Need For Speed Heat is the 2019 edition of the NFS franchise. Set in Palm City, Need For Speed Heat offers both night and day racing, police chases, and a gritty story in which players vie for control of the streets.

Need For Speed Heat System Requirements

18 Oct 2019 - Specs reviewed

Official Minimum Requirements

OS: Windows 10
Processor (AMD): FX-6350 or equivalent
Processor (Intel): Core i5-3570 or equivalent
Memory: 8 GB
Graphics Card (AMD): Radeon 7970/Radeon R9 280x or equivalent
Graphics Card (Nvidia): GeForce GTX 760 or equivalent
Direct X: 11
Online Connection Requirements: 320 KBPS
Hard Drive Space: 50 GB

Official Recommended Requirements

OS: Windows 10
Processor (AMD): Ryzen 3 1300X or equivalent
Processor (Intel): Core i7-4790 or equivalent
Memory: 16 GB
Graphics Card (AMD): Radeon RX 480 or equivalent
Graphics Card (Nvidia): GeForce GTX 1060 or equivalent
Direct X: 11
Online Connection Requirements: 512 kbps
Hard Drive Space: 50 GB

PC System Analysis For Need For Speed Heat Requirements

The game engine for Need For Speed Heat is Frostbite. Need For Speed Heat will require Radeon RX 580 4GB graphics card with a Core i7-4790 4-Core 3.6GHz or Ryzen R3 1300X processor to reach the recommended specs, achieving high graphics setting on 1080p. 16 GB will also be needed to achieve the Need For Speed Heat rec specs and get 60FPS. Need For Speed Heat needs a graphics card thats at least as powerful as a GeForce GTX 760/Radeon R9 280X paired with FX-6350/Core i5-3570 3.4GHz CPU to match the min specs. This PC setup will deliver 25-35 Frame Per Second at Low graphics setting on 720p resolution. Don't try and play Need For Speed Heat without 8 GB, which helps get the 30FPS Your graphics card will need to be capable of running DirectX 11. We suggest a 5 year old PC to play smoothly.

FPS System Benchmark

70 FPS

High

Graphics Card

GTX 1060

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

5.5

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

100+

Genres: Action, Racing, Realism

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System Requirements Report for Need For Speed Heat

Graphics Settings: Low

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Processor

Core i5-10210U 4-Core 1.60GHz

Graphics [1920 x 1080]

Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire

RAM

8GB

This system has no obvious bottleneck for this game

You upgraded your GPU from UHD Graphics 630 to Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire

Performance Report

Processor

Intel

Core i5-3570 3.4GHz

AMD

FX-6350

Graphics

Nvidia

GeForce GTX 760

AMD

Radeon R9 280X

RAM

8GB

Processor

Intel

Core i5-3570 3.4GHz

AMD

Ryzen R3 1300X

Graphics

Nvidia

GeForce GTX 960 2GB

AMD

Radeon R9 380

RAM

12GB

Processor

Intel

Core i7-4790 4-Core 3.6GHz

AMD

Ryzen R3 1300X

Graphics

Nvidia

GeForce GTX 1060

AMD

Radeon RX 580 4GB

RAM

16GB

Max Playable Resolutions at 60 FPS
Graphics Setting	Low	Medium	High	Ultra
Resolution	3840 x 2160	3840 x 2160	3840 x 2160	3840 x 2160

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CPU

Core i5-10210U 4-Core 1.60GHz

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GFX

Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire [1920 x 1080]

Our recommended setting for playing Need For Speed Heat: <strong>Medium to High Setting</strong>

RAM

8GB

Our recommended setting for playing Need For Speed Heat: <strong>Low to Medium Setting</strong>

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Core i5-3570 3.4GHz

FX-6350

GeForce GTX 760

Radeon R9 280X

2 GB

8 GB

Win 7 64

DX 11

50 GB

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Core i7-4790 4-Core 3.6GHz

Ryzen R3 1300X

GeForce GTX 1060

Radeon RX 580 4GB

4 GB

16 GB

Win 10 64

DX 11

50 GB

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Medium Setting

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Need For Speed Heat PC Release Date:

8 Nov 2019

Alternative Game Tags: need for speed heat,nfsh,nfs heat,

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Need For Speed Heat vs Avg. AAA Game System Requirements

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CPU

Core I7-5775R 4-Core 3.3GHz

27%

Graphics Card

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21%

RAM

13GB

19%

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