War Thunder PC Requirements
To play it you need at least a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660-class graphics card ; to play it as the developers intended, aim for a AMD Radeon RX 570 4GB. Among the games we track, it is undemanding by current standards.
- Minimum GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
- Recommended GPU
- AMD Radeon RX 570 4GB
- RAM
- 4–16 GB
- Disk
- 70 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 | DirectX 11 level video card: AMD Radeon 77XX / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660. The minimum supported resolution for the game is… matches NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 | DirectX 11 level video card or higher and drivers: Nvidia GeForce 1060 and higher, Radeon RX 570 and higher matches AMD Radeon RX 570 4GB |
| Processor | Dual-Core 2.2 GHz | Intel Core i5 or Ryzen 5 3600 or better matches AMD Ryzen 5 3600 |
| Memory | 4 GB | 16 GB |
| Video memory | 2 GB | 4 GB |
| Storage | 70 GB | 95 GB |
| Windows | Windows 10 | 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 Ryzen 5 3600-class processor. Estimates, not recorded benchmarks — how the model works.
| Card | 1080p | 1440p | 4K | Against the specs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 | 47 | 29 | 17 | Minimum |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER | 83 | 51 | 30 | Recommended |
| AMD Radeon RX 6600 | 101 | 63 | 36 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 | 101 | 63 | 36 | Recommended |
| AMD Radeon RX 7600 | 114 | 74 | 43 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 | 114 | 74 | 43 | Recommended |
| Intel Arc B580 | 114 | 83 | 48 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti | 114 | 92 | 53 | Recommended |
| AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT | 114 | 114 | 77 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER | 114 | 114 | 82 | Recommended |
| AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT | 114 | 114 | 100 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 | 114 | 114 | 114 | Recommended |
Answers about War Thunder on PC
What is the lowest graphics card that runs War Thunder?
The publisher's minimum is DirectX 11 level video card: AMD Radeon 77XX / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660. The minimum supported resolution for the game is…. The least powerful card we track that matches it is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660.
How much RAM does War Thunder need?
4 GB at minimum, 16 GB recommended.
How much storage space does War Thunder take?
70 GB of free space. An SSD will noticeably shorten loading at that size.
Can a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 run War Thunder?
Yes — it meets the recommended graphics card.
Can a AMD Radeon RX 6600 run War Thunder?
Yes — it meets the recommended graphics card.
If your PC runs War Thunder, it also runs
Released games whose recommended graphics card is no more demanding than this one's.
