Need For Speed Rivals is the latest Need For Speed game, in which you can play as either the usual street racer or a police officer. Become the best known driver in the land as you complete challenges, and customise your car with your own personal decals, paint jobs and license plates.

Need For Speed: Rivals System Requirements

22 Nov 2013 - Specs reviewed

Official Minimum Requirements

GT730

Recommended Requirements

OS: Win 7 64
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz / AMD Athlon II X4 620
Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 7870 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 3GB (OEM)
VRAM: 3GB
System Memory: 8 GB RAM
Storage: 30 GB Hard drive space
DirectX 11 Compatible Graphics Card

PC System Analysis For Need For Speed: Rivals Requirements

Need For Speed: Rivals will require Radeon HD 7870 graphics card with a Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz or Athlon II X4 620 processor to reach the recommended specs, achieving high graphics setting on 1080p. 8 GB will also be needed to achieve the Need For Speed: Rivals rec specs and get 60FPS. Need For Speed: Rivals needs a graphics card thats at least as powerful as a GeForce 8800 GT/Radeon HD 3870 paired with Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5800+/Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz CPU to match the min specs. This PC setup will deliver 25-35 Frame Per Second at Low graphics setting on 720p resolution. Don't try and play Need For Speed: Rivals without 4 GB, which helps get the 30FPS Your graphics card will need to be capable of running DirectX 11. We suggest a 9 year old PC to play smoothly.

FPS System Benchmark

162 FPS

High

Graphics Card

GTX 1060

How well optimised is Need For Speed: Rivals for PC? Need For Speed: Rivals is well optimized

Where does Need For Speed: Rivals rank in the list of the most demanding games?

100+

Genres: Racing, Sim

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Minimum Requirements

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Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz

Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5800+

GeForce 8800 GT

Radeon HD 3870

512 MB

4 GB

Win Xp 64

DX 10

30 GB

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512 MB

6 GB

Win 7 64

DX 10

30 GB

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Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz

Athlon II X4 620

GeForce GTX 660 3GB (OEM)

Radeon HD 7870

2 GB

8 GB

Win 7 64

DX 11

30 GB

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Need For Speed: Rivals PC Release Date:

19 Nov 2013

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Need For Speed: Rivals vs Avg. AAA Game System Requirements

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Core i7-4770K 4-Core 3.5GHz

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Radeon R9 FURY X 4GB

151%

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12GB

50%

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