System requirements · PC
Need for Speed Most Wanted PC system requirements
Need for Speed Most Wanted needs at least a processor listed as “2 GHz Dual Core (Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHZ or Althon X2 2.7 GHz)”, 2 GB of RAM and a graphics card listed as “DirectX 10.1 compatible with 512 MB RAM (ATI Radeon 3000, 4000, 5000 or 6000 series, with ATI Radeon 3870 or higher performance)”, on Windows Vista (Service Pack 2 and all available windows updates) 32-bit (64-bit).
For the recommended settings: a processor listed as “Quad-Core CPU”, 4 GB of RAM and a graphics card listed as “DirectX 11 compatible with 1024 MB RAM (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 or ATI Radeon 6950)”. It takes 20 GB of storage.
Minimum and recommended requirements
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| Operating system | Windows Vista (Service Pack 2 and all available windows updates) 32-bit | Windows 7 (Service Pack 1 and all available windows updates) 64-bit |
| Processor | 2 GHz Dual Core (Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHZ or Althon X2 2.7 GHz) | Quad-Core CPU |
| Memory | 2 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Graphics | DirectX 10.1 compatible with 512 MB RAM (ATI Radeon 3000, 4000, 5000 or 6000 series, with ATI Radeon 3870 or higher performance) | DirectX 11 compatible with 1024 MB RAM (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 or ATI Radeon 6950) |
| Storage | 20 GB available space Same for both: minimum and recommended | |
| Sound card | DirectX compatible Same for both: minimum and recommended | |
How demanding is Need for Speed Most Wanted?
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Memory: Needs more minimum RAM than 5% of the 1,937 PC games with requirements we track (2 GB).
It is on our list of low-end PC games (4 GB of RAM or less).
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Storage: Larger than 57% of the 1,852 games with a storage figure (20 GB).
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