Published , by Sam Chandler
Published , by Sam Chandler
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is almost here, taking players into the action-packed world of 40K. For those players on PC, ensuring your machine is up to the task of running the game is a good first-step before loading it up. Below you’ll find the complete Warhammer 40,000: Darktide PC specs and requirements, split into two distinct tables so you know what hardware you need to play with ray tracing or without.
The team at Fatshark has released a helpful graphic showing the recommended PC specs for Warhammer 40K: Darktide. This table includes information on what you need to run the game with ray tracing, without ray tracing, and then various graphical settings among them. We’ve broken out the information further below.
| With Ray Tracing | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Low | Medium | High | |
| General Settings | Medium Settings DLSS-SR Quality |
High Settings DLSS-SR Quality |
High Settings DLSS-SR: Quality DLSS-FG: On |
| Ray Tracing Settings | Global Illumination: Off Reflections: Low |
Global Illumination: High Reflections: Low |
Global Illumination: High Reflections: High |
| Operating System | Windows 10 / Windows 11 (64-bit) | ||
| Processor | Intel i7-11700K (3.70 Ghz) AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (4.20 GHz) |
Intel i7-11700K (3.60 Ghz) AMD Ryzen 7 5800 (3.80 GHz) |
Intel i7-12700K (3.60 Ghz) AMD Ryzen 9 5900 (3.80 GHz) |
| Hard Drive | SSD 50 GB | ||
| Graphics | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1080 | 1920 x 1080 / 2560 x 1440 | 3840 x 2160 |
| RAM | 16GB RAM | ||
| Expected FPS | 40 - 50 | 60 - 70 | 100 |
| Without Ray Tracing | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| General Settings | Low Settings FSR On |
Medium Settings DLSS-SR or FSR On |
| Operating System | Windows 10 / Windows 11 (64-bit) | |
| Processor | Intel i5-6600 (3.30 GHz) AMD Ryzen 5 2600 (3.40 GHz) |
Intel i7-9700K (3.70 GHz) AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (4.20 GHz) |
| Hard Drive | HDD 50 GB | SSD 50 GB |
| Graphics | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 AMD Radeon RX 570 |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 / RTX 2060 AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1080 | 1920 x1080 |
| RAM | 8GB RAM | 16GB RAM |
| Expected FPS | 30 - 45 | 60 |
As you can see, there are quite a lot of options when it comes to the type of hardware you need to run Warhammer 40,000: Darktide on PC. Those who want to use ray tracing will need a GPU that is no more than four years old. Want to go without ray tracing? Then a card from 2014 will get you sorted. Stay tuned to Shacknews as we bring you more information on Warhammer 40,000: Darktide, which is set to release on November 30, 2022 on PC via Steam. Check out our 2022 release date calendar to see what’s coming out before the year ends.