Cities: Skylines II on GeForce RTX 2070

Meets minimumEstimate · medium confidence, ±20%

Yes, at lower settings. The GeForce RTX 2070 meets Cities: Skylines II's minimum spec but not the recommended one. We estimate ~36 fps at 1080p high (range 28–43, medium confidence, ±20%), GPU-limited. For 60 fps at 1080p, use the low preset. Its 8 GB of video memory is below 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	60	42	25
medium	46	32	19
high	36	25	15
ultra	28	20	12

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

NVIDIA RTX card: turn on DLSS in quality mode before dropping the preset; FSR and XeSS also work if the game lacks DLSS.

What limits performance

Estimates above: GPU-limited, assuming a processor fast enough not to hold the GeForce RTX 2070 back.
Processor needed for ~36 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, ~36 fps.

Video memory

GeForce RTX 2070: 8 GB
Minimum spec: 4 GB (+4 GB headroom)
Recommended spec: 10 GB (2 GB short)

Cheapest upgrade for each target

1080p, 60 fps, High

GeForce RTX 3080 10GB

~60 fps vs 36 now (est.)

+69% GPU performance

1440p, 60 fps, High

Radeon RX 7900 XT

~61 fps vs 25 now (est.)

+143% GPU performance

4K, 60 fps, High

GeForce RTX 5090

~63 fps vs 15 now (est.)

+322% 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 GeForce RTX 2070
GeForce GTX 1650	14	10	-61%
GeForce GTX 1060 6GB	20	14	-45%
GeForce RTX 2060 6GB	29	21	-18%
Radeon RX 6600	32	22	-10%
GeForce RTX 3060 12GB	35	24	-2%
GeForce RTX 2070	36	25	—
GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	36	25	+2%
Radeon RX 7600	40	28	+14%
GeForce RTX 4060	41	29	+16%
GeForce RTX 3070	48	34	+35%
GeForce RTX 4070	61	42	+71%
Radeon RX 7800 XT	68	47	+90%
GeForce RTX 5070	70	49	+96%
Radeon RX 9070 XT	91	63	+155%
GeForce RTX 4080	94	66	+165%
GeForce RTX 5090	150	105	+322%