Hogwarts Legacy System Requirements: Minimum and Recommended

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Sixteen gigabytes of RAM is non-negotiable at every tier, but the GPU gap between minimum and recommended is enormous — a GTX 960 versus a 1080 Ti.

Hogwarts Legacy system requirements sit higher than most games from the same release window, mainly because of how much the open world asks of your GPU.

Minimum (720p/30fps, Low)

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600 or AMD Ryzen 5 1400
RAM: 16 GB
GPU: NVIDIA GTX 960 4GB or AMD Radeon RX 470 4GB
Storage: 85 GB

Recommended (1080p/60fps, High)

CPU: Intel Core i7-8700 or AMD Ryzen 5 3600
RAM: 16 GB
GPU: NVIDIA GTX 1080 Ti, AMD RX 5700 XT or Intel Arc A770
Storage: 85 GB

The RAM floor is fixed

Sixteen gigabytes is listed at both tiers, not just the recommended one — a sign the world streaming needs it regardless of your other settings.

Ray tracing

Supported for capable Nvidia RTX and AMD RX graphics drivers — capability does not guarantee smooth performance with it on, so treat it as an option to test rather than something to enable by default.

The practical read

The GPU jump between tiers is the real story: a GTX 960 to a 1080 Ti is several generations, which is why mid-range hardware from a few years back often struggles to hold 30fps even on low settings.