What are the Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine 2 system requirements? The highly anticipated Space Marine 2 is almost here, and while the system requirements will push PCs to their limits if you run the game at high settings, the minimum requirements mean even older gaming PCs shouldn’t have too much trouble running the game.
In particular, you won’t need the best graphics card on the market to play Space Marine 2, unless you’re targeting 4K, 60fps gameplay. Like most modern games, the barrier to entry is one of the now-defunct Nvidia GeForce GTX cards, but the level of GPU power you need can scale quite quickly when you reach the recommended requirements.
Here are theWarhammer 40,000 Space Marine 2 system requirements:
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| OS | Windows 10 or later | Windows 10 or later |
| GPU | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 AMD Radeon RX 580 |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT |
| CPU | Intel Core i5 8600K AMD Ryzen 5 2600X |
Intel Core i7 12700 AMD Ryzen 7 5800X |
| RAM | 8GB | 16GB |
| Storage | 75GB SSD | 75GB SSD |
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The Space Marine 2 minimum requirements are little different to many similar releases from the last 12 months. The GTX 1060 is one of the most popular graphics cards on Steam still and has become the defacto option for a minimum requirement, alongside AMD’s only slightly newer RX 580. CPU power is similarly untaxing, with AMD and Intel options from 2017 and 2018 still doing the job. You also only need 8GB of RAM. You’ll only get 1080p, 30fps gameplay using the “low” in-game preset but it will play.
As for the Space Marine 2 recommended specs, these jump up quite a bit. The RTX 3070 and RX 6800 XT are both graphics cards that still demand well over $250 second hand and over $350 if you can find them new. Likewise, the Ryzen 7 5800X and Intel Core i7-12700 are reasonably modern, mid-range options. Plus, a move to 16GB of RAM is recommended. All that and these components will only net you 1080p gameplay at 60fps, but with the detail preset set to “ultra”. Suffice to say, this is a reasonably demanding game, but that’s why it looks so good!
Only these two tiers of specs are officially listed, with no indication of the hardware required for running at higher resolutions. However, based on the specs above, we’d speculate that you shouldn’t need to get a much faster CPU than the Ryzen 7 5800X and Intel Core i7-12700 nor upgrade you memory. However, a card like the RTX 4070 or the AMD RX 7800 XT will probably be a solid choice for 1440p gaming at a decent frame rate.
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The Warhammer 40k Space Marine 2 release date almost upon us, but you can already get the game for free (along with several others) thanks to this AMD Space Marine 2 offer that gets you the game with certain AMD CPU and GPU purchases.