Can I Run Destiny 2?
Destiny 2 is an action adventure game from Bungie, released in 2019. Bungie both developed and published it. The game supports a single player campaign and cooperative play. Its 7 years mean the stated figures describe machines that were current then, not now. It is free to play at the base tier. It carries 23 achievements. Critics scored it 83 on Metacritic. Only some of the game is mapped to a controller. With more than 138 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. Windows is the only supported platform, which is what the figures below describe. Steam lists support for 13 languages.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel® Core™ i3 3250 3.5 GHz or Intel Pentium G4560 3.5 GHz / AMD FX-4350 4.2 GHz |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 660 2GB or GTX 1050 2GB / AMD Radeon HD 7850 2GB |
| VRAM | 2 GB |
| RAM | 6 GB |
| Storage | 105 GB |
| OS | Windows® 10 64-bit (latest Service Pack) |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Processor Intel® Core™ i5 2400 3.4 GHz or i5 7400 3.5 GHz / AMD Ryzen R5 1600X 3.6 GHz |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 970 4GB or GTX 1060 6GB / AMD R9 390 8GB Memory 8 GB RAM |
| VRAM | 4 GB |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 105 GB |
| OS | Windows® 10 64-bit (latest Service Pack) |
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Setting and environment
Destiny 2 places its action in a science fiction setting, and the player works through one continuous open world. Open environments are the harder case for a PC, and Destiny 2 has to keep far more of its world resident and streaming than a level based game needs. The publisher supplies 10 storefront screenshots of these environments. The view is from a first person view.
Why Destiny 2 is demanding
Destiny 2 is undemanding on the graphics side. Its NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 target sits well below our RTX 3060 reference, so most cards still in service clear Destiny 2. Destiny 2 wants about 105 GB of disk space, which is a real consideration on a smaller drive. At 8 GB, system memory is undemanding. At 4 GB, VRAM is a non issue for Destiny 2. Destiny 2 needs 64 bit Windows. Minimum and recommended sit far apart here, which usually means Destiny 2 scales hard with the hardware you give it.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Destiny 2?
Free up space before installing Destiny 2: it needs roughly 105 GB. Once it's on disk the rest is unremarkable, NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 660 2GB or GTX 1050 2GB / AMD Radeon HD 7850 2GB and 6 GB of RAM meet the minimum, so most current PCs handle the compute side.
Bottleneck: GPU
Large install. Destiny 2 needs about 105 GB of free storage.
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 2.18x |
| 1440p | Runs well | 1.23x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.54x |
A projection, not a measurement. We scale the published GPU requirement by pixel count, since 1440p draws 1.78 times the pixels of 1080p and 4K draws 4 times as many, then compare against RTX 3060 / Ryzen 5 build. The publisher did not state a target resolution, so 1080p is assumed as the baseline. We hold no frame rate data, so no FPS figure is claimed. Headroom above 1 means the reference machine has room to spare at that resolution.
Common GPUs
| Graphics card | Verdict |
|---|---|
| GTX 1060 6 GB | Runs great |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Runs great |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Runs great |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs great |
Each card is compared against Destiny 2's published GPU requirement, assuming an otherwise-capable PC. Laptop rows use the real mobile chip's benchmark, a mobile GPU is always slower than its desktop namesake.
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Frequently asked questions
Can my PC run Destiny 2?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Destiny 2?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel® Core™ i3 3250 3.5 GHz or Intel Pentium G4560 3.5 GHz / AMD FX-4350 4.2 GHz; GPU: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 660 2GB or GTX 1050 2GB / AMD Radeon HD 7850 2GB; 6 GB RAM; OS: Windows® 10 64-bit (latest Service Pack).
How much storage does Destiny 2 need?
Destiny 2 needs about 105 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Destiny 2?
The RTX 3060 runs Destiny 2 comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Destiny 2?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Destiny 2 is the GPU.