Can I Run Need for Speed: Unbound?
Released in 2022, Need for Speed: Unbound is an action racing game built by Criterion Games. Publishing duties went to Electronic Arts. It offers a single player campaign and competitive multiplayer. Its Steam review count passes 48 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. It is localised into 12 languages according to the store listing. It carries 41 achievements. A pad covers most of the game, though parts of it still expect a keyboard. The game ships for Windows alone.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Ryzen 5 2600, Core i5-8600 |
|---|---|
| GPU | RX 570, GTX 1050 Ti |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 50 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 64-bit |
| DirectX | 12 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Ryzen 5 3600, Core i7-8700 |
|---|---|
| GPU | Radeon RX5700 (8GB), GeForce RTX 2070 (8GB) |
| VRAM | 8 GB |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 50 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 64-bit |
| DirectX | 12 |
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Setting and environment
Need for Speed: Unbound places its action in an anime styled world, and the player works through circuits and tracks. The publisher supplies 10 storefront screenshots of these environments.
Why Need for Speed: Unbound is demanding
The ask Need for Speed: Unbound makes is moderate. Radeon RX5700 ( lands near our RTX 3060 reference, so a typical gaming PC is the right yardstick. Need for Speed: Unbound calls for DirectX 12, which rules out otherwise capable hardware that never got the feature level. Need for Speed: Unbound needs 64 bit Windows. It wants 8 GB of video memory, which rules out the 6 GB cards that are otherwise quick enough. 16 GB of system memory is expected, the current mainstream figure. Need for Speed: Unbound takes about 50 GB of disk space. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so Need for Speed: Unbound at the floor and Need for Speed: Unbound 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: Unbound?
Older hardware holds up here: Need for Speed: Unbound runs on modest graphics, with RX 570, GTX 1050 Ti 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 | Borderline | 1.1x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.62x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.27x |
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 | Playable |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Playable |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Below minimum |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Below minimum |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs well |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs well |
| 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: Unbound'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: Unbound?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Need for Speed: Unbound?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Ryzen 5 2600, Core i5-8600; GPU: RX 570, GTX 1050 Ti; 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10 64-bit.
How much storage does Need for Speed: Unbound need?
Need for Speed: Unbound needs about 50 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Need for Speed: Unbound?
The RTX 3060 runs Need for Speed: Unbound comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Need for Speed: Unbound?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Need for Speed: Unbound is the GPU.