Escape from Tarkov, developed by Battlestate Games, is a hyper-realistic and brutal extraction-style first-person shooter. Set in the fictional Norvinsk region's city of Tarkov, players enter each raid with their own gear, loot items, and try to reach designated extraction points to bring their haul home safely — but if they die, they lose everything not insured. This high-risk, high-reward loop makes the game intensely tense and strategic. Known for realistic ballistics, weapon modification (with near-endless part combinations), a detailed health/injury system, and the Scav mechanic (randomly-equipped enemy NPCs or players), it's widely considered one of the most demanding and steepest-learning-curve shooters in the genre.
| Graphics Card (GPU) | Estimated FPS |
|---|---|
| RTX 4090 | 141 |
| RTX 4070 SUPER | 110 |
| RTX 4060 Ti | 88 |
| RTX 3060 | 79 |
| GTX 1660 SUPER | 63 |
Calculated at 1080p · High settings, with Ryzen 7 7700X held constant.
Minimum System Requirements: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 / AMD Radeon RX 590, Intel Core i7-6600U / dengi, 16 GB. Recommended System Requirements: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, Intel Core i7-9700K / dengi, 32 GB.
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Minimum requirements are the least hardware needed to run the game at its lowest settings, usually around 30 FPS. Recommended requirements are the hardware suggested for a smoother experience at medium-high settings, typically around 60 FPS.
Keep your graphics card drivers up to date, lower a few graphics settings (shadows, reflections, draw distance), close unnecessary background apps, and try disabling V-Sync. If you're considering a hardware upgrade: Hardware By Game