PC requirements

Any word on the requirements to run the game? I'm pretty sure you'll need a powerhouse computer to run it.

MINIMUM:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10 64-Bit (latest update)
Processor: Intel® Core™ i3-9100 or AMD Ryzen™ 3 1200
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 960 4 GB or AMD Radeon™ RX 570 4 GB or Intel® Arc™ A580
DirectX: Version 12
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 150 GB available space


RECOMMENDED:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10 64-Bit (latest update)
Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-10600 or AMD Ryzen™ 5 3600X
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 2070 8 GB or AMD Radeon™ RX 5700 8 GB or Intel® Arc™ A770
DirectX: Version 12
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 150 GB available space



the minimum is quite low and the recommended is kinda standard

MINIMUM:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10 64-Bit (latest update)
Processor: Intel® Core™ i3-9100 or AMD Ryzen™ 3 1200
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 960 4 GB or AMD Radeon™ RX 570 4 GB or Intel® Arc™ A580
DirectX: Version 12
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 150 GB available space


RECOMMENDED:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10 64-Bit (latest update)
Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-10600 or AMD Ryzen™ 5 3600X
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 2070 8 GB or AMD Radeon™ RX 5700 8 GB or Intel® Arc™ A770
DirectX: Version 12
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 150 GB available space



the minimum is quite low and the recommended is kinda standard

That seems like the same requirements that Madden 24 had. The only thing is, I had more than the minimum requirements for Madden 24 and my PC still couldn't run it.

Well good thing is that on steam you can refund if the game runs poorly...

My new PC should be fine, though maybe not totally maxed out.

Very large spread between the minimum and recommended requirements. Interesting...

MINIMUM:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10 64-Bit (latest update)
Processor: Intel® Core™ i3-9100 or AMD Ryzen™ 3 1200
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 960 4 GB or AMD Radeon™ RX 570 4 GB or Intel® Arc™ A580
DirectX: Version 12
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 150 GB available space


RECOMMENDED:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10 64-Bit (latest update)
Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-10600 or AMD Ryzen™ 5 3600X
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 2070 8 GB or AMD Radeon™ RX 5700 8 GB or Intel® Arc™ A770
DirectX: Version 12
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 150 GB available space



the minimum is quite low and the recommended is kinda standard

That seems like the same requirements that Madden 24 had. The only thing is, I had more than the minimum requirements for Madden 24 and my PC still couldn't run it.

Madden 24 was an absolute horror show on PC. Had nothing to do with your rig. Even people with top of the line rigs couldn't run it. It was poorly, almost criminally designed. People had to use Windows 10 just to play it because anti-cheat wouldn't let the game run on Windows 11 for some reason. But what do we expect from EA. Almost all of the latest games have been badly coded. Just look at Star Wars Jedi Survivor. Smh.

With the effort that's going into optimising NBA 2K25 for Steam Deck, hopefully it's just as optimised for gaming rigs as well.

With the effort that's going into optimising NBA 2K25 for Steam Deck, hopefully it's just as optimised for gaming rigs as well.

Well..I'm not so sure about my rig being able to run it. I have an I5 intel processor that's about 6 years old, and a Asrock MB the same age, with 16 gigs of memory, and a Geforce GTX 1080 video card. Requirments have gone through the roof for these new games. Crossing fingers..

With the effort that's going into optimising NBA 2K25 for Steam Deck, hopefully it's just as optimised for gaming rigs as well.

Well..I'm not so sure about my rig being able to run it. I have an I5 intel processor that's about 6 years old, and a Asrock MB the same age, with 16 gigs of memory, and a Geforce GTX 1080 video card. Requirments have gone through the roof for these new games. Crossing fingers..

I mean, it clearly says you can run it. You'll just be at medium settings.

With the effort that's going into optimising NBA 2K25 for Steam Deck, hopefully it's just as optimised for gaming rigs as well.

Well..I'm not so sure about my rig being able to run it. I have an I5 intel processor that's about 6 years old, and a Asrock MB the same age, with 16 gigs of memory, and a Geforce GTX 1080 video card. Requirments have gone through the roof for these new games. Crossing fingers..

I mean, it clearly says you can run it. You'll just be at medium settings.

I'd be careful, it does depend on his CPU. The minimum generation selected in the requirements might be based on some instruction set extension, so even a top CPU from one generation back might be unable to even start the game.
That said, I personally can't recall this being an issue in the past 5 years as games naturally progressed past CPUs from ~2010 when the instruction set extensions were being added.

Still, if minimum requirements say i3-9100 I'd not rely on it being able to run on an i7-8700K.

With the effort that's going into optimising NBA 2K25 for Steam Deck, hopefully it's just as optimised for gaming rigs as well.

Well..I'm not so sure about my rig being able to run it. I have an I5 intel processor that's about 6 years old, and a Asrock MB the same age, with 16 gigs of memory, and a Geforce GTX 1080 video card. Requirments have gone through the roof for these new games. Crossing fingers..

I mean, it clearly says you can run it. You'll just be at medium settings.

I'd be careful, it does depend on his CPU. The minimum generation selected in the requirements might be based on some instruction set extension, so even a top CPU from one generation back might be unable to even start the game.
That said, I personally can't recall this being an issue in the past 5 years as games naturally progressed past CPUs from ~2010 when the instruction set extensions were being added.

