New World System Requirements

Despite its game world's lofty size, the New World system requirements are quite modest. On the CPU front, you'll need a minimum of an Intel Core i5-2400 or an AMD quad core processor, but stepping up to an Intel Core i7-2600K or AMD Ryzen 5 1400 will provide a more stable experience.

In terms of graphics cards, if you equip yourself with an Nvidia GTX 670 (2GB) or an AMD R9 280 then you should find no trouble finding passage into New World. Although, if your rig can stretch to an Nvidia GTX 970 or an AMD R9 390X, you'll be able to enjoy the Americas' beauty all the more.

8GB of RAM will suffice but 16GB is recommended by Amazon Games, but whatever your storage solution, be it HDD or SDD, you'll need 50GB of available space to play New World.

New World settings

New World is fresh out the doors with a comprehensive set of options to choose from, including audio, visuals, gameplay elements, communications, and accessibility.

The first thing you'll want to do is ensure your communications are correct. New World automatically detects your Windows microphone and audio settings, but you have the option to manually change them and adjust the sliders while you're at it. This is best tested with a friend in the lobby with you. When it comes to audio settings, it's best just to tweak the master volume slider to begin with. You can alter the individual cinematics, sound effects, ambient effects, vocals, voice overs, music, ambient music, and UI volume when you're a bit more familiar with the game.

There are plenty of accessibility options in the game, too, with eight different colour blindness settings (protanopia, protanomaly, deuteranopia, deuteranomaly, tritanopia, tritanomaly, achromatopsia, achromatomaly), scalable text, text-to-speech, and speech-to-text.

The system requirements are pretty tame, but it's still worth trying to squeeze every frame possible out of your rig. We're currently conducting tests to see which settings make the biggest impact and will update the page soon, so you can get the most out of New World.

New World release date

Amazon's New World released on September 28, 2021.

New World Amazon Prime Gaming

You do not need an Amazon subscription to play New World. You can access the game via a one-time purchase. There is a standard edition and deluxe edition available to buy.

New World Twitch drops

As both the creator of New World and the current owner of the streaming platform Twitch, Amazon has merged the two to offer New World players a chance at exclusive in-game items via Twitch drops when you tune into participating New World streams on the platform - just make sure your Twitch account is set to Online. Only the 66 content creators who took up arms in the Battle for New World during the August Beta are eligible, but Twitch marks these with 'drops enabled' so you know who's involved.

New World will run on PC system with Windows® 10 64-bit and upwards.

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New World FPS - what frame rate can you expect?

How many FPS will I get on New World? We reference thousands of reports from PCGameBenchmark users running our FPS tracking app to tell you exactly how New World performs across a range of different settings and resolutions on the most popular PC gaming setups.

What frame rate does New World run at?

Here are the typical frame rate samples

Avg FPS	CPU	GPU	RAM
60	Intel Core i7-9700K	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050	32 GB
53	Intel Core i9-9900K	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti	16 GB
51	Intel Core i7-9700KF	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	16 GB
40	Intel Core i7-6700K	AMD Radeon RX 6600	16 GB
23	Intel Core i7-4790K	AMD Radeon RX 6600	32 GB

What frame rate does New World run at? Check our FPS Calculator

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