Not long now, then it will appear The Lord of the Rings: Gollum from the Hamburg developer Daedalic. Shortly before release, the team now has the system requirements revealed, which are quite crisp.
In the previous trailers and also in our preview Gollum’s solo adventures didn’t give the impression of being a graphically demanding endeavor. Nevertheless, The Lord of the Rings: Gollum requires quite a bit of performance, as the system requirements now reveal.
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum system requirements overview
They are primarily penned by Nvidia, who are working with Daedalic on DLSS and RTX for The Lord of the Rings: Gollum. For this reason, only Nvidia cards appear in the requirements, but AMD equivalents are also listed, at least in part, on the Steam product page.
Minimum requirements:
suitable for: 1080p resolution and 30 FPS, minimum settingsOperating system: Windows 10/11Processor (CPU): Intel Core i5-4660 oder AMD Ryzen 3 1200Graphics card (GPU): Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 oder RTX 2060Random Access Memory (RAM): 6 GBStorage space: 45 GB SSD
Recommended requirements:
suitable for: 1080p resolution and 60 FPS, medium settingsOperating system: Windows 10/11Processor (CPU): Intel Core i7-4770 or AMD Ryzen 5 1600Graphics card (GPU): Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 oder AMD Radeon RX 5700 XTRandom Access Memory (RAM): 6 GBStorage space: 45 GB SSD
High demands:
suitable for: 1440p resolution and 60 FPS, high settingsOperating system: Windows 10/11Processor (CPU): Intel Core i7-4770 or AMD Ryzen 5 2600Graphics card (GPU): Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (with DLSS quality)Random Access Memory (RAM): 8 GBStorage space: 45 GB SSD
Ultra requirements:
suitable for: 4K resolution and 60 FPS, high settingsOperating system: Windows 10/11Processor (CPU): Intel Core i5-8400 oder AMD Ryzen 5 3600Graphics card (GPU): Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 (mit DLSS Performance)Random Access Memory (RAM): 8 GBStorage space: 45 GB SSD
Ray tracing minimum requirements:
suitable for: 1080p resolution and 60 FPS, medium settings, ray tracing on minimumOperating system: Windows 10/11Processor (CPU): Intel Core i3-6100 oder AMD Ryzen 5 2600Graphics card (GPU): Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 (with DLSS quality)Random Access Memory (RAM): 8 GBStorage space: 45 GB SSD
Raytracing High requirements:
suitable for: 1440p resolution and 60 fps, medium settings, ray tracing on highOperating system: Windows 10/11Processor (CPU): Intel Core i3-6100 oder AMD Ryzen 5 2600Graphics card (GPU): Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 (with DLSS quality) or AMD Radeon RX 6800 XTRandom Access Memory (RAM): 10 GBStorage space: 45 GB SSD
Raytracing Ultra Requirements:
suitable for: 4K resolution and 60 FPS, epic settings, ray tracing on ultraOperating system: Windows 10/11Processor (CPU): Intel Core i5-8400 oder AMD Ryzen 5 3600Graphics card (GPU): Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 (mit DLSS Performance)Random Access Memory (RAM): 16 GBStorage space: 45 GB SSD
New trailer shortly before release
In line with the system requirements, there is also a new trailer for The Lord of the Rings: Gollum, which wants to demonstrate the visual strengths of the game. The focus is on RTX support, although the video, which is just over a minute long, does not compare to “RTX off”.
If you’re still interested in Gollum’s journey, you won’t have to wait much longer. After some postponements, The Lord of the Rings: Gollum will be released on May 25, 2023 for PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X | S. One Implementation for the Nintendo Switch should follow at a later date.
