Shadow of the Tomb Raider is an upcoming action-adventure game in the long-running Tomb Raider series by Square Enix. It follows Lara Croft on her many archaeological, action-packed adventures. It is set for a September 14th release and should especially be exciting for PC fans. Shadow of the Tomb Raider PC System Requirements have just been announced!
This game is set to be the first to have NVIDIA RTX real-time ray tracing support. If you’re wondering what real-time ray tracing is, here is a brief description. Real-time ray tracing means that environments will have physically accurate shadows, reflections, refractions, and global illumination. If that doesn’t sound too exciting on its own, check out the amazing lighting in this following cinematic that NVIDIA released to showcase real-time ray tracing:
With all this exciting news under the belt, here are the Shadow of the Tomb Raider PC System Requirements:
Shadow of the Tomb Raider PC System Requirements
- OS: Windows 7 64 bit
- Processor: i3-3220 Intel or AMD Equivalent
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GTX 660/GTX 1050 or AMD Radeon HD 7770
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 40 GB available space
Recommended:
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core i7 4770K, 3.40 Ghz or AMD Ryzen 5 1600, 3.20 Ghz
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB or AMD Radeon RX 480, 8GB
- DirectX: Version 12
- Storage: 40 GB available space
With the game so close to release, PC fans are sure to be excited to test out their PC builds on this one. Though some early tests have revealed that at all its highest settings, Shadow of the Tomb Raider struggles to maintain a solid 60FPS at all times on 1080p. In fact, the card barely manages 30 to 60 FPS in full HD. (1920×1080)
Are you excited for Shadow of the Tomb Raider? Will you be picking this up? Can your PC build take this fancy new game? Let us know in the comments below!