Contrast that with the age of their minimum graphics cards, which came out in 2012, and that could be quite the sticking point for anyone who hasn't upgraded their PC recently. These quad-core CPUs both came out in 2017, which is. Indeed, even Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord's minimum PC requirement specifies at least an Intel Core i3-8100 or AMD Ryzen 3 1200.

Instead, the real killer is likely going to be that CPU requirement. As a result, you should be fine with the 4GB version of the AMD Radeon RX 580 as well rather than the 8GB version. Indeed, you only need the 3GB version of the popular Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 to run Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord smoothly, as even the highest quality setting in the game only needs around 3GB of memory. GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 (3GB) / AMD Radeon RX 580 OS: Windows 7 (64-bit) Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord recommended PC requirements:ĬPU: Intel Core i5-9600K / AMD Ryzen 5 3600X GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 (2GB) / AMD Radeon HD 7850 Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord minimum PC requirements:ĬPU: Intel Core i3-8100 / AMD Ryzen 3 1200 As you can see below, both the minimum and recommended specifications are pretty reasonable for the most part, as you don't need an expensive graphics card to get the best from it, nor do you need loads of RAM. Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord PC requirementsīefore we get started, let's take a quick look at Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord's PC requirements. As a result, this article will focus more on the game's graphics options, but stay tuned for more Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord performance analysis over the coming weeks. Below, you'll see exactly what the game looks like on its five graphics quality settings, as well where you can cut corners to try and improve your frame rate.Īt time of writing, I need to make a bit more progress in Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord before I can really test how much of an impact your CPU has on the game, but I'll be following this up with a more detailed look at how PC performance is affected by Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord's giant army battles very soon. We'll likely have to wait until TaleWorlds Entertainment issue a patch before Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord's loading and crashing issues get fixed, but in the mean time, here's how to get the game as smoothly as possible using its Performance menu. I've yet to become mired in the same loading time issues and mission crashes as she has, so I'm afraid I can't offer any quick fixes for those unfortunately, but what I can talk about is how the game runs more generally, and how to make sense of its various graphics settings to help you get the best experience from Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord, as well as the best performance. Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord has finally charged into early access, albeit with quite a number of technical issues in tow if Sin's early experience is anything to go by.

Mount and blade sneaking into castle