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Middle-earth: Shadow of War is the sequel to Shadow of Mordor. The game was leaked by US retailer Target. Shadow of War sees protagonist Talion return with Celebrimbor in order to dominate Mordor from within. The celebrated Nemesis system is back, with each Orc chief having a unique personality and traits.

Middle-earth: Shadow of War System Requirements

1 Jun 2017 - Specs reviewed

Official Minimum Requirements

INTEL CPU:i5-2550K, 3.4 GHz
AMD CPU:FX-8300
RAM:8 GB
NVIDIA GPU:GeForce GTX 670
AMD GPU:Radeon HD 7950
OS:Windows 7 SP1 with Platform Update for Windows 7
VRAM:2
DX:11
HDD:60 GB

Official Recommended Requirements

INTEL CPU:i7-3770, 3.4 GHz
AMD CPU:FX-8350
RAM:16 GB
NVIDIA GPU:GeForce GTX 1060
AMD GPU:Radeon RX 480
OS:Win10 64 BIT 14393.102
VRAM:4
DX:11
HDD:60 GB

PC System Analysis For Middle-earth: Shadow of War Requirements

To run Middle-earth: Shadow of War on high graphics settings your PC will require at least a 4GB GeForce GTX 1060 / Radeon RX 480 4GB with a Core i7-3770 4-Core 3.4GHz or FX-8350 CPU. 16 GB will also be needed to achieve the Middle-earth: Shadow of War rec specs and get 60FPS. Middle-earth: Shadow of War needs a graphics card thats at least as powerful as a GeForce GTX 670/Radeon HD 7950 paired with FX-8320/Core i5-2550K 3.4GHz CPU to match the min specs. This PC setup will deliver 25-35 Frame Per Second at Low graphics setting on 720p resolution. To be able to run at all you will need at least 8 GB system memory. Make sure your GPU can run DirectX 11 or Middle-earth: Shadow of War won’t run. We suggest a 5 year old PC to play smoothly.

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70 FPS

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GTX 1060

How well optimised is Middle-earth: Shadow of War for PC? Middle-earth: Shadow of War is excellently optimized

8.4

Where does Middle-earth: Shadow of War rank in the list of the most demanding games?

100+

Genres: Action, Adventure, Stealth, Fantasy

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Middle-earth: Shadow of War System Requirements

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Minimum Requirements

Intel CPU

AMD CPU

Nvidia Graphics Card

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Core i5-2550K 3.4GHz

FX-8320

GeForce GTX 670

Radeon HD 7950

2 GB

8 GB

Win 7 64

DX 11

60 GB

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Core i5-6400 2.7GHz

FX-8300

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Radeon R9 380

2 GB

8 GB

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45 GB

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Core i7-3770 4-Core 3.4GHz

FX-8350

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Radeon RX 480 4GB

4 GB

16 GB

Win 7 64

DX 11

60 GB

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Middle-earth: Shadow of War PC Release Date:

10 Oct 2017

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Game FPS Benchmarks On Ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 Super 8GB

145 FPS

Radeon VII 16GB

117.3 FPS

GeForce RTX 2060 6GB

93 FPS

Radeon RX Vega 56 8GB

91 FPS

Radeon RX 5600 XT 6GB

85.2 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6GB

75 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6GB

71.5 FPS

63.5 FPS

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56 FPS

42.8 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080 Super 8GB

107.5 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6GB

50 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6GB

48 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

74 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080 Super 8GB

73.8 FPS

73 FPS

53.6 FPS

33.3 FPS

28.1 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6GB

26.5 FPS

Middle-earth: Shadow of War vs Avg. AAA Game System Requirements

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Core I7-5775R 4-Core 3.3GHz

30%

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Radeon RX 480X 4GB

21%

RAM

13GB

19%

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