War Thunder System Requirements

The War Thunder system requirements ask for a minimum graphics card equivalent to an NVIDIA GeForce GT 520. Furthermore, an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 is recommended in order to run War Thunder with the highest settings. War Thunder PC requirements state that you will need at least 4 GB of RAM. If possible, make sure your have 8 GB of RAM in order to run War Thunder to its full potential. To play War Thunder you will need a minimum CPU equivalent to an Intel Core 2 Duo E8400. Whereas, an Intel Core i5-2537M is recommended in order to run it. The War Thunder download size on PC is pretty chunky. The War Thunder Download Size is around 22 GB - make sure you have this space free on your storage drive. You'll need to be slightly ahead of the War Thunder system requirements for high settings.

War Thunder Vs World of Tanks: The biggest difference between the two games is the wider range of vehicles in War Thunder - tanks, boats and ships. Wargaming splits up them between three games. Check the World of Tanks of Tanks system requirements.

War Thunder PC is the original and best - though it is also available for Mac, PS4 and Xbox One. Is War Thunder cross platform? Yes it is, no matter what platform people are on, they can play it together,

You can download War Thunder and play for free here.

War Thunder will run on PC system with Windows 7/Vista/8/10 and upwards. Additionally it has Mac and Linux versions.

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War Thunder FPS - what frame rate can you expect?

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

What frame rate does War Thunder run at?

Avg FPS	CPU	GPU	RAM
143	Intel Core i7-10700KF	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070	32 GB
107	Intel Core i7-9700	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060	16 GB
92	Intel Core i5-10400F	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB	16 GB
86	Intel Core i7-8700K	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080	64 GB
85	Intel Core i9-9900KF	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER	32 GB

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