Can I run Black Myth: Wukong with a Radeon RX 7800 XT?
In Black Myth: Wukong the Radeon RX 7800 XT sits between two reference points: past the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti that defines recommended, and 12% short of the GeForce RTX 4070 Super that defines high.
Ranked 16 of the 47 cards we track, with 5 of them carrying more video memory - and 16 of the 47 cards we track stop at the same point in Black Myth: Wukong.
Runs well
Clears the recommended tier, which is the target the publisher designs against.
- Headroom
- 56% clear - a wide margin
- Bottleneck
- GPU
- Confidence
- estimated
Tier ladder
The weakest link is graphics card: this rig brings 28 against the 32 that Black Myth: Wukong asks for at the high tier. Everything else in the rig is already past that line.
That readout is the best this card can do in Black Myth: Wukong: 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 Black Myth: Wukong the processor beside a Radeon RX 7800 XT 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 well | system memory |
| Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 95 | Runs well | system memory |
Cheapest way up one tier
graphics card: GeForce RTX 3090
The Radeon RX 7800 XT sits at index 28 and the high tier starts at 32.
That is the smallest part in our catalogue that clears the high 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".
Thresholds, against this card
Green means the Radeon RX 7800 XT clears that number, red means it does not. The processor and memory columns are yours to fill in with the checker below.
| Requirement | minimum | recommended | high | ultra | your rig |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPU index | 6 | 18 | 32 | 63 | 28 |
| CPU index | 42 | 55 | 65 | 92 | 0 |
| Video memory | 6 GB | 8 GB | 12 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| System memory | 16 GB | 16 GB | 32 GB | 32 GB | 0 GB |
| Storage | 130 GB | 130 GB | 130 GB | 130 GB | - |
Check your whole rig
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Standing by
Pick a graphics card and a processor. The verdict appears here, with the exact part that limits it.
Questions
- Will a Radeon RX 7800 XT run Black Myth: Wukong?
- In Black Myth: Wukong the Radeon RX 7800 XT sits between two reference points: past the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti that defines recommended, and 12% short of the GeForce RTX 4070 Super that defines high. Above that the graphics card is what stops it.
- Is 16 GB of video memory enough for Black Myth: Wukong?
- Yes for the tiers this card can reach anyway - its core speed runs out before its 16 GB of video memory does in Black Myth: Wukong.
More on this card: what the Radeon RX 7800 XT runs across every game we track.