Can I Run Warhammer: Vermintide?
Fatshark released Warhammer: Vermintide in 2018. It is an action indie game, self published by the studio. The game supports a single player campaign and cooperative play. At 8 years old it targets an older hardware baseline than most buyers now own. Windows is the only supported platform, which is what the figures below describe. Over 90 thousand players have left a Steam review, so this is a title whose performance is widely reported. 9 languages are covered by the store listing. It handles controllers properly rather than leaving the player to bind buttons by hand. There are 26 achievements to chase. Metacritic places it at 82.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-2300 @ 2.80 GHz / AMD FX-4350 @ 4.2 GHz |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or AMD Radeon HD 5870 |
| RAM | 6 GB |
| Storage | 60 GB |
| OS | 64-bit Windows 10 |
| DirectX | 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i7- 3770 @ 3.5 GHz or AMD FX-8350 @ 4 GHz |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970/1060 or ATI Radeon R9 series |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 60 GB |
| OS | 64-bit Windows 10 |
| DirectX | 12 |
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Setting and environment
Players spend their time in a bleak fantasy world, moving through runs that rebuild the layout each attempt. The view is from a first person view. The publisher supplies 17 storefront screenshots of these environments. Layouts generated at run time move the load onto the processor at the moment each new area is built.
Why Warhammer: Vermintide is demanding
Very little is asked of the GPU by Warhammer: Vermintide. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970/1060 or ATI Radeon R9 series scores low against the RTX 3060, putting Warhammer: Vermintide within reach of laptop and integrated graphics. DirectX 12 is named, so Warhammer: Vermintide expects a graphics driver and card from the modern era rather than merely a fast one. System memory expectations are modest at 8 GB. Warhammer: Vermintide needs 64 bit Windows. Warhammer: Vermintide takes about 60 GB of disk space.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Warhammer: Vermintide?
Warhammer: Vermintide targets a mainstream modern PC: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or AMD Radeon HD 5870 and 6 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970/1060 or ATI Radeon R9 series for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 3.7x |
| 1440p | Comfortable | 2.08x |
| 4K | Borderline | 0.92x |
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 Warhammer: Vermintide'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 Warhammer: Vermintide?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Warhammer: Vermintide?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i5-2300 @ 2.80 GHz / AMD FX-4350 @ 4.2 GHz; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or AMD Radeon HD 5870; 6 GB RAM; OS: 64-bit Windows 10.
How much storage does Warhammer: Vermintide need?
Warhammer: Vermintide needs about 60 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Warhammer: Vermintide?
The RTX 3060 runs Warhammer: Vermintide comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Warhammer: Vermintide?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Warhammer: Vermintide is the GPU.