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Can you run The Lord of the Rings Online? PC requirements and settings

The Lord of the Rings Online, by Standing Stone Games (Action, Adventure, Massively Multiplayer, RPG), came out on Steam on June 6, 2012. Here are the official specs, and what they mean on the most common graphics cards.

Publisher's recommended cardNvidia Geforce 8XXX / AMD Radeon HD 6### series or newer with 1GB or more of dedicated video memory
Minimum cardGeForce 7XXX / ATI Radeon HD 3000 series
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 7 (64bit recommended for high resolution)
Processor
Core 2 Duo / AMD Athlon II or better
Memory
2GB
Graphics
GeForce 7XXX / ATI Radeon HD 3000 series
DirectX
9.0c
Storage
32GB for high resolution*

Recommended

OS
Windows 10
Processor
Core i7 / AMD FX-8100 or better
Memory
4GB minimum
Graphics
Nvidia Geforce 8XXX / AMD Radeon HD 6### series or newer with 1GB or more of dedicated video memory
DirectX
9.0c
Storage
32GB for high resolution

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

The Lord of the Rings Online at a glance

Which graphics card do I need for The Lord of the Rings Online at 1080p?

The publisher recommends: Nvidia Geforce 8XXX / AMD Radeon HD 6### series or newer with 1GB or more of dedicated video memory. Minimum: GeForce 7XXX / ATI Radeon HD 3000 series. 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 The Lord of the Rings Online need?

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

How much storage does The Lord of the Rings Online take?

The official page asks for 32GB for high resolution of storage.

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