Can I Run Snow Fortress?
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Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel® i5-4590 / AMD FX 8350 equivalent or greater |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia GTX970, Nvidia GTX980M, MD Radeon™ R9 290 equivalent or greater |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 0.49 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Recommended requirements
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Can you run Snow Fortress?
Snow Fortress is light on hardware. Its minimum, Nvidia GTX970, Nvidia GTX980M, MD Radeon™ R9 290 equivalent or greater, 4 GB RAM, about 0.49 GB free, sits below what an entry-level PC ships with today, so nearly any modern machine, and many older ones, will run it.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 3.43x |
| 1440p | Comfortable | 1.93x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.86x |
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 Snow Fortress'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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Can my PC run Snow Fortress?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Snow Fortress?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel® i5-4590 / AMD FX 8350 equivalent or greater; GPU: Nvidia GTX970, Nvidia GTX980M, MD Radeon™ R9 290 equivalent or greater; 4 GB RAM.
How much storage does Snow Fortress need?
Snow Fortress needs about 0.49 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Snow Fortress?
The RTX 3060 runs Snow Fortress comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Snow Fortress?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Snow Fortress is the GPU.