47	+70%
GeForce RTX 5070	70	49	+75%
Radeon RX 9070 XT	91	63	+128%
GeForce RTX 4080	94	66	+137%
GeForce RTX 5090	150	105	+277%