It's still six months until until Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor invades out PCs, but the devs at Monolith have already seen fit to release the Shadow of Mordor system requirements. In Middle-earth you'll be battling your way through Mordor to uncover the truth of a benevolent spirit, helping you to seek revenge for the murder of your family by Sauron.
The next foray into the realm of Middle-earth is certainly a bit of a looker, but even we weren't expecting these insanely high Middle-earth: Shadow Of Mordor System Requirements...
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor Minimum System Requirements
OS: Windows Vista 64-bit
CPU: 2.67 GHz Intel Core i5-750 or 3.4 GHz AMD Phenom II X4 965
RAM: 4GB System Memory
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 or AMD Radeon HD 6950
DX: DirectX 11.0
HDD: 25 GB Free Hard Drive Space
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor Recommended System Requirements
OS: Windows 7 64-bit
CPU: 3.4 GHz Intel Core i7-3770 or 4.0 GHz AMD FX-8350
RAM: 8 GB System Memory
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 670 or AMD Radeon HD 7970
HDD: 40 GB Free Hard Drive Space
Right, where to begin. To say these are insane requirements is an understatement. Shadow of Mordor takes the recently released Watch Dogs system requirements and gives them a good kicking. The minimum processor requirements for Middle-earth alone are enough to make a grown man weep, demanding quad-core processors at the least, as well as some pretty tasty graphics cards.
Moving on to the recommended system requirements for Shadow of Mordor, things get even more interesting. The two processors have some of the highest-rated benchmarks in the entirety of the GD database, with the i7-3770 setting you back $279.99 as I write this. Once again we're seeing 8GB of RAM rearing its head, this looks to be a commonplace occurrence now, with many of the AAA titles demanding it. If you haven't invested in an extra stick of memory yet, now's as good a time as any.
The GPU requirements for Shadow of Mordor meanwhile are once again sky-high, asking for top-of-the-line graphics cards in the shape of the GeForce GTX 670 and the Radeon HD 7970. Both the CPU and GPU requirements hit the maximum 10/10 on the GD hardware score, with the memory bring up the rear with 9/10.
If you want Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor looking its finest then it's probably best to get upgrading!
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What do you make of these absolutely huge Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor requirements?
Shadow of Mordor is also releasing on Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, do you think this may be a case of poor Shadow of Mordor PC optimisation?
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I smell something like "the war against PC gaming" or "strategy to convert the masters into peasants" right in my nose
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Well WD now passes this game
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The ultra requirements of Watch passes the recommended requirements of Shadow of Mordor.
But the recommended requirements of SoM are beating the recommended from WD ^^
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I can't wait for this game.
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Wow dat rig
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your rig my dream XD
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Nice hardware mate. You even make me jealous. :O
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GUYS WHAT DO I NEED TO UPGRADE TO RUN THE GAME ON ITS HIGHEST SETTINGS?????????????
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Caps locks broken mate?
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You should be fine I don't see why you couldn't max it out.
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LOL THE SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS JUST MAKES ME LAUGH.
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me too.... hahahahhahahahhahahahhahah :D
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Which online store in USA would i get pc-components to buy apart from,ebay,tigerdirect,newegg,overstock,jr,best buy or walmart?
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I didn't know walmart sold pc components O_O, I know they sell accessories but not components.
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yes accessories,upgrades all those kinda stufff any online store?
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geared up for witcher and this comes like a bonus...nice
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can i run it ?
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Maybe, if you're lucky. Good luck, :D
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I believe my GPU could barely meet these supposed recommended requirements, but not my CPU...
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You'll be able to play it on at least low, easily. Medium probs.
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You will be able to play the game on tweeked high probably. Your GPU with the OC should touch the 670 and 7970 and the CPU should work fine.
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Meh Just when I think I got my pc built up to decent standards. Whelp time to get that second 770 I was talking about and probably more ram.
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I think medium for me?
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i think medium-high settings...good luck :)
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Yeah,I tought that too...I just needed someone to support my opinion...thanks man :D
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no problem :D
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medium for fluent fps (45+) med- high for 35+fps thats my guess..We can be sure when the game releases..:)
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yeah, i agree :)
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i smell bad optmization..
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We all smell it, it stinks of lazy devs :P
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Nah, it stinks of money-hungry CEOs who want the game out as fast as possible. I'd bet the devs are actually disgusted that they aren't being allowed to make their code clean (after all, no sane programmer hates producing messy code).
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Is there any chanse for me to run this one ?
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low may be not sure :/
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CPU: check
GPU: pffffffffffffft lolno
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Same case here.
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ouch
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The second next gen consoles were released, I knew this was going to happen. Devs are no longer constrained by the limited hardware of the last gen.
Yet you always had PC elitest hating on the consoles, when they were the only thing stopping them from having to upgrade to new hardware.
I know I can run this tip-top, but at this rate, even I'll need to upgrade soon. Bummer.
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Well I think these will change and nice rig
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yes u can run well.... but if its gets bad optimization..or mediocre...rig like ur's will face FPS drops or issue...as for example "Company of Heroes" has old gen game has very low specs but a GTX 690 cant run it very well...its faced huge Drops :/
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That doesn't sound too great. I really hope they optimise this well, and lower the specs required specs so other people can still enjoy it to its fullest.
I fear every modern rig will be out of date in 2-3 years. :(
Shame.
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Its is really shame...right u r mate but those graphics is also shame for GTX 67 and HD 7970..."old wine in a new bottle"...and they have to optimize it else even ultimate rig will face issue :/
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**** gotta save for the 780ti hof edition or i am doomed
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You're not doomed as much I am doomed.
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me too....for me, take 1-2 year to save money...maybe more than 2 year :(
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For ultra...but ur current one can easily handle high settings :)
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RIP my system :(
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Your system?So my rig is dust :P
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max settings validate ur rig :) ur rig meets recommended :)
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No it doesn't reccomend is 670/7970, close but not their :)
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I said his rigs meets recommended even over or more or less same :)
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I don't care about the system reqs, and I bet it will run great on my rig :)
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yeah if they lower the cpu requirements a bit its plausible i think
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When it comes to games CPUs don't matter, I'm running Battlefield 4 on ultra settings 1080p with no noticeable lagging
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Yeah sure you are with max AA and all..:P
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Oh did I say Battlefield 4 I meant 3 ;) anyways I wasn't kidding, most games run amazingly on my current rig, and Battlefield 4 didn't lag it actually froze lol
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I can run bf4 on tweaked ultra at 1080p. Just no AA and some other adjustments. Took me a couple days to get it perfect so that i have 75+ fps most of the time!
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well shet ! broadwell should come out soon and high end 800 series wouldn`t be bad either when watching these requirements for next gen games.