Battlefield™ 2042 PC Requirements
To play it you need at least a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050-class graphics card ; to play it as the developers intended, aim for a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060. Among the games we track, it is demanding.
- Minimum GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
- Recommended GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
- RAM
- 8–16 GB
- Disk
- 100 GB
Which graphics cards clear it
All 165 desktop cards we track, sorted against the publisher's minimum and recommended card.
What the publisher lists
Quoted from the Steam store page — see the original. Where we could place a named part, our closest match is underneath.
| Part | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| Graphics card | AMD Radeon RX 560,Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti matches NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 | AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT, Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 matches NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 |
| Processor | AMD Ryzen 5 1600, Core i5 6600K matches AMD Ryzen 5 1600 | AMD Ryzen 7 2700X, Intel Core i7 4790 matches AMD Ryzen 7 2700X |
| Memory | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| Video memory | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Storage | 100 GB | 100 GB |
| Windows | Windows 10 | Same as minimum |
| DirectX | DirectX 12 | Same as minimum |
Frame-rate outlook, weakest card to strongest
Modelled at the High preset without upscaling, next to a AMD Ryzen 7 2700X-class processor. Estimates, not recorded benchmarks — how the model works.
| Card | 1080p | 1440p | 4K | Against the specs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 | 23 | 14 | 8 | Minimum |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER | 41 | 26 | 15 | Minimum |
| AMD Radeon RX 6600 | 51 | 31 | 18 | Minimum |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 | 51 | 31 | 18 | Minimum |
| AMD Radeon RX 7600 | 60 | 37 | 22 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 | 60 | 37 | 22 | Recommended |
| Intel Arc B580 | 67 | 42 | 24 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti | 74 | 46 | 27 | Recommended |
| AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT | 107 | 67 | 39 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER | 114 | 71 | 41 | Recommended |
| AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT | 114 | 86 | 50 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 | 114 | 101 | 59 | Recommended |
Answers about Battlefield™ 2042 on PC
What is the lowest graphics card that runs Battlefield™ 2042?
The publisher's minimum is AMD Radeon RX 560,Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti. The least powerful card we track that matches it is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050.
How much RAM does Battlefield™ 2042 need?
8 GB at minimum, 16 GB recommended.
How much storage space does Battlefield™ 2042 take?
100 GB of free space. An SSD will noticeably shorten loading at that size.
Can a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 run Battlefield™ 2042?
Yes — it meets the recommended graphics card.
Can a AMD Radeon RX 6600 run Battlefield™ 2042?
Yes, at the minimum spec: it clears the minimum card but not the recommended one, so expect lower settings.
If your PC runs Battlefield™ 2042, it also runs
Released games whose recommended graphics card is no more demanding than this one's.
