Need For Speed System Requirements

12th August 2021 - Specs reviewed

Official Minimum Requirements

  • OS: 64-bit Windows 7 or later
  • Processor: Intel Core i3-4130 or equivalent with 4 hardware threads
  • Memory: 6GB RAM
  • Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB, AMD Radeon HD 7850 2GB, or equivalent DX11 compatible GPU with 2GB of memory
  • Hard Drive: 30 GB free space
 

Official Recommended Requirements

  • OS: 64-bit Windows 7 or later
  • Processor: Intel Core i5-4690 or equivalent with 4 hardware threads
  • Memory: 8GB RAM
  • Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB, AMD Radeon R9 290 4GB, or equivalent DX11 compatible GPU with 4GB of memory
  • Hard Drive: 30 GB free space

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PC System Analysis For Need For Speed Requirements
Need For Speed will require Radeon R9 290 graphics card with a Core i5-4690 3.5GHz or FX-8370 processor to reach the recommended specs, achieving high graphics setting on 1080p. System memory required for Need For Speed is 8 GB performance memory. Taking a look at the min reqs you will require a Radeon HD 7850 graphics card with a Core i3-4130 3.4GHz or Athlon II X4 559 processor to reach the minimum Need For Speed specs, run on low graphics setting and 720p. Don't try and play Need For Speed without 6 GB, which helps get the 30FPS Another thing to consider is the DirectX capability of your GPU. Need For Speed needs a GPU capable of running DirectX 11.00. Recommended needs around a 9 year old PC to run.
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Need For Speed System Requirements

Minimum
Recommended
Processor
Core i3-4130 3.4GHz 0
Core i5-4690 3.5GHz 39
Athlon II X4 559
FX-8370
Graphics Card
GeForce GTX 750 Ti 0
GeForce GTX 970 4GB 29
Radeon HD 7850
Radeon R9 290
VRAM
2GB
3.99609375GB
RAM
6 GB
8 GB
OS
Windows 7 64-bit
Windows 7 64-bit
DirectX
11
11
HDD Space
30 GB
30 GB

Need For Speed PC Release Date:

17 Mar 2016

Alternative Game Tags: need for speed, need for speed reboot, need for speed 2015, need for speed underground 3, nfs, needforspeed, nfs 2015, nfs underground 3, nfs3, need for speed system requirements
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could this machine run it?

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I voted no because you will definitely need a better gpu.

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At least i can launch the game?

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you can launch it, but it will be unplayable

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3.60Ghz

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Core i7-920 2.67ghz,its not updated :P
May i run atleast 30FPS on 1920x1080-Low settings?

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83% of 6 people think this can run

The cpu is an FX-9830P

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80% of 10 people think this can run

Though the test says that i should play it on Medium settings i can easily run the game on a 1440x900 screen on Ultra settings with far more than 60 FPS. ;D

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I voted yes because...

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86% of 7 people think this can run

Can I run ? CPU OC @ 3.9Ghz

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Can I run ?HD 6750 overclock core 850Mhz and memory 1350Mhz

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100% of 3 people think this can run

Only wrote 720p because that's the lowest the site can go, what I'm asking is if I can run at 1024 x 576

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Can i run it?

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I'm planning to buy the RX-460 next week, and I want to play this game so bad :D

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Probably not 60 FPS, it should still run well though. :D

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