Duke Nukem Forever PC system specs News • News • PC • Eurogamer.net

News PC

RAM them in.

The PC system requirements for Duke Nukem Forever are in, and they're relatively easy on the wallet.

Let's hope you haven't been keeping your PC top of the range for 14 years while the game was made.

The only operating systems mentioned were Windows XP, Vista and 7.

Minimum:

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 Ghz / AMD Athlon 64 X2 2.0 Ghz
Graphics: NIVIDIA GeForce 7600 / ATI Radeon HD 2600
RAM: 1GB
Hard Drive: 10GB

Recommended:

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 Ghz / AMD Athlon 64 X2 2.6 Ghz
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS / ATI Radeon HD 3850
RAM: 2GB
Hard Drive: 10GB

An uncensored Duke Nukem Forever trailer. Ooh how naughty!

About Duke Nukem Forever
165 followers
Follow
- Release date 10/06/2011
- Publisher Take-Two Interactive
- Developer 3D Realms
More about Duke Nukem Forever
Related game pages
- Duke Nukem Forever on PC
Buy online £10.95
Buy online £13.99

About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds. @Clert on Twitter.

Read more articles from Robert by visiting the Robert Purchese archive page.

Comments (28) Latest comment 1 year ago

Comments for this article are now closed, but please feel free to continue chatting on the forum!

Order
- Oldest
- Newest
- Best
- Worst
Score
- -25
- -10
- -1
- 0
- +1
- +10
- +25

woodnotes #1 1 year ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
That's a bit of an upgrade from my 66MHz 486 that ran Duke Nukem 3D so perfectly well.
- Log in Create an account
- +30 - +
sir_tripod #2 1 year ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
M0t0rbik35!!! 5tr1pp3r5!!!

Edited by sir_tripod at 03/05/11 @ 15:54
- Log in Create an account
- +2 - +
arcam #3 1 year ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
4 years later, my 8800GT is still going strong!

It will not give up , it will not falter, and it will not be beaten.
- Log in Create an account
- +4 - +
crozon #4 1 year ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
Yep 8800GT brilliant card, only game that kills it is ARMA2, but then it kills every piece of hardware you throw at it.
Back on topic guess most people can play this game on the PC, my laptop should be able to max it out
- Log in Create an account
- +1 - +
GamesProgrammer Verified Games Team Programmer, Eutechnyx Ltd. #5 1 year ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
The spec seems perfectly reasonable.
- Log in Create an account
- +2 - +
rottingyoda #6 1 year ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
Yea my 8800gtx really did stand the test if time. Shame about overheating but at least i can still run most games at fairly high spec. Guess ill leave the 6950 till battlefield 3 is out
- Log in Create an account
- 0 - +
Kelduum #7 1 year ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
The ESRB label says "Mature Humor".

Immature Humor, surely?
- Log in Create an account
- +18 - +
RoaringPanda #8 1 year ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
@crozon
Tell me about it :/ I can max every game in existence right now with minimum 30 fps but still Arma 2 absolutely rapes my framerate.
- Log in Create an account
- +1 - +
arcam #9 1 year ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
Dammit you guys.

I just bought Arma 2 in the Steam sale at the weekend, but haven't had a chance to try it yet.
- Log in Create an account
- 0 - +
CaptainQuint #10 1 year ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
Will my laptop with onboard graphics be a able to process the arse slapping animation or do I need to upgrade?
- Log in Create an account
- 0 - +
VibratingDonkey #11 1 year ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
How does a HD5450 compare to the minimum cards?
- Log in Create an account
- 0 - +
CaptainQuint #12 1 year ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
I must say I'm beginning to find Eurogamer's snotty attitude towards this game rather tedious. They act like their shit don't stink; yet some of the writing here proves otherwise.
- Log in Create an account
- +14 - +
Collymilad #13 1 year ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
Lol someone's fucking touchy, eh?
- Log in Create an account
- -1 - +
bad09 #14 1 year ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
How does it run with a dead motherboard?

/ weeps uncontrollably for 2 and a half weeks until it's replaced
- Log in Create an account
- +3 - +
Gearskin #15 1 year ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
Ordered the Balls of Steel Edition for 360.

Hail.To.The.King
- Log in Create an account
- -2 - +
Bakumatsu #16 1 year ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
@arcasm
I'm with you. The only game in the near future that scares me and makes me think of buying a new graphic card is The Witcher 2.

Edited by Bakumatsu at 03/05/11 @ 16:59
- Log in Create an account
- 0 - +
Lord_Gremlin #17 1 year ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
Pretty low, my PC would probably run it flawlessly. I'll be buying BoS edition for PS3 though.
- Log in Create an account
- 0 - +
orangpelupa #18 1 year ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
wow the recomended spec is kind of low... i wonder its recommended spec for what resolution...
- Log in Create an account
- 0 - +
Pehmu #19 1 year ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
Aye, 8800GT all the way. I was expecting more demanding system requirements so this sounds really pleasant.
- Log in Create an account
- 0 - +
Sar #20 1 year ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
Yep, 8800GT here too, 3�yrs old, and it refuses to be beaten \o/
- Log in Create an account
- 0 - +
Rack #21 1 year ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
Wow, a PC game I can actually run this year. Must be because it's been in development 57 years...
- Log in Create an account
- 0 - +
DrStrangelove #22 1 year ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
Oh yes. I just got my new card. That means it's going to run rock solid 60fps at 1920x1200 with max details.

Your ass, your console, what's the difference?
- Log in Create an account
- 0 - +
apoc_reg #23 1 year ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
Was expecting: intel 486, 3d fx card, 32mb....
- Log in Create an account
- +1 - +
Dr.Mott #24 1 year ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
@Kelduum

Immature Humour, surely?
- Log in Create an account
- +1 - +
IneptPercy #25 1 year ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
Any modern PC will blitz this then, sounds good to me.
- Log in Create an account
- 0 - +
uknortherner2000 #26 1 year ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
Presumably the recommended specs are for when the as-yet-unannounced, consumer-unfriendly DRM is factored into the equation.
- Log in Create an account
- 0 - +
QPRHOOPS81 #27 1 year ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
yep still on a 8800gt here too never had a card last so long. Even my voodoo 2 didnt last this long and still play games well.
- Log in Create an account
- 0 - +
toa_boa #28 1 year ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
hehe the book title "Why I'm so great" sure put a smile on these jaded gamer lips!
- Log in Create an account
- 0 - +