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Best gaming PC for NBA 2K25 in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for NBA 2K25 today. These are our 2026 hardware picks, not the dated publisher minimums you'll find on Steam.
Budget
£7991080p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 7600
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1TB NVMe SSD
Mid-tier
£1,2991440p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
High-end
£1,7991440p · 144fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
Enthusiast
£3,4994K · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB
- RAM
- 64 GB
- Storage
- 4TB NVMe SSD
Official system requirements
These are the minimum and recommended specs as published by 2K on Steam. They tend to be conservative — usually "what ran the game at 1080p when it shipped". For what you should actually buy in 2026, see the tier cards above.
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 10 64-Bit (latest update) | Windows 10 64-Bit (latest update) |
| CPU | Intel® Core™ i3-9100 or AMD Ryzen™ 3 1200 | Intel® Core™ i5-10600 or AMD Ryzen™ 5 3600X |
| RAM | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| GPU | NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 960 4 GB or AMD Radeon™ RX 570 4 GB or Intel® Arc™ A580 | NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 2070 8 GB or AMD Radeon™ RX 5700 8 GB or Intel® Arc™ A770 |
| Storage | 150 GB | 150 GB |
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
Verified 18 May 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run NBA 2K25?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to Intel® Core™ i5-10600 and your GPU is at or above NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 2070 8 GB, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.