Still, if minimum requirements say i3-9100 I'd not rely on it being able to run on an i7-8700K.

Just as I thought. They said the same about Madden 24, and I wasted my $$ because it would freeze at the loading screen. Never got it to run. Bastards wouldn't even issue me a refund.

Well good thing is that on steam you can refund if the game runs poorly...

Or you can just check if your PC can run it before buying it in the first place

Incidentally, NBA 2K25 has been added over on Can You Run It: https://www.systemrequirementslab.com/c ... 2k25/23631

Incidentally, NBA 2K25 has been added over on Can You Run It: https://www.systemrequirementslab.com/c ... 2k25/23631

There is a Levi's ad that keeps popping up that won't allow me to click on can you run it.

I'm not sure what's going on there, I was able to download the latest version of their hardware scanning app and complete the test without any issues. In any event, NBA 2K25 has joined the list of games that we can test our PC for.

Incidentally, I won't be running it maxed out, but it should at least look as good as it does on PS5 for me.

I'm not sure what's going on there, I was able to download the latest version of their hardware scanning app and complete the test without any issues. In any event, NBA 2K25 has joined the list of games that we can test our PC for.

Incidentally, I won't be running it maxed out, but it should at least look as good as it does on PS5 for me.

It's not maxed out on the PS5?

I assume it's maxed out to what the ninth gen consoles are capable of. With the recommended requirements for PC, I'd speculate that it'll be capable of even better, though my rig isn't quite up to the task.

I just purchased this laptop...this should be good to run the game no problem right?

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Madden 24 was an absolute horror show on PC. Had nothing to do with your rig. Even people with top of the line rigs couldn't run it. It was poorly, almost criminally designed. People had to use Windows 10 just to play it because anti-cheat wouldn't let the game run on Windows 11 for some reason. But what do we expect from EA. Almost all of the latest games have been badly coded. Just look at Star Wars Jedi Survivor. Smh.

Interesting. I had no issues running Madden 24 on my PC on high settings.

Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 3700x 8-Core Processer
Graphics Card: AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
RAM: 16GB

I run everything I own on high settings at 1080p@60fps. All the NBA 2Ks, Maddens, Remnant From The Ashes, Wild Hearts, Monster Hunter World, Elden Ring, etc

ThePointForward is right, the processor plays a big role in all of this. While the bottleneck websites say my card may bottleneck my processor (around 12%), I have not experienced any bottlenecking. The processor and my graphics card work so well together.

Now, again, we only care about playing 1080p@60fps on our 50 inch TV. So if you guys are trying for 4k with an older rig, I can absolutely see where you could be running into issues.

I just purchased this laptop...this should be good to run the game no problem right?

It clears the minimum requirements just fine, but it does fall short of the recommended specs.
As it's a 1080p display I'd say you gonna be fine.

Also I'd still personally recommend increasing the RAM to 16 GB (these laptops usually do have one extra slot) as that's pretty much standard for modern gaming. Just make sure you have an extra slot and to match them spec-wise if you do decide to buy an extra 8 GB stick.

Madden 24 was an absolute horror show on PC. Had nothing to do with your rig. Even people with top of the line rigs couldn't run it. It was poorly, almost criminally designed. People had to use Windows 10 just to play it because anti-cheat wouldn't let the game run on Windows 11 for some reason. But what do we expect from EA. Almost all of the latest games have been badly coded. Just look at Star Wars Jedi Survivor. Smh.

Interesting. I had no issues running Madden 24 on my PC on high settings.

Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 3700x 8-Core Processer
Graphics Card: AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
RAM: 16GB

I run everything I own on high settings at 1080p@60fps. All the NBA 2Ks, Maddens, Remnant From The Ashes, Wild Hearts, Monster Hunter World, Elden Ring, etc

ThePointForward is right, the processor plays a big role in all of this. While the bottleneck websites say my card may bottleneck my processor (around 12%), I have not experienced any bottlenecking. The processor and my graphics card work so well together.

Now, again, we only care about playing 1080p@60fps on our 50 inch TV. So if you guys are trying for 4k with an older rig, I can absolutely see where you could be running into issues.

Your processor and video card are a little better than my setup. I have a I-5 3800 6 cores, 16 gigs of ram, and a GeForce GTX 1060 6GB card. What MoBo are you running? I have a AsRock but it might not be capable.

I'm not sure what's going on there, I was able to download the latest version of their hardware scanning app and complete the test without any issues. In any event, NBA 2K25 has joined the list of games that we can test our PC for.

Incidentally, I won't be running it maxed out, but it should at least look as good as it does on PS5 for me.

I got it to run, thanks...

I'm not sure what's going on there, I was able to download the latest version of their hardware scanning app and complete the test without any issues. In any event, NBA 2K25 has joined the list of games that we can test our PC for.

Incidentally, I won't be running it maxed out, but it should at least look as good as it does on PS5 for me.

It's not maxed out on the PS5?

well, there is an extra graphical option on PC so it's like the PS5 is High setting and the PC is Ultra setting.

Your processor and video card are a little better than my setup. I have a I-5 3800 6 cores, 16 gigs of ram, and a GeForce GTX 1060 6GB card. What MoBo are you running? I have a AsRock but it might not be capable.

ASRock B550M