Bloober Team's unique and trippy psychological horror experience is coming later this year, but the system requirements for The Medium are already out and they're... pretty interesting. Not only have we got the typical minimum and recommended settings, but we've also got some specific requirements for 4K and 4K with ray tracing.
So how demanding will The Medium be when it releases later this year? Let's dive in and take a look at the official PC system requirements for The Medium...
The Medium minimum system requirements
- OS: Windows 10 (64bit version only)
- CPU: Intel Core i5-6600 / AMD Ryzen 5 2500X
- RAM: 8GB
- GPU RAM: 4GB
- GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 / AMD Radeon R9 390X
- HDD: 30GB
- DX: 11
The Medium recommended system requirements
- OS: Windows 10 (64bit version only)
- CPU: Intel Core i5-9600 / AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
- RAM: 16GB
- GPU RAM: 6GB
- GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti / AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
- HDD: 30GB
- DX: 12
The Medium 4K system requirements
- OS: Windows 10 (64bit version only)
- CPU: Intel Core i5-9600 / AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
- RAM: 16GB
- GPU RAM: 8GB
- GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 / AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT / Ray tracing: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
- HDD: 30GB
- DX: 12
In order to run recommended requirements for The Medium your PC will need a graphics card that's as powerful as a GeForce GTX 1660 Ti or Radeon RX Vega 56 and it should be paired with either a Ryzen 7 3700X or Core i5-9600 CPU. This PC setup will deliver 60 Frames Per Second on High graphics settings at 1080p monitor resolution. For your PC to completely meet the recommended requirements you will also need 16GB of system memory.
In order to run The Medium minimum system requirements your PC will require at least a GeForce GTX 1060 or Radeon R9 390X GPU with a Core i5-6600 or Ryzen 5 2500X processor. This will return an average of 60 frames per second on Low graphics settings at 1080p resolution. You should also have 8 GB system memory for min specs.
In order to run The Medium at 4K you will need a GeForce RTX 2070 or AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT GPU along with either a Core i5-9600 or Ryzen 7 3700X CPU and 16GB of RAM. In order to enable ray tracing settings at 4K resolution you will need an RTX 2080 graphics card instead.
Make sure your GPU has DirectX 12 support or The Medium won’t be able to run on recommended settings.
As ever, remember you can always check out how well your PC can run the The Medium System Requirements here, where you can check benchmarks and performance from other users. Compare your graphics card to the The Medium GPU benchmark chart and we also have a The Medium Frames Per Second system performance chart for you to check.
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RIP my gtx 660.
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The minimum requirements are over-blown. No current gen game is good enough to demand the GTX 1060 as minimum especially if it has to run on current gen consoles too.
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My CPU is getting outdated now. Waiting for the Zen 3 upgrade. 4 cores ain't going to fly moving forward.
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Sooooo badly optimized i reckon?
I Play VR so i'm used to games rendering twice.
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I got scared whan i saw my gpu as a minimum requirement for a game :/
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Game looks interesting...
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Looks like I can play medium on medium settings with medium frame rates.
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Looks manageable. Hyped about game.