Defense Grid: The Awakening system requirements: can you run it?

Defense Grid: The Awakening
Developer:
Hidden Path Entertainment
Publisher:
Hidden Path Entertainment
Release date:
Metacritic score:
81 / 100

Official PC system requirements

These are the PC specs advised by developers to run at minimal and recommended settings. Those requirements are usually very approximate, but still can be used to determine the indicative hardware tier you need to play the game.

YesMinimum

YesRecommended

Yes Graphics card:
DirectX 9 video card with shader 2 support such as the following: ATI Radeon 9600 or newer (9600-9800, X300-X1950, HD 2400-HD 4870) NVIDIA GeForce 6100 or newer (6100-6800, 7100-7950, 8300-8800, 9600-9800, or GTX 216-280)
Yes Graphics card:
DirectX 9 video card with shader 3 support and 256MB VRAM such as the following: ATI Radeon X700 or newer (X700-X1950, HD 2400-HD 4870) NVIDIA GeForce 7600 or newer (7600-7950, 8300-8800, 9600-9800, or GTX 216-280)
Yes CPU:
1.8GHz CPU or higher
Yes CPU:
Dual core 2.0 GHz CPU or higher
Yes Memory:
512 MB RAM
Yes Memory:
1 GB RAM XP, 1.5 GB RAM Vista
File size:
1 GB available space
File size:
1 GB available space
Operating system:
Windows XP, Vista
Operating system:
Windows XP, Vista
DirectX:
DirectX 9.0c or higher
DirectX:
DirectX 9.0c or higher

Your PC build in Defense Grid: The Awakening

Your GPU in Defense Grid: The Awakening

GeForce RTX 3060's performance compared to the game's official system requirements.

RTX 3060
minimum
Any
recommended
GeForce 7600 GT

Your CPU in Defense Grid: The Awakening

Core i5-12400's performance compared to the game's official system requirements.

i5-12400

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