Gamers want to know if their current graphics card will meet the system requirements of upcoming games that run Unreal Engine 5. Last week you may have seen Unreal Engine’s website for the debut of the “Introducing ‘The Matrix Awakens: An Unreal Engine 5 Experience‘”. You may have started to think, “I wonder if my graphics card can support upcoming game titles with Unreal Engine 5 (UE5)?”.
So how can you rest assured that your graphics card will support games using Unreal Engine 5? We need to look at current games that have been announced with system requirements, like S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2’s minimum requirements: Graphics Card: AMD Radeon RX 580 8GB / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2’s recommended requirements: Graphics Card: AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT 8GB / NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8GB / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB
At the time of this article (December, 2021) S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 is the only game that has been announced for Unreal Engine 5 that has an official system requirements statement.
There is good news and bad news about the minimum requirements for this brand-new game on Unreal Engine 5.
The bad news is that according to the Steam Hardware and Software Survey: November 2021, the highest percentage of gamers using Steam have the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti ranks 3rd on the list and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 ranks 5th on the list. That means that a high percentage of players of Unreal Engine 5 games will be logging on using the minimum system requirements. Some won’t even be able to play at all.
Future game releases in 2023 and 2024 will likely continue to push the limits and increase the minimum system requirements. This could push a large population out of being able to play new releases. Recommended system requirements will also increase. This will push gamers who have a good experience today down to the minimum system requirements category.
The good news is that there is a high percentage of players that will at least be able to play Unreal Engine 5 games using minimum requirements. On that same survey, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 ranks 2nd, and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 ranks 4th. This means that there will be a fair population of players who will be able to play Unreal Engine 5 games slightly above minimum requirements, but still not at the recommended requirements.
That being said, the GTX 1060-1070 series was launched from 2016-2017. That means if you have those GPUs today, you have gotten a good 4-6 years of gaming from them. Now, it’s time to upgrade.
Isn’t this how it is supposed to go, though? Gaming pushes the limits of technology, making us push and extend our hardware so that we can experience world’s like never before. For all the unfortunate one’s who don’t have the minimum system requirements, check out these two articles:
- Top 5 Graphics Cards for AMD and NVIDIA in 2022 | Good Tech Master | How to | Technology | Tutorials | Helpful Guides
- Top 5 Gaming PCs Under $1,500 in 2022 | Good Tech Master | How to | Technology | Tutorials | Helpful Guides
See the table below to find how your specific NVIDIA GeForce graphics card ranks for Unreal Engine 5:
| NVIDIA Graphics Cards | Will My Graphics Card Handle Unreal Engine 5 Games? |
| NVIDIA GeForce 700 Series | No, it is unlikely given a likely minimum requirement of GeForce GTX 1060 |
| NVIDIA GeForce 800 Series Graphics Cards | No, it is unlikely given a likely minimum requirement of GeForce GTX 1060 |
| NVIDIA GeForce 900 Series Graphics Cards | The 980 and 980 Ti Series graphics cards would likely be able to meet the minimum system requirements of Unreal Engine 5 gamess. |
| NVIDIA GeForce 1000 Series Graphics Cards | The GeForce GTX 1060, 1070, 1070 Ti, 1080, and 1080 Ti would all meet the minimum or recommended system requirements for Unreal Engine 5 games. None of the other graphics card in this model series would. |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 1650 | The GeForce RTX 1650 will likely meet at least the minimum requirements. |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 1660 | The GeForce RTX 1660 will likely meet at least the minimum requirements. |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 1660 Ti | The GeForce RTX 1660 Ti will likely meet at least the minimum requirements. |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 1660 Super | The GeForce RTX 1660 Super will likely meet at least the minimum requirements. |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 | Yes, the GeForce RTX 2060 will likely surpass recommended settings |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 | Yes, the GeForce RTX 2070 will likely surpass recommended settings |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super | Yes, the GeForce