Can I Run The Division on My PC / Laptop?

Officially it's a Core i5-2400 or FX-6100, a GTX 560 2GB (Ubisoft lists the GTX 760 as the modern equivalent) or Radeon HD 7770 2GB, and 6GB of system RAM. That bar dates from 2016 and represents hardware almost nobody runs today, so treat it as a historical floor rather than something to aim for.

Ubisoft's recommended spec is a Core i7-3770 or FX-8350, a GTX 970 or Radeon R9 290, and 8GB of RAM. A card from that era or newer gets you 1080p on high settings around 60fps, and any current mid-range GPU clears it easily.

Yes, and that figure has aged well. Ubisoft's 8GB recommended spec still holds up, since the game doesn't push past it in normal play; 16GB just gives multitasking or background apps more room.

4GB covers 1080p on high settings comfortably, and the recommended GTX 970 shipped with exactly that. Ultra textures and reflections push closer to 5-6GB, so an 8GB card gives plenty of headroom. A 2GB or 3GB card, near the old minimum spec, is where you'll actually see texture quality drop or assets pop in late.

The install is 40GB. An SSD isn't required, since this is a 2016 game built around hard drive load times, but it still gets you into missions faster and smooths loading between the open world and the Dark Zone.

DirectX 11, at both the minimum and recommended spec. There's no DirectX 12 mode, so any GPU with current drivers already supports what the game asks for.

There's no dedicated 4K preset in the options menu, but the game renders at whatever resolution your monitor and GPU handle, 4K included, through Windows scaling or your driver control panel. A card around the RTX 3070 or RX 6800 level handles native 4K on high settings without much trouble, since this engine simply isn't as demanding as recent releases.

Easily, on essentially any GPU from the last five years. Even a mid-range card like the RTX 3060 or RX 6600 stays well above 60fps at 1440p on Ultra settings, so hitting that target isn't really the challenge here.

Start with HBAO+ ambient occlusion and reflection quality. Those two settings cost the most GPU time relative to how much they change the picture. After that, drop shadow quality and turn off any temporal anti-aliasing that's fighting your frame rate, and make sure V-Sync is off if you're chasing a higher number rather than a locked 60.

The core Dark Zone and story content still work as of 2026, and Ubisoft folded the base game plus its DLC into a new Definitive Edition bundle that February, which suggests they still see some life in it. Population is lower than at launch and concentrated around the North America and UK server regions, so matchmaking outside peak hours or outside those regions can be slower.

No Denuvo. The game is tied to your Ubisoft Connect account and requires the always-online connection, which functions as its own form of protection, but there's no separate third-party DRM layer on top of that.

You don't have to. The two games share a universe and a few returning characters, but The Division 2 tells its own story and doesn't require finishing the first game first. Playing the original does fill in some background if you want the fuller picture, but it isn't a prerequisite.

Definitive Edition, released in February 2026, bundles the base game with its three expansions, Underground, Survival, and Last Stand, plus some cosmetic items. It runs on the same 2016 engine and the same PC requirements as the original. Despite marketing language calling it remastered, there's no graphical overhaul, so if you already own the base game and DLC separately, there's nothing new to gain performance-wise.

The main story runs somewhere around 15 to 20 hours depending on how much side content you clear along the way, with endgame Dark Zone activities adding many more hours on top for players who stick around.

The campaign is fully playable solo, including matchmaking-free story missions. The Dark Zone, the game's PvP-flagged open area, is where you'll run into other players, and some late-game content is easier with a full four-person group, but nothing forces you into multiplayer to finish the story.

No. PC, PlayStation, and Xbox players sit on separate servers with no crossplay between them. On PC, both the Steam version and the Ubisoft Store version run through the same Ubisoft Connect account, but that's account linking, not crossplay with consoles.

You are well set. The RTX 3050 exceeds The Division's recommended card, so 1080p high is easy and 1440p is realistic.

The GTX 1650 gets you in. It meets The Division's minimum, so low to medium at 1080p works, and turning a couple of things down keeps it steady. Sits well above the recommended GTX 970 and holds 60fps or better at 1080p on high to Ultra settings.

Yes. On the GTX 1060 6GB, The Division runs at high settings in 1080p and scales up to 1440p without much fuss. Launch-era tests had this card hovering near 60fps at 1080p Ultra with HBAO+ on. Today it clears that mark comfortably thanks to years of driver and patch improvements.

No trouble at all. The RX 580 meets or beats what The Division recommends, so 1080p high runs well and 1440p is realistic. Performs in the same range as the GTX 1060 here, holding 1080p Ultra in the 70s without VRAM concerns at 8GB.

The RTX 4060 is a strong fit for The Division. It lands at or above the recommended spec, so high 1080p is comfortable and 1440p works. Overkill for a 2016 engine. You'll likely hit a CPU or engine-side pacing ceiling before this card becomes the limiting factor.

Easily. With the RTX 3060 you are past The Division's recommended tier, which means high settings at 1080p and a genuine shot at 1440p. The 12GB of VRAM is wasted headroom for this specific game, because Ultra textures never get close to filling it, but frame rates stay above 100 at 1080p Ultra.

Yes. On the RTX 2060, The Division runs at high settings in 1080p and scales up to 1440p without much fuss. Roughly the point where frame rate stops being GPU-limited in this game. Expect well over 100fps at 1080p Ultra and a strong 1440p result too.

