Hogwarts Legacy PC Requirements
To play it you need at least a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960-class graphics card ; to play it as the developers intended, aim for a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050. Among the games we track, it is demanding.
- Minimum GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
- Recommended GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Disk
- 85 GB
Which graphics cards clear it
All 165 desktop cards we track, sorted against the publisher's minimum and recommended card.
What the publisher lists
Quoted from the Steam store page — see the original. Where we could place a named part, our closest match is underneath.
| Part | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| Graphics card | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 4GB or AMD Radeon RX 470 4GB matches NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 | NVIDIA GeForce 1080 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT or INTEL Arc A770 matches NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 |
| Processor | Intel Core i5-6600 (3.3Ghz) or AMD Ryzen 5 1400 (3.2Ghz) | Intel Core i7-8700 (3.2Ghz) or AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (3.6 Ghz) matches AMD Ryzen 5 3600 |
| Memory | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| Video memory | 4 GB | 16 GB |
| Storage | 85 GB | 85 GB |
| Windows | Windows 10 | Same as minimum |
| DirectX | DirectX 12 | Same as minimum |
Frame-rate outlook, weakest card to strongest
Modelled at the High preset without upscaling, next to a AMD Ryzen 5 3600-class processor. Estimates, not recorded benchmarks — how the model works.
| Card | 1080p | 1440p | 4K | Against the specs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 | 24 | 15 | 9 | Minimum |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER | 43 | 27 | 16 | Minimum |
| AMD Radeon RX 6600 | 53 | 33 | 19 | Minimum |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 | 53 | 33 | 19 | Minimum |
| AMD Radeon RX 7600 | 62 | 39 | 22 | Minimum |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 | 62 | 39 | 22 | Minimum |
| Intel Arc B580 | 70 | 43 | 25 | Minimum |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti | 77 | 48 | 28 | Minimum |
| AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT | 112 | 69 | 40 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER | 114 | 74 | 43 | Minimum |
| AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT | 114 | 90 | 52 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 | 114 | 105 | 61 | Recommended |
Answers about Hogwarts Legacy on PC
What is the lowest graphics card that runs Hogwarts Legacy?
The publisher's minimum is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 4GB or AMD Radeon RX 470 4GB. The least powerful card we track that matches it is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960.
How much RAM does Hogwarts Legacy need?
16 GB at minimum, 16 GB recommended.
How much storage space does Hogwarts Legacy take?
85 GB of free space. An SSD will noticeably shorten loading at that size.
Can a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 run Hogwarts Legacy?
Yes, at the minimum spec: it clears the minimum card but not the recommended one, so expect lower settings.
Can a AMD Radeon RX 6600 run Hogwarts Legacy?
Yes, at the minimum spec: it clears the minimum card but not the recommended one, so expect lower settings.
Does Hogwarts Legacy support DLSS or FSR?
It supports NVIDIA DLSS and AMD FSR. Turning it on is the cheapest way to more frames on a card near the minimum.
If your PC runs Hogwarts Legacy, it also runs
Released games whose recommended graphics card is no more demanding than this one's.
