The Talos Principle 3 PC Requirements
To play it you need at least a AMD Radeon R9 Fury X-class graphics card ; to play it as the developers intended, aim for a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti. Among the games we track, it is among the most demanding titles we track.
- Minimum GPU
- AMD Radeon R9 Fury X
- Recommended GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
- 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 | 8 GB VRAM; Radeon RX 5700, GeForce GTX 1070, Intel Arc A580 matches AMD Radeon R9 Fury X | 12+ GB VRAM; Radeon RX 7700XT, GeForce RTX 3080, Intel Arc B580 matches NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti |
| Processor | 4 core CPU @ 2.5 GHz (AMD Ryzen 5, Intel core i3/i5) | 6 or 8 core CPU @ 3.0 GHz (AMD Ryzen 7, Intel core i5/i7) |
| Memory | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| Video memory | 8 GB | 12 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 Intel Core i7-10700K-class processor. Estimates, not recorded benchmarks — how the model works.
| Card | 1080p | 1440p | 4K | Against the specs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 | 21 | 13 | 8 | Too slow |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER | 37 | 23 | 13 | Too slow |
| AMD Radeon RX 6600 | 45 | 28 | 16 | Minimum |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 | 45 | 28 | 16 | Too slow |
| AMD Radeon RX 7600 | 54 | 33 | 19 | Minimum |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 | 54 | 33 | 19 | Minimum |
| Intel Arc B580 | 60 | 37 | 22 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti | 66 | 41 | 24 | Minimum |
| AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT | 96 | 60 | 35 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER | 103 | 64 | 37 | Recommended |
| AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT | 124 | 77 | 45 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 | 146 | 91 | 53 | Recommended |
Answers about The Talos Principle 3 on PC
What is the lowest graphics card that runs The Talos Principle 3?
The publisher's minimum is 8 GB VRAM; Radeon RX 5700, GeForce GTX 1070, Intel Arc A580. The least powerful card we track that matches it is the AMD Radeon R9 Fury X.
How much RAM does The Talos Principle 3 need?
8 GB at minimum, 16 GB recommended.
How much storage space does The Talos Principle 3 take?
100 GB of free space. An SSD will noticeably shorten loading at that size.
Can a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 run The Talos Principle 3?
Yes, at the minimum spec: it clears the minimum card but not the recommended one, so expect lower settings.
Can a AMD Radeon RX 6600 run The Talos Principle 3?
Yes, at the minimum spec: it clears the minimum card but not the recommended one, so expect lower settings.
If your PC runs The Talos Principle 3, it also runs
Released games whose recommended graphics card is no more demanding than this one's.
