Can I Run Total War: Warhammer?
Total War: Warhammer is an action strategy game from CREATIVE ASSEMBLY, released in 2016. SEGA published it. The game supports a single player campaign and cooperative play. Its Steam review count passes 32 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. It is not Windows only, with macOS and Linux covered too. Steam lists support for 13 languages. Steam Workshop support means community content is part of the picture, and a heavy mod load can push the real requirements past anything the publisher lists. It carries 185 achievements. Being over ten years old, its ceiling was set by the hardware of a different era. Metacritic places it at 86.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel® Core™ 2 Duo 3.0Ghz |
|---|---|
| GPU | (DirectX 11) AMD Radeon HD 5770 1024MB | NVIDIA GTS 450 1024MB | Intel HD4000 @720P |
| RAM | 3 GB |
| Storage | 35 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel® Core™ i5-4570 3.20GHz |
|---|---|
| GPU | (DirectX 11) AMD Radeon R9 270X 2048MB | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB @1080P |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 35 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
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Setting and environment
Players spend their time in a bleak fantasy world, moving through a map at national or global scale. There are 13 official screenshots to judge the look from. Play is presented in three dimensions.
Why Total War: Warhammer is demanding
Very little is asked of the GPU by Total War: Warhammer. (DirectX 11) AMD Radeon R9 270X scores low against the RTX 3060, putting Total War: Warhammer within reach of laptop and integrated graphics. Total War: Warhammer needs only 8 GB of RAM. The install is small at roughly 35 GB. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so Total War: Warhammer at the floor and Total War: Warhammer 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 Total War: Warhammer?
Older hardware holds up here: Total War: Warhammer runs on modest graphics, with (DirectX 11) AMD Radeon HD 5770 1024MB | NVIDIA GTS 450 1024MB | Intel HD4000 @720P enough to meet the minimum. Add 3 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 | 3.95x |
| 1440p | Comfortable | 2.22x |
| 4K | Borderline | 0.99x |
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 Total War: Warhammer'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 Total War: Warhammer?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Total War: Warhammer?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo 3.0Ghz; GPU: (DirectX 11) AMD Radeon HD 5770 1024MB | NVIDIA GTS 450 1024MB | Intel HD4000 @720P; 3 GB RAM.
How much storage does Total War: Warhammer need?
Total War: Warhammer needs about 35 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Total War: Warhammer?
The RTX 3060 runs Total War: Warhammer comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Total War: Warhammer?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Total War: Warhammer is the GPU.