Need For Speed is a reboot of the iconic racing series. The nocturnal racing popularised in Underground returns, with a vast open-world, deep car customisation, immersive narrative and authentic urban car culture.

Need For Speed System Requirements

18 Feb 2016 - 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

PC System Analysis For Need For Speed Requirements

NFS 2016's official system specs are now released. You will need a mid to top end PC to get this Need For Speed Reboot running on Recommended. The Nvidia GTX 970 coupled with a core i5 and 8GB RAM will be enough, or a Phenom II X4 with the AMD R9 290. There wont be a 60 frames per second cap on this version of NFS, so a more powerful graphics card than the GTX 970 will certainly help reach strong frame rates.

FPS System Benchmark

79 FPS

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GTX 1060

How well optimised is Need For Speed for PC? Need For Speed is well optimized

7.8

Where does Need For Speed rank in the list of the most demanding games?

100+

Genres: Racing, Realism

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2 GB

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Core i5-4690 3.5GHz

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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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