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Can your PC handle Total War: Warhammer II?

The game's PC requirements have been unveiled.
Eirik Hyldbakk Furu Editor-in-Chief Norway 1 September 2017

We're now just 27 days away from the launch of Total War: Warhammer II, so it's time to start thinking about maybe upgrading our rig to experience war in all its glory. That's why it's fortunate that The Creative Assembly has revealed the game's PC requirements, and they aren't the most demanding we've seen.

Minimum
This rig will apparently let you set the graphics presets to "low" and run the game in 720p / 25-35 FPS when playing the campaign and one-on-one multiplayer maps with 20 units on each side.

Operating System: Windows 7 64 Bit
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 3.0Ghz
RAM: 4 GB or 5 GB when using an integrated graphics chipsets
Install size: 60 GB
Video Card: NVIDIA GTX 460 1GB | AMD Radeon HD 5770 1GB | Intel HD4000

Recommended
This rig will apparently let you set the graphics presets to "high" and run the game in 1080p / 45-55 FPS when playing the campaign and one-on-one multiplayer maps with 20 units on each side.

Operating System: Windows 7/8.1/10 64 Bit
Processor: Intel Core i5-4570 3.20 GHz
RAM: 8 GB
Install size: 60 GB
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2 GB | AMD Radeon R9 270X 2 GB

Will your PC handle full war or a small battle?

Editor-in-Chief Norway Eirik Hyldbakk Furu wrote for Gamereactor from around 2015 to 2026, first as news editor and from 2022 as editor-in-chief of the Norwegian edition. He covered video games across news, previews and reviews for both the Norwegian and international sites.
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