Can I Run New World on My PC / Laptop?

See for yourself by entering your graphics card and CPU into the checker above. The baseline official minimum is a GTX 1060 3GB or RX 590, an i5-10500 or Ryzen 3 3300X, and 8GB of RAM, and recommended steps that up to an RTX 2060 or RX 6600 with 16GB of RAM.

You can still play it if you already own it. Amazon delisted the game from all storefronts in January 2026, so it can no longer be purchased new, and it confirmed the servers will close on January 31, 2027. Anyone who owns a copy can keep playing normally until that date, and the requirements on this page still apply until then.

Yes, always. It is an online-only MMO with no offline or single-player mode, so a stable connection matters as much as your hardware. This will stop mattering once the servers close on January 31, 2027.

Not by default. You can choose a 30 fps or 60 fps limiter in the settings, or leave the frame rate uncapped. The cap exists mainly for stability and, going back to the RTX 3090 incident at launch, for hardware safety on the menu screens.

Some cards did fail during the 2021 beta, but the game itself was not the root cause. A missing frame cap on the menu let fast cards render at several thousand fps, and EVGA later traced the actual damage to a soldering defect on a batch of its own 3090s. Amazon patched in a frame cap within days, and Aeternum has always shipped with one. High-end cards, including a 3090, are safe to run today.

The engine is CPU-bound the moment a lot of players, spells, and siege objects are on screen at once, which is exactly what happens in a settlement or a 50v50 war. A faster graphics card will not fix this. Lowering Population Density, upgrading your CPU, and playing from an SSD are what actually help.

Yes, and it is the official recommended amount. Some players run 32GB for long sessions, mostly because Windows and background apps eat into a smaller pool over a multi-hour siege, not because the game itself demands more.

It is not a hard requirement on paper, but towns and wars stream in a lot of players and textures at once, and a mechanical hard drive makes that stutter noticeably worse. An SSD is one of the better upgrades if crowded areas are giving you trouble.

Steam lists 100GB of free space, though the actual download tends to run closer to 75 to 85GB. Leave the full 100GB free to be safe.

Yes, but only when you run the game in DirectX 12. DLSS 3 with frame generation works on RTX 40-series cards, DLSS 2 covers older RTX cards, and FSR 2 covers AMD and Intel GPUs, though without frame generation on non-Nvidia hardware.

DirectX 12 is the current default and the only mode that shows DLSS and FSR in the settings menu. DirectX 11 is kept as a legacy option mainly for troubleshooting on older graphics drivers. Stick with DX12 unless a specific crash points you toward DX11.

A card weaker than the GTX 1060 3GB floor is the first suspect, followed by outdated graphics drivers, a corrupted install, or security software interfering with the anti-cheat. Updating drivers and verifying game files, in that order, resolves most launch problems.

Yes. The official requirement lists Windows 10 or 11, both 64-bit, and Windows 11 players have not reported issues specific to that OS.

The official minimum is an i5-10500 or Ryzen 3 3300X, and recommended steps up to an i7-10700K or Ryzen 5 3600X. What matters more than the exact model is single-thread speed, since wars and towns lean on one core harder than most games, so a newer chip with fewer but faster cores often beats an older one with more cores.

Aeternum is not a separate game and not paid DLC. It is a major free update to the existing New World that arrived in October 2024, added a large story campaign and the console versions, and became the game's new default client. If you already owned New World on Steam, Aeternum is simply what your purchase turned into, and its hardware requirements moved only slightly above the original 2021 launch.

No. It is a one-time purchase with no subscription needed to play. Amazon has sold optional cosmetic bundles and expansions over the years, but none of them are required to access the base game.

Population Density, set to Low. It directly reduces how many nearby players, mounts, and effects the engine renders and calculates, and it matters most exactly where performance struggles most: crowded towns and large wars.

That is the CPU bottleneck showing up as low GPU usage. If your graphics card sits well under 100 percent load while your frame rate is still poor, the CPU is the part waiting on the game's engine, not your GPU. This is common and expected in busy towns and wars, less so out in the open world.

Fine for a lighter setup. The RTX 3050 clears New World's minimum, so target 1080p low to medium and adjust down for a steady rate. Roughly 31 fps at 1080p Ultra out of the box, climbing to around 60 with tuned settings and near 77 with DLSS Quality added on top.

Realistically, no. The GTX 1650 is beneath New World's minimum, which means very low settings and a rough frame rate at best.

Good enough to play. The GTX 1060 6GB sits at New World's minimum, so expect 1080p low to medium and a bit of tuning for smoothness. Around 40 to 50 fps at 1080p high. The official minimum 3GB card sits closer to 30.

It is under the bar. The RX 580 does not meet New World's minimum, so any play would be very low settings with weak performance. About 35 to 45 fps at 1080p high, close to the official AMD minimum.

You are well set. The RTX 4060 exceeds New World's recommended card, so 1080p high is easy and 1440p is realistic. About 95 to 110 fps at 1080p high and 75 to 85 at 1440p, with DLSS adding more on top.

Plenty of power here. The RTX 3060 is above New World's recommended tier, so high 1080p is smooth and 1440p is a fair target. Roughly 70 to 90 fps at 1080p high and 55 to 70 at 1440p in the open world.

