Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™ PC Requirements
To play it you need at least a NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030-class graphics card ; to play it as the developers intended, aim for a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660. Among the games we track, it is undemanding by current standards.
- Minimum GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030
- Recommended GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
- RAM
- 3–8 GB
- Disk
- 44 GB
Which graphics cards clear it
All 165 desktop cards we track, sorted against the publisher's minimum and recommended card.
What the publisher lists
Quoted from the Steam store page — see the original. Where we could place a named part, our closest match is underneath.
| Part | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| Graphics card | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 | AMD Radeon HD 5850 matches NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 | AMD Radeon HD 7950 matches NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 |
| Processor | Intel Core i5-750, 2.67 GHz | AMD Phenom II X4 965, 3.4 GHz matches AMD Phenom II X4 965 | Intel Core i7-3770, 3.4 GHz | AMD FX-8350, 4.0 GHz matches AMD FX-8350 |
| Memory | 3 GB | 8 GB |
| Video memory | 1 GB | 2 GB |
| Storage | 44 GB | 57 GB |
| Windows | 64-bit: Vista SP2, Win 7 SP1, Win 8.1 | Same as minimum |
| DirectX | DirectX 11 | Same as minimum |
Frame-rate outlook, weakest card to strongest
Modelled at the High preset without upscaling, next to a AMD FX-8350-class processor. Estimates, not recorded benchmarks — how the model works.
| Card | 1080p | 1440p | 4K | Against the specs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 | 113 | 70 | 41 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER | 114 | 114 | 72 | Recommended |
| AMD Radeon RX 6600 | 114 | 114 | 89 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 | 114 | 114 | 89 | Recommended |
| AMD Radeon RX 7600 | 114 | 114 | 105 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 | 114 | 114 | 105 | Recommended |
| Intel Arc B580 | 114 | 114 | 114 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti | 114 | 114 | 114 | Recommended |
| AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT | 114 | 114 | 114 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER | 114 | 114 | 114 | Recommended |
| AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT | 114 | 114 | 114 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 | 114 | 114 | 114 | Recommended |
Answers about Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™ on PC
What is the lowest graphics card that runs Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™?
The publisher's minimum is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 | AMD Radeon HD 5850. The least powerful card we track that matches it is the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030.
How much RAM does Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™ need?
3 GB at minimum, 8 GB recommended.
How much storage space does Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™ take?
44 GB of free space.
Can a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 run Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™?
Yes — it meets the recommended graphics card.
Can a AMD Radeon RX 6600 run Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™?
Yes — it meets the recommended graphics card.
If your PC runs Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™, it also runs
Released games whose recommended graphics card is no more demanding than this one's.
