Can I Run Need for Speed: Heat?
Need for Speed: Heat is an action adventure game from Ghost Games, released in 2020. Electronic Arts published it. The game supports a single player campaign and cooperative play. The game ships for Windows alone. Over 125 thousand players have left a Steam review, so this is a title whose performance is widely reported. Its 6 years mean the stated figures describe machines that were current then, not now. Completionists have 42 achievements to work through. Metacritic places it at 72. Steam lists support for 13 languages. Only some of the game is mapped to a controller.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | FX-6350 or Equivalent; Core i5-3570 or Equivalent |
|---|---|
| GPU | AMD: Radeon 7970/Radeon R9 280x or Equivalent; NVIDIA: GeForce GTX 760 or Equivalent |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 50 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 |
| DirectX | 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Ryzen 3 1300X or Equivalent; Core i7-4790 or Equivalent |
|---|---|
| GPU | AMD: Radeon RX 480 or Equivalent; NVIDIA: GeForce GTX 1060 or Equivalent |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 50 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 |
| DirectX | 11 |
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Setting and environment
Need for Speed: Heat structures its play around circuits and tracks. Play is presented from a third person view. 5 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion.
Why Need for Speed: Heat is demanding
Need for Speed: Heat is undemanding on the graphics side. Its AMD: Radeon RX 480 target sits well below our RTX 3060 reference, so most cards still in service clear Need for Speed: Heat. The install is small at roughly 50 GB. Its 16 GB RAM requirement matches what a typical machine already has. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so Need for Speed: Heat at the floor and Need for Speed: Heat at the recommended tier are not the same experience.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Need for Speed: Heat?
Older hardware holds up here: Need for Speed: Heat runs on modest graphics, with AMD: Radeon 7970/Radeon R9 280x or Equivalent; NVIDIA: GeForce GTX 760 or Equivalent enough to meet the minimum. Add 8 GB of RAM and a mid-range CPU and a PC several years old will play it fine.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 1.93x |
| 1440p | Borderline | 1.09x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.48x |
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 well |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Runs well |
| 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 Need for Speed: Heat'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 Need for Speed: Heat?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Need for Speed: Heat?
The minimum requirements are CPU: FX-6350 or Equivalent; Core i5-3570 or Equivalent; GPU: AMD: Radeon 7970/Radeon R9 280x or Equivalent; NVIDIA: GeForce GTX 760 or Equivalent; 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10.
How much storage does Need for Speed: Heat need?
Need for Speed: Heat needs about 50 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Need for Speed: Heat?
The RTX 3060 runs Need for Speed: Heat comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Need for Speed: Heat?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Need for Speed: Heat is the GPU.