A Valve backed sequel to the very popular Warcraft 3 mod, Defense of the Ancients.
Confusingly, the official remake of the mod was called Heroes of Newerth and released earlier this year after a long Beta period. Heroes of Newerth and defense of the Ancients suffer from the incredibly steep learning curve and noob slamming. Our reviewer Squee reviewed Heroes of Newerth earlier this year and had a tough time as he was new to the game.
Valve are getting into the project to try and level the playing field with their player matching server skills.

DOTA 2 System Requirements

8 Aug 2013 - Specs reviewed

Official Minimum Requirements

OS: Windows 7
Processor: Dual core from Intel or AMD at 2.8 GHz
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: nVidia GeForce 8600/9600GT, ATI/AMD Radeon HD2600/3600
DirectX: Version 9.0c
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Hard Drive: 8 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible

Recommended Requirements

OS: Win 7 64
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 2.80GHz / AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+
Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 2600 Pro or NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS 512MB
System Memory: 4 GB RAM
Storage: 8 GB Hard drive space
DirectX 9 Compatible Graphics Card

PC System Analysis For DOTA 2 Requirements

DOTA 2 requires a Radeon HD 2600 Pro graphics card with a Core 2 Duo E7400 2.80GHz or Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+ processor to reach the recommended specs, achieving high graphics setting on 1080p. The RAM requirements are at least a 4 GB memory. Minimum RAM requirements are 2 GB system memory. Another thing to consider is the DirectX capability of your GPU. DOTA 2 needs a GPU capable of running DirectX 9. Finally, DOTA 2 will need hardware that is a 14 year old PC or younger to run recommended.

FPS System Benchmark

200+ FPS

High

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GTX 1060

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8.5

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System Requirements Report for DOTA 2

Graphics Settings: High

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Processor

Core i9-9880H 8-Core 2.3GHz

Graphics [1920 x 1080]

GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile

RAM

16GB

This system has no obvious bottleneck for this game

Performance Report

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Intel

Pentium 4 3.0GHz

AMD

Athlon 64 3000+

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Nvidia

GeForce 6600

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Radeon X800 GT

RAM

2GB

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Core 2 Duo E7400 2.80GHz

AMD

Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+

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Nvidia

GeForce 8600 GTS 512MB

AMD

Radeon HD 2600 Pro

RAM

4GB

Max Playable Resolutions at 30 FPS
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CPU

Core i9-9880H 8-Core 2.3GHz

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GFX

GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile [1920 x 1080]

RAM

16GB

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256 MB

2 GB

Win Xp 32

DX 9

8 GB

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Core 2 Duo E7400 2.80GHz

Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+

GeForce 8600 GTS 512MB

Radeon HD 2600 Pro

256 MB

4 GB

Win 7 64

DX 9

8 GB

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DOTA 2 PC Release Date:

10 Jul 2013

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DOTA 2 vs Avg. AAA Game System Requirements

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CPU

Core I7-5775R 4-Core 3.3GHz

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Graphics Card

Radeon RX 480X 4GB

3055%

RAM

13GB

225%

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