Creative Assembly is releasing Total War: Warhammer 2 on September 28 and it has broken its series record for pre-order sales. In the final stages of development, Creative Assembly has announced the system requirements and recommendations for the upcoming RTS. New graphical enhancements have been included. These are improved Screen Space Ambient Occlusion, new volumetric fog system which thickens the air producing god-ray effects, new sharpening filter and impressive wet-look surfaces which are appropriate to certain models and model features. Staying with the focus of optimization and performance improvement, Total War: Warhammer 2 will be playable on a wide array of PC setups. Check out the stats below to see how your hardware setup will match up.

PC Recommended Specifications:

Expected around 45-55 FPS on campaign map and in a 1v1, 20 units vs 20 units battle, default graphics preset set to "High", running at 1920x1080

Operating System: Windows 7/8.1/10 64Bit

Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-4570 3.20GHz

RAM: 8 GB

Install size: 60 GB

Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2GB | AMD Radeon R9 270X 2GB @1080P

 

PC Minimum Specifications:

Expected around 25-35 FPS on campaign map and in a 1v1, 20 units vs 20 units battle, default graphics preset set to "Low", running at 1280x720

Operating System: Windows 7 64Bit

Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo 3.0Ghz

RAM: 4GB/5GB*

Install size: 60 GB

Video Card: NVIDIA GTX 460 1GB | AMD Radeon HD 5770 1GB | Intel HD4000 @ 720p

*PC integrated graphics chipsets, e.g. Intel HD series, will require 5GB system RAM

 

PC 60fps+ Specifications:

Expected 60 FPS+ on campaign map and in a 1v1, 20 units vs 20 units battle, default graphics preset set to "Ultra", running at 1920x1080

Operating System: Windows 7/8.1/10 64Bit

Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-4790K 4.0 GHz

RAM: 8 GB

Install size: 60 GB

Video Card: Nvidia GTX 1070 8GB

Please note: all systems perform differently. The framerates above are based on PCs using the quoted specs with fresh OS installs, no major background programs running, and should be taken as a guide rather than an absolute.

Total War: WARHAMMER II is still in development and undergoing optimisation and compatibility testing and these specs are subject to change.