Easily. With the GTX 1660 you are past The Division's recommended tier, which means high settings at 1080p and a genuine shot at 1440p.

You are well set. The GTX 1660 Super exceeds The Division's recommended card, so 1080p high is easy and 1440p is realistic.

You are well set. The RX 6600 exceeds The Division's recommended card, so 1080p high is easy and 1440p is realistic. Tracks closely with the RTX 3060 in this game, clearing 100fps at 1080p Ultra with room to spare.

You are well set. The GTX 1660 Ti exceeds The Division's recommended card, so 1080p high is easy and 1440p is realistic.

Yes, with room to spare. The Division recommends less than the RTX 3060 Ti offers, so expect smooth 1080p high and a playable 1440p. Well past what The Division needs, holding high frame rates at 1440p Ultra.

Yes. The RTX 4050 has headroom over The Division's recommended card, so you can push 1080p high and move to 1440p when you want.

Runnable. The GTX 1050 Ti covers The Division's minimum, meaning 1080p low to medium and a smoother feel after a small settings drop.

You are well set. The RTX 4070 exceeds The Division's recommended card, so 1080p high is easy and 1440p is realistic. More GPU than this game will ever need, delivering strong 1440p and even 4K Ultra frame rates.

The Division never got a Mac build, Apple Silicon or otherwise. On an older Intel Mac, Boot Camp or a Windows VM is technically an option; M-series chips don't have that route. Cloud gaming through a service that carries the game, played through your Mac's browser or app, is the more realistic path either way.

Below the official minimum on paper, but modern integrated graphics come closer than you'd expect. Recent chips like Intel Iris Xe or AMD's Radeon 780M in a Ryzen laptop can manage low settings at 1080p in the 30-45fps range in quieter areas, though busy Dark Zone fights with more effects on screen will dip harder. An older basic chip like Intel UHD Graphics is going to struggle more.

Chromebooks can't run the Windows executable this game needs, so local play is out. If yours supports cloud gaming and you've got a stable connection, that's the way in.

No native build exists, but Proton on Steam handles it well once you're past setup. Community reports say the real hurdle is wrangling Ubisoft Connect's login and update process, not in-game performance.

Yes, though it takes a bit of setup since the game runs through Ubisoft Connect rather than being a pure Steam title. Once it's installed and the launcher is forced through its update screen, community testing on Steam Deck reports playable frame rates around 30-40fps on medium-low settings, and handhelds with similar or stronger APUs like the ROG Ally or Legion Go match or beat that.

Yes to both. PS4 runs it natively at 1080p, while PS5 owners get it through standard backward compatibility rather than a dedicated next-gen patch, so don't expect a resolution or frame rate boost over the PS4 version.

Yes. Series X and S run it via Microsoft's backward compatibility rather than a dedicated next-gen patch from Ubisoft, so performance mirrors the original Xbox One release instead of getting a next-gen bump.

No. The Division never released on Switch, and there's no cloud streaming version for it there either.

It isn't a title Nvidia currently lists on GeForce Now. Cloud options for a game this old are thinner than for new releases, so check a service's current library directly rather than assuming it's supported.

Better than you'd expect for a decade-old bar. A basic PC with something like a GTX 1050 or RX 560 and a quad-core CPU handles 1080p on low to medium settings without much trouble. Anything below that, running on integrated graphics alone, is a rougher experience, covered in the integrated graphics answer above.

Yes. This engine was built to scale down to dual-core processors with hyperthreading, so a quad-core i3 or Ryzen 3 isn't a bottleneck here. Your GPU hits its limit long before your CPU does.

An outdated GPU driver is usually the first suspect, followed by a Ubisoft Connect update stuck mid-download or a corrupted install after years of stacked patches. Update your driver, then verify or repair the files through Steam or Ubisoft Connect. If it's stutter rather than an outright crash, check whether HBAO+ or reflection quality is set to Ultra on an older card, since those two settings cause most of the reports.

Yes, above the recommended spec with room to spare. Expect well over 60fps at 1080p on Ultra settings and a solid result at 1440p on high settings too.

Yes. It clears 1440p at Ultra settings past 60fps without strain, and 4K on high settings is realistic if you drop a setting or two, like HBAO+.

Yes. Launch-era testing had it holding around 55fps at native 4K on Ultra settings, a strong result for a 2016 game on a card of that age. At 1080p or 1440p it sustains well over 60fps with no trouble.

Yes. It sits well above the recommended GTX 970 and pushes past 100fps at 1080p Ultra, and 1440p Ultra stays above 60fps too.

Yes, easily. It's well past what this game asks for, holding high frame rates at 1440p Ultra, with 4K on high settings a realistic option too.

Yes. It's more GPU than this game will ever need. Expect strong frame rates at native 4K on Ultra settings, limited more by your CPU and the engine's own pacing than by the card itself.

Yes. It lands in the same range as an RTX 3060 Ti or RTX 3070 for this game: strong 1440p Ultra frame rates and a comfortable 4K high-settings option.

Yes, well above what's needed. Expect high frame rates at 1440p Ultra and a smooth 4K Ultra experience. A card of this tier is more than this old engine can push.