What graphics card do I need for 60 FPS in The Outer Worlds 2 at 1080p?

By our estimate (±30%), the RTX 4060 Ti is the least powerful of our 10 reference cards to reach 60 FPS at 1080p High, at about 69 FPS. No published benchmark of The Outer Worlds 2 at that setting is in our data to confirm it.

Can a GTX 1650 run The Outer Worlds 2?

By our estimate it gets about 36 FPS at 1080p Low (playable) and 23 FPS at 1080p High (struggles), each ±30%.

What are the minimum system requirements for The Outer Worlds 2?

Steam lists AMD RX 5700 / Nvidia GTX 1070 / Intel Arc A580 graphics, AMD Ryzen 5 2600 / Intel i5-8400 and 16 GB of RAM as the minimum.

Measured FPS benchmarks

The Outer Worlds 2 FPS

2025
69/100 · 47 ratings

Action
Adventure
Role-playing

Measured · 18 results9 GPUs · TechPowerUpestimate within ±30%: 1/18

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The Outer Worlds 2 was released in 2025. We list 18 published FPS results for it from TechPowerUp, covering 9 graphics cards. Steam lists AMD RX 5700 / Nvidia GTX 1070 / Intel Arc A580 as the minimum graphics card, a high-end card by today's standards. Against those results our estimate landed within ±30% 1 of 18 times.

Frame rate cap: none on record. We have no record of an engine frame limit for The Outer Worlds 2, so our estimates assume it runs uncapped. V-Sync, an in-game limiter or your monitor's refresh rate can still hold it lower.

Measured results

Published · with sources

60+ FPS 30–59 under 30 lower bound (frame cap, CPU or VRAM limit). Average FPS from published tests.

Estimate vs measured

1/18 within ±30% · median +53%

Each dot is one published result: how far our model's figure for the same card and setting was from it. The shaded band is ±30%.

All 18 comparisons

GPU	Setting	Measured	Estimate	Diff.
RTX 4090	1440p Ultra	63.3 FPS	≈91 FPS	+44%
RTX 4090	4K Ultra	38.5 FPS	≈49 FPS	+27%
RTX 5080	1440p Ultra	51.9 FPS	≈82 FPS	+58%
RTX 5080	4K Ultra	30.4 FPS	≈44 FPS	+45%
Radeon RX 9070 XT	1440p Ultra	46.1 FPS	≈71 FPS	+54%
Radeon RX 9070 XT	4K Ultra	24.3 FPS	≈38 FPS	+56%
RTX 5070 Ti	1440p Ultra	47.1 FPS	≈71 FPS	+51%
RTX 5070 Ti	4K Ultra	26.8 FPS	≈38 FPS	+42%
Radeon RX 7900 XTX	1440p Ultra	49.2 FPS	≈67 FPS	+36%
Radeon RX 7900 XTX	4K Ultra	27 FPS	≈36 FPS	+33%
Radeon RX 9070	1440p Ultra	40.7 FPS	≈63 FPS	+55%
Radeon RX 9070	4K Ultra	21.5 FPS	≈34 FPS	+58%
RTX 5070	1440p Ultra	37.4 FPS	≈59 FPS	+58%
RTX 5070	4K Ultra	20.3 FPS	≈32 FPS	+58%
RTX 4070	1440p Ultra	33.3 FPS	≈53 FPS	+59%
RTX 4070	4K Ultra	17.7 FPS	≈29 FPS	+64%
Radeon RX 7800 XT	1440p Ultra	33.9 FPS	≈45 FPS	+33%
Radeon RX 7800 XT	4K Ultra	17.9 FPS	≈25 FPS	+40%

Our estimate on 10 reference GPUs

Estimate ±30%

Model figures, not measurements: dashed bars with their ±30% band. How they are made.

RTX 4090155109–202
RTX 5070 Ti12185–157
Radeon RX 9070 XT12185–157
RTX 40709063–117
Radeon RX 7800 XT7754–100
RTX 4060 Ti6948–90
RTX 40605539–72
RTX 30604431–57
Radeon RX 66003927–51
GTX 16502316–30

Cards that run The Outer Worlds 2 at 60+ FPS

1080p High · cheapest first

Current cards, by launch price. Solid chips are measured results; dashed ones are our estimate (±30%).

RTX 5060launch price $299≈61 FPSAmazon
RTX 5060 Ti 16GBlaunch price $429≈69 FPSAmazon
Radeon RX 9070launch price $549≈107 FPSAmazon

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Player reports

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Screenshots

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System requirements

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Minimum

GPU: AMD RX 5700 / Nvidia GTX 1070 / Intel Arc A580
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 / Intel i5-8400
RAM: 16 GB