Hardware
System requirements
Rule-of-thumb for native to moderate upscaling. Heavy upscaling or demanding titles need more headroom.
CPU
- Quad-core or better helps many 3D games.
- Strong single-thread performance still matters.
- Recent builds often expect AVX2—check notes on older CPUs.
GPU & drivers
- Try Vulkan first on Windows for performance.
- Keep GPU drivers current to avoid odd Vulkan issues.
- iGPU can work for lighter titles; heavy games want discrete GPUs.