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Can I run Apex Legends with a GeForce RTX 3080 10GB?

In Apex Legends the GeForce RTX 3080 10GB sits between two reference points: past the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti that defines high, and 6% short of the GeForce RTX 4070 Super that defines ultra.

The GeForce RTX 3080 10GB is the fastest card we track that still stops here in Apex Legends: everything above it on our index reaches further, and 15 slower cards land in the same place.

estimated index 30 · 10 GB · 2020
Ceiling with a Ryzen 7 9800X3D and 32 GB

Runs at high

Comfortably above the recommended tier, with room for higher settings.

Headroom
53% clear - a wide margin on CPU
Bottleneck
GPU
Confidence
estimated

Tier ladder

  1. minimum cleared
  2. recommended cleared
  3. high cleared
  4. ultra blocked by GPU

The weakest link is graphics card: this rig brings 30 against the 32 that Apex Legends asks for at the ultra tier. Everything else in the rig is already past that line.

That readout is the best this card can do in Apex Legends: it assumes nothing else in the machine holds it back. Your own processor and memory can only lower it, never raise it.

The same card with three different processors

In Apex Legends the processor beside a GeForce RTX 3080 10GB changes the answer, which is why a card-only verdict is not worth much here. Each row assumes 16 GB of system memory.

Processor Index Verdict Bottleneck
Ryzen 5 1600 30 Will not run processor
Ryzen 9 5900X 70 Runs at high processor
Ryzen 7 9800X3D 95 Runs at high graphics card

Cheapest way up one tier

graphics card: GeForce RTX 4070 Super

The GeForce RTX 3080 10GB sits at index 30 and the ultra tier starts at 32.

That is the smallest part in our catalogue that clears the ultra tier - not the fastest one, and not a price claim: we hold no price data, so "cheapest" here means "least upgrade that does the job".

Where to look: GeForce RTX 4070 Super (no store links yet)

Thresholds, against this card

Green means the GeForce RTX 3080 10GB clears that number, red means it does not. The processor and memory columns are yours to fill in with the checker below.

System requirement thresholds for Apex Legends, by tier
Requirement minimum recommended high ultra your rig
GPU index 2 6 18 32 30
CPU index 42 45 62 86 0
Video memory 2 GB 4 GB 6 GB 8 GB 10 GB
System memory 6 GB 8 GB 16 GB 16 GB 0 GB
Storage 75 GB 75 GB 75 GB 75 GB -

The CPU and system memory rows show zero because this page knows the card and nothing else.

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GeForce RTX 3080 10GB

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Questions

Will a GeForce RTX 3080 10GB run Apex Legends?
In Apex Legends the GeForce RTX 3080 10GB sits between two reference points: past the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti that defines high, and 6% short of the GeForce RTX 4070 Super that defines ultra. Above that the graphics card is what stops it.
Is 10 GB of video memory enough for Apex Legends?
Yes for the tiers this card can reach anyway - its core speed runs out before its 10 GB of video memory does in Apex Legends.

More on this card: what the GeForce RTX 3080 10GB runs across every game we track.