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Hogwarts Legacy minimum PC requirements have been revealed

Can your machine run the open-world game?

Marco Wutz

Hogwarts Legacy minimum PC requirements have been revealed
Hogwarts Legacy minimum PC requirements have been revealed /

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  1. Minimum PC requirements – Hogwarts Legacy
  2. Recommended PC requirements – Hogwarts Legacy
  3. Ultra PC requirements – Hogwarts Legacy
  4. Ultra 4K PC requirements – Hogwarts Legacy
  5. Hogwarts Legacy on Steam Deck

The excitement for Hogwarts Legacy is growing daily as the open-world RPG developed by Avalanche Software gains momentum on Steam and has revealed Hollywood star Simon Pegg as the voice of Hogwarts’ headmaster Phineas Nigellinus Black, a forebear of movie character Sirius Black.

Hogwarts Legacy will be available on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S on February 10, 2023, with editions coming to PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch later in the year. Console gamers are guaranteed to be able to play the game on their systems, but for PC gamers every new release brings the question of minimum system requirements with it.

If you’re asking yourself if your PC is good enough to run Hogwarts Legacy, then you can now find out. Avalanche Software has revealed the minimum system requirements for the game.

Minimum PC requirements – Hogwarts Legacy

  • OS: 64-bit Windows 10
  • CPU: intel Core i5-6600 (3.3 GHz) / AMD Ryzen 5 1400 (3.2 GHz)
  • GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 4 GB / AMD Radeon RX 470 4 GB
  • RAM: 16 GB
  • Storage: 85 GB HDD
  • DirectX 12

Playing on low quality settings, this would run the game on 720p with 30 fps.

Recommended PC requirements – Hogwarts Legacy

  • OS: 64-bit Windows 10
  • CPU: intel Core i7-8700 (3.2 GHz) / AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (3.6 GHz)
  • GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 1080 Ti / AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT / INTEL Arc A770
  • RAM: 16 GB
  • Storage: 85 GB SSD
  • DirectX 12

These specs would allow you to play on high quality settings and reach 1080p with 60 fps.

Ultra PC requirements – Hogwarts Legacy

  • OS: 64-bit Windows 10
  • CPU: intel Core i7-10700K (3.8 GHz) / AMD Ryzen 7 5800X (3.8 GHz)
  • GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti / AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
  • RAM: 32 GB
  • Storage: 85 GB SSD
  • DirectX 12

A machine like this would enable you to play at 1440p with 60 fps on ultra quality settings.

Ultra 4K PC requirements – Hogwarts Legacy

  • OS: 64-bit Windows 10
  • CPU: intel Core i7-10700K (3.8 GHz) / AMD Ryzen 7 5800X (3.8 GHz)
  • GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti / AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
  • RAM: 32 GB
  • Storage: 85 GB SSD
  • DirectX 12

The ultimate Hogwarts Legacy experience would allow you to enjoy the game in 2160p with 60 fps on ultra quality settings.

Hogwarts Legacy on Steam Deck

The support team at WB Games has also confirmed that Hogwarts Legacy will be verified for Steam Deck on launch, so owners of the handheld PC can rest assured that their attendance to Hogwarts on the go is a go.

For details around the controversy surrounding Hogwarts Legacy, check out the linked explainer.

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Marco Wutz
MARCO WUTZ

Marco Wutz is a writer from Parkstetten, Germany. He has a degree in Ancient History and a particular love for real-time and turn-based strategy games like StarCraft, Age of Empires, Total War, Age of Wonders, Crusader Kings, and Civilization as well as a soft spot for Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail. He began covering StarCraft 2 as a writer in 2011 for the largest German community around the game and hosted a live tournament on a stage at gamescom 2014 before he went on to work for Bonjwa, one of the country's biggest Twitch channels. He branched out to write in English in 2015 by joining tl.net, the global center of the StarCraft scene run by Team Liquid, which was nominated as the Best Coverage Website of the Year at the Esports Industry Awards in 2017. He worked as a translator on The Crusader Stands Watch, a biography in memory of Dennis "INTERNETHULK" Hawelka, and provided live coverage of many StarCraft 2 events on the social channels of tl.net as well as DreamHack, the world's largest gaming festival. From there, he transitioned into writing about the games industry in general after his graduation, joining GLHF, a content agency specializing in video games coverage for media partners across the globe, in 2021. He has also written for NGL.ONE, kicker, ComputerBild, USA Today's ForTheWin, The Sun, Men's Journal, and Parade. Email: marco.wutz@glhf.gg

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