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Can you run Lord of the Rings: War in the North? PC requirements and settings

Lord of the Rings: War in the North, by Snowblind Studios (Action, RPG), came out on Steam on November 1, 2011. Here are the official specs, and what they mean on the most common graphics cards.

Publisher's recommended cardGeForce 2xx Series or Radeon HD 6xxx series or greater
Minimum card2006 or later GeForce 8600 or Radeon HD 2600
Recommended RAM4 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 XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7
Processor
Intel Core2 Duo 2.4 GHz or AMD 64 X2 4400
Memory
2 GB RAM
Graphics
2006 or later GeForce 8600 or Radeon HD 2600
DirectX
dx90
Storage
10 GB HD space

Recommended

Processor
Intel Core2 Duo 3 GHz or AMD X2 5000 or AMD Phenom X4 9600
Memory
4 GB RAM
Graphics
GeForce 2xx Series or Radeon HD 6xxx series or greater
DirectX
dx90

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

Where to buy

Buy Lord of the Rings: War in the North

The official page first. In ORION, the Store tab compares prices across shops, with the official stores listed before key resellers.

On your PC

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

ORION is a free game launcher for Windows. It reads your graphics card, processor and screen, estimates every game in your library, then measures the real frame rate while you play and sets the game up with its "Recommended" profile. No account, no ads.

Questions

Lord of the Rings: War in the North at a glance

Which graphics card do I need for Lord of the Rings: War in the North at 1080p?

The publisher recommends: GeForce 2xx Series or Radeon HD 6xxx series or greater. Minimum: 2006 or later GeForce 8600 or Radeon HD 2600. 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 Lord of the Rings: War in the North need?

The publisher recommends 4 GB of RAM (minimum: 2 GB).

How much storage does Lord of the Rings: War in the North take?

The official page asks for 10 GB HD space of storage.

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