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All Returnal PC Requirements Listed

Where do you land?

Housemarque’s PS5 exclusive Returnal makes its way to PC. If you’re looking to play this difficult Roguelite experience, you’ll need a pretty solid hardware rig to get the most out of its performance. Here are all of the Returnal PC requirements listed.

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All Returnal PC Requirements Listed

Let’s break down each of the different levels of requirements for Returnal on PC.

Minimum

Performance: 720p at 60FPS

Graphics Settings: Low

  • GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (6GB) or AMD Radeon RX 580 (8GB)
  • CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 (4 core 2.7 GHz) or AMD Ryzen 5 1500x (4 core 3.5 GHz)
  • RAM: 16 GB DDR4
  • OS: Windows 10 64-bit (Version 1903)
  • Storage: 60 GB HDD

Medium

Performance: 1080p at 60 FPS

Graphics Settings: Medium

  • GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (8GB) or AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (6 GB)
  • CPU: Intel Core i5-8400 (6 core 2.8 GHz) or AMD Ryzen 5 2600 (6 core 3.4 GHz)
  • RAM: 16 GB DDR4
  • OS: Windows 10 64-bit (Version 1903)
  • Storage: 60 GB SSD

Recommended

Performance: 1080p at 60 FPS

Graphics Settings: High

  • GPU: NVIDIA RTX 2070 Super (8 GB) or AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT (12 GB)
  • CPU: Intel i7-8700 (6 core 3.7 GHz) or AMD Ryzen 7 2700X (8 core 3.7 GHz)
  • RAM: 16 GB DDR4
  • OS: Windows 10 64-bit (Version 1903)
  • Storage: 60 GB SSD

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Epic

Performance: 4K at 60 FPS

Graphics Settings: Epic

  • GPU: NVIDIA RTX 3080 (10 GB) or AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (16 GB)
  • CPU: Intel I7-9700K (8 core 3.7 GHz) or AMD Ryzen 7 3700x ( 8 core 3.6 GHz)
  • RAM: 32 GB DDR4
  • OS: Windows 10 64-bit (Version1903)
  • Storage: 60 GB SSD

Ray Tracing

Performance: 4K at 60 FPS with Ray Tracing

Graphics Settings: Epic

  • NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti (12 GB) or AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT (16 GB)
  • CPU: Intel i9-11900K (8 core 3.5 GHz) or AMD Ryzen 9 5900X (12 core 3.7 GHz)
  • RAM: 32 GB DDR4
  • OS: Windows 10 64-bit (Version 1903)
  • Storage: 60 GB SSD

Those are all of the different PC requirements for Returnal. You can check out the PC features trailer below if you want to see the game in action. Here are some tips and tricks for beginners.


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