Skip to content
WillItRun

Can I run Destiny 2 with a Radeon RX 5700 XT?

The Radeon RX 5700 XT already carries the 8 GB that ultra asks of Destiny 2. What it does not have is the core: that tier is a GeForce RTX 3070, and this card reads 14 against its 22.

Of the 12 cards that reach this same point in Destiny 2, the Radeon RX 5700 XT is the slowest - index 14 is the least this game will accept for that tier among the hardware we track.

estimated index 14 · 8 GB · 2019
Ceiling with a Ryzen 7 9800X3D and 32 GB

Runs at high

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

Headroom
exactly on the line on GPU
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 14 against the 22 that Destiny 2 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 Destiny 2: 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 Destiny 2 the processor beside a Radeon RX 5700 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 at high graphics card
Ryzen 7 9800X3D 95 Runs at high graphics card

Cheapest way up one tier

graphics card: GeForce RTX 5060

The Radeon RX 5700 XT sits at index 14 and the ultra tier starts at 22.

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 5060 (no store links yet)

Thresholds, against this card

Green means the Radeon RX 5700 XT 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 Destiny 2, by tier
Requirement minimum recommended high ultra your rig
GPU index 2 6 14 22 14
CPU index 42 42 55 65 0
Video memory 2 GB 4 GB 6 GB 8 GB 8 GB
System memory 6 GB 8 GB 16 GB 16 GB 0 GB
Storage 105 GB 105 GB 105 GB 105 GB -

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

Check your whole rig

Add your processor and memory for a verdict about your machine rather than about this card.

Radeon RX 5700 XT

Shorthand works: we match on the names people actually type.

If several parts match, we show them rather than guess.

Standing by

Pick a graphics card and a processor. The verdict appears here, with the exact part that limits it.

Nothing you type leaves your browser. There is no account, no upload, and no hardware scan - the comparison runs on this page.

Questions

Will a Radeon RX 5700 XT run Destiny 2?
The Radeon RX 5700 XT already carries the 8 GB that ultra asks of Destiny 2. What it does not have is the core: that tier is a GeForce RTX 3070, and this card reads 14 against its 22. Above that the graphics card is what stops it.
Is 8 GB of video memory enough for Destiny 2?
Yes for the tiers this card can reach anyway - its core speed runs out before its 8 GB of video memory does in Destiny 2.

More on this card: what the Radeon RX 5700 XT runs across every game we track.