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Can you run Guild Wars 2? PC requirements and settings

Guild Wars 2, by ArenaNet® (Adventure, Massively Multiplayer, RPG), came out on Steam on August 23, 2022. Here are the official specs, and what they mean on the most common graphics cards.

Minimum cardNVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 / AMD Radeon HD 7970
Recommended RAM8 GB

Estimate per graphics card

No frame-rate estimate for this game

The official page does not name a specific graphics card for both the minimum and the recommended specs. Rather than an invented number, we give none. ORION does the maths on your own PC, with your card, processor and screen, then measures the real frame rate while you play.

Official specs

Minimum and recommended requirements

Minimum

OS
Windows 7 (64-bit)
Processor
Intel i3 3.4 GHz / AMD Athlon x4 3.8 GHz or better
Memory
8 GB RAM
Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 / AMD Radeon HD 7970
DirectX
Version 11
Storage
70 GB

Source: the game's Steam page, read on October 7, 2026.

On your PC

The same estimate with your own hardware, and the settings applied for you

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Questions

Guild Wars 2 at a glance

Which graphics card do I need for Guild Wars 2 at 1080p?

Minimum: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 / AMD Radeon HD 7970. The official page does not name a specific graphics card for both minimum and recommended specs, so we give no frame-rate estimate for this game. ORION does the maths on your own PC.

How much RAM does Guild Wars 2 need?

The publisher recommends 8 GB of RAM.

How much storage does Guild Wars 2 take?

The official page asks for 70 GB of storage.

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