System requirements · PC
NBA 2K26 PC system requirements
NBA 2K26 needs at least an Intel® Core™ i3-9100 or AMD Ryzen™ 3 1200 processor, 8 GB of RAM and an NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 5 GB or AMD Radeon™ RX 5500 XT 4 GB or Intel® Arc™ A580 graphics card, on Windows 10 64-Bit (latest update).
For the recommended settings: an Intel® Core™ i5-10600 or AMD Ryzen™ 5 3600X processor, 16 GB of RAM and an NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 2070 8 GB or AMD Radeon™ RX 5700 8 GB or Intel® Arc™ A770 graphics card. It takes 110 GB of storage.
Minimum and recommended requirements
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| Operating system | Windows 10 64-Bit (latest update) | Windows 11 64-Bit (latest update) |
| Processor | Intel® Core™ i3-9100 or AMD Ryzen™ 3 1200 | Intel® Core™ i5-10600 or AMD Ryzen™ 5 3600X |
| Memory | 8 GB RAM | 16 GB RAM |
| Graphics | NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 5 GB or AMD Radeon™ RX 5500 XT 4 GB or Intel® Arc™ A580 | NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 2070 8 GB or AMD Radeon™ RX 5700 8 GB or Intel® Arc™ A770 |
| DirectX | Version 12 Same for both: minimum and recommended | |
| Storage | 110 GB available space Same for both: minimum and recommended | |
| Network | Broadband Internet connection Same for both: minimum and recommended | |
| Additional notes | Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system SSD Required. Dual-analog Gamepad recommended. Initial installation requires one-time internet connection for Steam authentication; software installations required (included with the game) include DirectX and Visual C++ Redistributable 2019. In order to play NBA 2K26 on PC, you need a processor capable of supporting AVX2 and a graphics card capable of supporting DirectX feature level 12.0. Same for both: minimum and recommended | |
How demanding is NBA 2K26?
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Memory: Needs more minimum RAM than 45% of the 1,937 PC games with requirements we track (8 GB).
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Storage: Larger than 97% of the 1,852 games with a storage figure (110 GB).
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Other platforms
NBA 2K26 is also available on PlayStation 5. The PC specifications on this page do not apply to console editions.
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