Warhammer 40,000: Darktide reveals the game's system requirements

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is arriving soon. A game that follows in the same vein as the Warhammer: Vermintide franchise comes to the PC via Steam and Xbox Game Pass. Developer Fatshark has released several hardware recommendations for various graphics settings ranging from 1080p minimum to 4K maximum.

To play at 1080p, with graphics preset at the minimum and AMD FSR support, a GeForce GTX 970 or Radeon RX 570 is required, and this will yield between 30 and 45 FPS, according to the studio. To run Warhammer 40,000: Darktide in 4K, ray tracing, and maximum graphics quality, you will need an RTX 4080. See the requirements below.

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide system requirements

Minimum (1080p, low settings, FSR on, 30-45 fps)

• CPU: Intel i5-6600 (3.3GHz) or AMD Ryzen 5 2600 (3.4GHz)
• GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 or AMD Radeon RX 570
• RAM: 8GB
• Storage: 50GB HDD

Recommended system requirements (1080p, medium settings, DLSS-SR or FSR on, 60 fps)

• CPU: Intel i7-9700K (3.7GHz) or AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (4.2GHz)
• GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 or AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
• RAM: 16GB
• Storage: 50GB SSD

Ray tracing low (1080p, medium settings, DLSS-SR quality, 40-50 fps)

• CPU: Intel i7-11700K (3.7GHz) or AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (4.2GHz)
• GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
• RAM: 16GB
• Storage: 50GB SSD
• Ray Tracing Settings: Global illumination off, reflections low

Ray tracing medium (1080p/1440p, high settings, DLSS-SR quality, 60-70 fps)

• CPU: Intel i7-11700K (3.7GHz) or AMD Ryzen 7 5800 (3.8GHz)
• GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
• RAM: 16GB
• Storage: 50GB SSD
• Ray Tracing Settings: Global illumination high, reflections low

Ray tracing high (4K, high settings, DLSS-SR quality, DLSS-FG on, 100 fps)

• CPU: Intel i7-12700K (3.6GHz) or AMD Ryzen 9 5900 (3.8GHz)
• GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
• RAM: 16GB
• Storage: 50GB SSD
• Ray Tracing Settings: Global illumination high, reflections high

In an extensive post on the game's Steam page, the developers detail each graphics option in Warhammer 40,000: Darktide, the impact each has on performance, and tips for extracting more performance. The game supports DLSS 3, a feature exclusive to the RTX 40.

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide has been releasing new information about its gameplay, such as the new classes Psykinetic and Skullbreaker, announced soon after Zealot: Preacher and Veteran: Sharpshooter. The new game arrives November 30th, and you can check our comparator for cheap CD keys of Warhammer 40,000: Darktide.