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LoL: Riot updates PC recommended specifications
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Riot Games has made the decision to raise the minimum requirements needed to run League of Legends, starting next month. Here's what you'll need...

LoL: Riot updates PC recommended specifications

One of the keys to the success of League of Legends has been its accessibility to a wide range of players. It has never really demanded a beefy PC in order to run, and even its recommended spec list wasn't too oppressive. 

However, now Riot has upgraded the minimum and recommended specs.

League of Legends: New Minimum and Recommended Specifications

Before you panic, take a moment -- there's not a huge difference in terms of what you'll need, and for the vast majority of players you can continue playing without even noticing.

The minimum requirements are set for a low quality setting and 1024x768 resolution, while the recommended specs raise the quality to high and the resolution to 1920x1080.

Requirements: Windows PC

Component

Minimum

Recommended

Processor

Intel Core i3-530

AMD A6-3650

Intel Core i5-3300

AMD Ryzen 3 1200

CPU Instruction Set

SSE2

SSE4

Graphics

Nvidia Gefore 9600GT

AMD HD 6570

Nvidia GeForce 560

Radeon HD 6950

DirectX

DX10

DX11

GPU Memory

1GB

2GB

RAM

2GB

4GB

HDD

16GB HDD

16GB SSD

Operating System

Win. 7, 8 or 10

X86, 32 or x64

Win 10 x64

Mac Requirements

 

Component

Minimum

Recommended

Processor

Intel Core i5-750

Intel Core i5-3300

CPU Instruction Set

SSE2

SSE3

Graphics

AMD HD 6570

Intel Integrated HD 4600

Radeon HD 6950

Intel Integrated UHD 630

GPU Memory

1GB

2GB

RAM

2GB

4GB

HDD Space

16GB HDD

16GB SSD

Operating System

MacOS 10.12

MacOS 10.16

Why has Riot increased the requirements?

Riot has said the decision to increase the minimum requirements for running League of Legends is the need to eliminate barriers to innovation. There have been some major losses with the changes, such as the lack of support for Windows XP and Vista, but new content requires less investment if these conditions are met, and barriers posed by outdated hardware are removed.

It will still be possible to play League of Legends without meeting the Riot Games criteria on PC, but players may have problems maintaining a stable framerate, with Riot not promising everything will work.

On Mac, however, no operating system prior to MacOS 10.12 will be able to run the client.

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