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Can you run Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III? PC requirements and settings

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III, by Relic Entertainment, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux) (Action, Simulation, Strategy), came out on Steam on April 27, 2017. Here are the official specs, and what they mean on the most common graphics cards.

Publisher's recommended cardNVIDIA GeForce 770 or AMD Radeon 7970 or equivalent DirectX 11 card
Minimum cardNVIDIA GeForce 460 or AMD Radeon 6950 or equivalent DirectX 11-card

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
64-bit Windows 7 with latest updates
Processor
3GHz i3 quad logical core or equivalent
Memory
4 GB of RAM, 1 GB of VRAM MB RAM
Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce 460 or AMD Radeon 6950 or equivalent DirectX 11-card
DirectX
Version 11
Storage
50 GB
Publisher's note
Quad physical core i5 or equivalent recommended for 3vs3 multiplayer.

Recommended

OS
64-bit Windows 10 with latest updates
Processor
3GHz i5 quad core or equivalent
Memory
8 GB of RAM, 2 GB of VRAM MB RAM
Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce 770 or AMD Radeon 7970 or equivalent DirectX 11 card
DirectX
Version 11
Storage
50 GB
Publisher's note
Game requires Internet connection for play and progression.

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

Where to buy

Buy Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III

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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

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III at a glance

Which graphics card do I need for Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III at 1080p?

The publisher recommends: NVIDIA GeForce 770 or AMD Radeon 7970 or equivalent DirectX 11 card. Minimum: NVIDIA GeForce 460 or AMD Radeon 6950 or equivalent DirectX 11-card. 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 storage does Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III take?

The official page asks for 50 GB of storage.

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