The Lord of the Rings: Gollum may well end up being a fun time, but much like its title antihero, the game isn’t much of a looker. Even the game’s new RTX trailer, designed to show the game at its very best, isn’t exactly mind-blowing, serving up low-detail character models and dated-looking environments. Well, if you were hoping Gollum’s so-so presentation would mean you’d at least be able to run the game without a sweat, well, I’ve got some bad news.
We previously got some partial The Lord of the Rings: Gollum PC requirements, but now a more in-depth specs have been released. These come courtesy of NVIDIA, so they only list GeForce cards, but frankly, AMD is probably happy not to be involved in this dog’s breakfast. An RTX 2060 for Minimum? An RTX 4070 for 1440p with ray tracing? Ultimately, probably the most eye-catching thing is that they’re recommending you use DLSS for any setting above 1080p. It definitely feels like the tech is being used as a crutch to cover for poor optimization in this particular case. Then again, in some respects, like RAM usage, the specs are actually rather low, so who the heck knows what’s going on here.
| Minimum | Reccomended | High | Ultra | Minimum (w/ ray tracing) | High (w/ ray tracing) | Ultra (w/ ray tracing) | |
| Resolution | 1080p | 1080p | 1440p | 2160p | 1080p | 1440p | 2160p |
| Framerate | 30 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 |
| Preset | Low | Medium | High | High | Medium | High | Epic |
| NVIDIA GPU | GTX 1060 / RTX 2060 | RTX 3060 | RTX 3060 Ti (w/ DLSS Quality Setting) | RTX 3070 (w/ DLSS Performance Setting) | RTX 3060 (w/ DLSS Quality Setting) | RTX 4070 (w/ DLSS Quality Setting) | RTX 4080 (w/ DLSS Performance Setting) |
| Processor | Intel 15-4660 AMD Ryzen 31200 | Intel i7-4770 AMD Ryzen 51600 | Intel i7-4770 AMD Ryzen 5 2600 | Intel i5-8400 AMD Ryzen 53600 | Intel i3-6100 AMD Ryzen 52600 | Intel i3-6100 AMD Ryzen 5 2600 | Intel i5-8400 AMD Ryzen 53600 |
| RAM | 6GB | 6GB | 8GB | 8GB | 8GB | 10GB | 16GB |
| OS | Windows 10/11 | Windows 10/11 | Windows 10/11 | Windows 10/11 | Windows 10/11 | Windows 10/11 | Windows 10/11 |
| Storage | 45 GB HDD | 45 GB SDD | 45 GB SDD | 45 GB SDD | 45 GB SDD | 45 GB SDD | 45 GB SDD |
Haven’t been keeping up with The Lord of the Rings: Gollum? You can get the lowdown on the game’s pre-order bonuses and special editions here, including one that paywalls Elves speaking Elvish.
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum scurries onto PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, and PS5 on May 25.
