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Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor — system requirements & benchmark status
This game is in the catalog, but no published review benchmarks have been collected for it yet — so this page carries no frame-rate numbers, no verdicts and no estimates. Below are the publisher's own system requirements and what they say about the hardware the game targets. A game joins the calculator only when published review benchmarks cover both its CPU and GPU sides.
Developer: Monolith Productions · Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Warner Bros. Games · Released: Sep 30, 2014
Game facts and system requirements are as published on Steam (checked 4 November 2026).
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System requirements — Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
As published by the publisher on Steam (checked 4 November 2026). Requirements are the publisher's target figures, not measurements — they describe the hardware the developer aims at, not the frame rate any part delivers.
| Component | Minimum (Steam) | Recommended (Steam) |
|---|---|---|
| OS * | 64-bit: Vista SP2, Win 7 SP1, Win 8.1 | 64-bit: Win 7 SP1, Win 8.1 |
| Processor | Intel Core i5-750, 2.67 GHz | AMD Phenom II X4 965, 3.4 GHz | Intel Core i7-3770, 3.4 GHz | AMD FX-8350, 4.0 GHz |
| Memory | 3 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Graphics | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 | AMD Radeon HD 5850 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 | AMD Radeon HD 7950 |
| DirectX | Version 11 | Version 11 |
| Network | Broadband Internet connection | Broadband Internet connection |
| Storage | 44 GB available space | 57 GB available space |
Hardware demand level
Low — estimated from the graphics card named in the recommended requirements above (GTX 660). The demand level classifies the publisher's published requirements only; it is not a benchmark result and predicts no frame rate.
Benchmark status
Not yet measured. Bottleneck Verdict adds a game to the calculator when published review benchmarks cover both sides at the game's highest settings, native resolution, no upscaling — the same bar the measured games met. Until then this page claims no performance figures for Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor.
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