That is more than enough. The RTX 2060 clears New World's recommended requirement, so aim for high at 1080p or step up to 1440p. About 60 to 70 fps at 1080p high, matching the official recommended tier.

You can play it. The GTX 1660 is at New World's minimum, so keep to 1080p low to medium and lower a setting if it stutters.

Playable, yes. The GTX 1660 Super passes New World's minimum bar, so aim for low to medium at 1080p and drop settings if the frame rate dips. Around 55 to 65 fps at 1080p high, a comfortable step above the minimum tier.

It clears the bar. The RX 6600 matches New World's minimum, so 1080p on low to medium is realistic once you tune a few settings.

Yes, on modest settings. The GTX 1660 Ti meets what New World needs at minimum, so 1080p low to medium is the sweet spot.

Yes. On the RTX 3060 Ti, New World runs at high settings in 1080p and scales up to 1440p without much fuss. Around 90 to 100 fps at 1080p, and one player reported 115 to 130 fps at 1440p medium in open areas, dropping to 45 to 60 in a crowded 200-player town.

Yes, with room to spare. New World recommends less than the RTX 4050 offers, so expect smooth 1080p high and a playable 1440p.

Not recommended. Running New World on the GTX 1050 Ti means very low settings and low frame rates, and it may refuse to launch.

Easily. With the RTX 4070 you are past New World's recommended tier, which means high settings at 1080p and a genuine shot at 1440p. Over 120 fps at 1080p and around 95 to 100 at 1440p, with GPU headroom to spare outside of wars.

MacBook Air and Pro, M-series chip included, have no native version to run since Amazon never built one for macOS. Cloud streaming is the option worth trusting; an unofficial Windows layer such as CrossOver tends to be shaky for an online game like this.

Generally no. Most integrated graphics chips fall below the GTX 1060 3GB minimum. Newer high-end integrated GPUs such as Intel Iris Xe or AMD Radeon 780M can sometimes limp along at 720p on low settings, but expect a rough, inconsistent frame rate, especially anywhere near other players.

A Chromebook has no path to running it locally, so cloud streaming, which does the actual computing on a remote server and just sends you video, is the only door in, and your own hardware barely enters into it.

Yes, with caveats. Valve rates it Playable rather than Verified on Steam Deck, meaning it runs but needs manual tweaking, and most players land around 30 to 40 fps on Low with the resolution turned down. The ROG Ally and Legion Go have stronger APUs and generally hold a steadier frame rate at similar settings, though wars will still dip on any handheld.

An RTX 4070 or better gets you a smooth 4K experience in open areas, and an RTX 4090 gives real headroom. Towns and wars are the exception at any resolution, since the CPU, not the GPU, sets the ceiling there.

An RTX 3060 or RX 6700 XT class card holds 1440p at high settings comfortably in the open world, roughly 55 to 70 fps. Crowded areas will still pull that number down regardless of the card.

An RTX 2060 or RX 6600, the official recommended tier, holds 60 fps at 1080p high in most open-world situations. Getting a steady 60 inside a 50v50 war is a different problem, since that is CPU-bound, so a faster single-thread CPU and Population Density on Low matter more there than any graphics card.

There is no official ultra tier listed, but an RTX 3060 or better handles the highest in-game settings at 1080p without trouble in the open world. Crowded towns and wars will still cost frames no matter how strong your GPU is.

Yes, 6GB comfortably covers high settings at 1080p, and 8GB gives room to spare, even at 1440p. The official minimum card only carries 3GB, which is the tighter end of things and where texture stutter is most likely to show up.

The official minimum CPU is already a Ryzen 3 3300X or i5-10500, both faster than a basic i3. A modern i3 with strong single-thread speed can work in the open world, but it will struggle in towns and wars, where the game's single-core load is the real bottleneck.

Yes. Aeternum launched on PS5 in October 2024 with crossplay against PC. There is no PS4 version, only PS5. This page focuses on the PC version.

Yes, through cloud streaming, which runs the game on remote hardware and sends the video to your device, so your own PC only needs to handle the stream rather than the game itself.

There's no native Linux client, so Steam Play's Proton does the work instead, and Steam rates it Playable rather than Verified on Deck. It runs, but wants manual tuning: figure on roughly 30 to 40fps on Low with the resolution scaled down, and wars will dip further regardless of hardware. Amazon's January 2026 delisting and the January 31, 2027 server closure do not change any of this for owners already running it on Linux.

Yes. Aeternum launched on Xbox Series X and S in October 2024 alongside the PS5 version, with crossplay against PC players. There is no Xbox One version. This page focuses on the PC version.

Within limits, yes. At the minimum of a GTX 1060 3GB, an i5-10500, and 8GB of RAM you can play 1080p on low settings in the open world, though crowded towns will still hit you hard since that part of the game leans on the CPU rather than the GPU.

No. A Switch release of New World: Aeternum has never existed and nothing points to one coming. Everything on this page is about the PC version.

Yes, easily, and it is well above the recommended tier. The RTX 3090's brief reputation for damaging itself in New World's 2021 beta came from an unpatched frame cap issue and a hardware defect on certain EVGA cards, both resolved years ago. There is no lingering risk to running a 3090 or any other high-end card in Aeternum today.