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Hugely popular multi-player flight sim War Thunder can tax your PC in ways you wouldn’t have thought imaginable. Let’s take a look at what you need to be packing in order to take to the skies in your historic warplanes.
War Thunder Mininmum System Requirements
- CPU: 2.2 GHz
- RAM: 4 GB
- HDD: 9 GB
- GPU: Intel HD Graphics 4000 or AMD Radeon 46XX or NVIDIA GeForce GT 520
- OS: Windows 7, Vista, 8 or 10
- DirectX: Version 10
- Screen Resolution: 720p
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
War Thunder Recommended System Requirements
- CPU: Intel Core i5
- RAM: 8 GB
- HDD: 22 GB
- GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 or higher, AMD R9 280 or higher
- OS: Windows 7 64bit, Vista 64bit, 8 64 bit or 10 64 bit
- DirectX: Version 11
- Screen Resolution: 1080p
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
War Thunder VR Recommended System Requirements
- Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon RX 480. …
- CPU: At least an Intel Core i5-4590 or AMD FX 8350.
- Memory: At least 4 GB of RAM.
- Video output: An HDMI 1.4, DisplayPort 1.2 or more recent.
- USB ports: 1x USB 2.0 or better.
- Supported OS: Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1 or later, Windows 10.
