Destiny 2 PC Requirements and Release Times Revealed

Bungie has indicated what kind of Intel and Nvidia (or AMD) hardware you'll need to run the PC version.

Posted By | On 13th, Oct. 2017

Destiny 2

With the PC release of Destiny 2 happening on October 24th, which is roughly 11 days away, Bungie has finally announced the minimum and recommended hardware requirements in its latest weekly update.

For those with modest rigs, you’ll need an Intel Core i3-3250 at 3.5 GHz, an Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 with 2 GB VRAM, 6 GB of memory and Windows 7 64-bit in order to run the game at minimum settings. Recommended settings actually aren’t that hefty – they include an Intel Core i5-2400 at 3.4 GHz, GeForce GTX 970 with 4 GB VRAM, 8 GB of memory and Windows 10 64-bit. Regardless of which setting you go for, 68 GB of storage is required as installation space.

Destiny 2 on PC will go live at 10 AM PDT/1 PM EDT so you can calculate when that is as per your local time zone. In some regions like Singapore and Japan, the game will launch on October 25th in the early morning. You can check out the full PC requirements below for more information.

CPU: Intel

  • Minimum: Intel Core i3-3250 3.5 GHz or Intel Pentium G4560 3.5 GHz
  • Recommended: Intel Core i5-2400 3.4 GHz or i5 7400 3.5 GHz

CPU: AMD

  • Minimum: AMD FX-4350 4.2 GHz
  • Recommended: AMD Ryzen R5 1600X 3.6 GHz

GPU: NVidia

  • Minimum: Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 2GB or GTX 1050 2GB
  • Recommended: Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 4GB or GTX 1060 6GB

GPU: AMD

  • Minimum: AMD Radeon HD 7850 2GB
  • Recommended: AMD R9 390 8GB

RAM:

  • Minimum: 6GB
  • Recommended: 8GB

Operating System: Windows 10 64-bit (Recommended) or Windows 8.1 64-bit or Windows 7 64-bit
Hard Drive Space: 68GB available hard drive space


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