RTX 2070 Super will likely surpass recommended settings |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super | Yes, the GeForce RTX 2080 Super will surpass recommended settings |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti | Yes, the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti will surpass recommended settings |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 | Yes, the GeForce RTX 3050 will likely surpass recommended settings |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 | Yes, the GeForce RTX 3060 will likely surpass recommended settings |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 | Yes, the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti will likely surpass recommended settings |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 | Yes, the GeForce RTX 3070 will surpass recommended settings |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti | Yes, the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti will surpass recommended settings |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 | Yes, the GeForce RTX 3080 will surpass recommended settings |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti | Yes, the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti will surpass recommended settings |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 | Yes, the GeForce RTX 3090 will surpass recommended settings |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti | Yes, the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti will surpass recommended settings |
| AMD Radeon Graphics Cards | Will it support Unreal Engine 5 (UE5) Games? |
| AMD R5 M330 | No, it is unlikely given a likely minimum requirement of AMD Radeon RX 580 8GB |
| AMD R7 240 | No, it is unlikely given a likely minimum requirement of AMD Radeon RX 580 8GB |
| AMD R9 280 | No, it is unlikely given a likely minimum requirement of AMD Radeon RX 580 8GB |
| AMD Radeon RX 520X 2GB | No, it is unlikely given a likely minimum requirement of AMD Radeon RX 580 8GB |
| AMD Radeon RX 550 | No, it is unlikely given a likely minimum requirement of AMD Radeon RX 580 8GB |
| AMD Radeon RX 560 or 560D | No, it is unlikely given a likely minimum requirement of AMD Radeon RX 580 8GB |
| AMD Radeon RX 570 | No, it is unlikely given a likely minimum requirement of AMD Radeon RX 580 8GB |
| AMD Radeon RX 580 | Yes, this will meet and/or surpass the likely minimum requirements given that you can have up to 8GB of VRAM in the Radeon 580. |
| AMD Radeon RX 590 8GB | Yes, this will likely meet and/or surpass the minimum requirements |
| AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 | No, the Vega 11 does not meet the likely minimum requirements or recommended requirements |
| AMD Radeon 5300 XT | No, the Radeon 5300 XT is unlikely to play Unreal Engine 5 games well, given it only has 3GB of VRAM, compared to the RX 580 which is the minimum and has 4-8GB. |
| AMD Radeon 5500 XT | Yes, the Radeon 5500 XT will likely meet the recommended system requirements for Unreal Engine 5 games. |
| AMD Radeon 5600 XT | Yes, the Radeon 5500 XT will likely meet the minimum system requirements for Unreal Engine 5 games, but not the recommended as it only has 6GB of VRAM. |
| AMD Radeon 5700 XT | Yes, the Radeon 5700 XT will likely meet the recommended system requirements for Unreal Engine 5 games. |
| AMD Radeon 6400 | Yes, the Radeon 6400 will likely meet the minimum system requirements for Unreal Engine 5 games, but only has 4GB of VRAM. Benchmarks are not provided but it would seem given its speed it would keep up with recommended system requirements. |
| AMD Radeon 6500 XT | Yes, the Radeon 6500 would likely meet the minimum system requirements for Unreal Engine 5 games, but only has 4GB of VRAM. Benchmarks are not provided but it would seem given its speed it would keep up with recommended system requirements. |
| AMD Radeon 6600 XT | Yes, the Radeon 6600 would likely meet the recommended system requirements for Unreal Engine 5 games. |
| AMD Radeon 6650 XT | Yes, the Radeon 6650 XT would likely meet the recommended system requirements for Unreal Engine 5 games. |
| AMD Radeon 6700 XT | Yes, the Radeon 6700 meets the recommended system requirements for Unreal Engine 5 games. |
| AMD Radeon 6750 XT | Yes, the Radeon 6700 meets the recommended system requirements for Unreal Engine 5 games. |
| AMD Radeon 6800 & 6800 XT | Yes, both the Radeon 6800 and 6800 XT meet the recommended system requirements for Unreal Engine 5 games. |
| AMD Radeon 6900 XT | Yes, the Radeon 6900 XT is almost the most powerful Radeon graphics card on the market today. It will likely be able to play max graphics settings on Unreal Engine 5 games and achieve a high FPS. |
| AMD Radeon 6950 XT | Yes, the Radeon 6950 XT is the most powerful Radeon graphics card on the market today. It will likely be able to play max graphics settings on Unreal Engine 5 games and achieve a high FPS. |
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