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Can I run Helldivers 2 with a GeForce GTX 1660 Super?

The GeForce GTX 1660 Super already carries the 6 GB that recommended asks of Helldivers 2. What it does not have is the core: that tier is a GeForce RTX 2060 6GB, and this card reads 9 against its 12.

The GeForce GTX 1660 Super shipped in 2019, 5 years before Helldivers 2, and 10 of the 47 cards we track stop at the same point in Helldivers 2. It sits 41 of 47 on our index.

estimated index 9 · 6 GB · 2019
Ceiling with a Ryzen 7 9800X3D and 32 GB

Runs at minimum

Playable at the lowest supported settings, with nothing in reserve.

Headroom
50% clear - a wide margin on VRAM
Bottleneck
GPU
Confidence
estimated

Tier ladder

  1. minimum cleared
  2. recommended blocked by GPU
  3. high not defined by publisher
  4. ultra not defined by publisher

The weakest link is graphics card: this rig brings 9 against the 12 that Helldivers 2 asks for at the recommended tier. Everything else in the rig is already past that line.

That readout is the best this card can do in Helldivers 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 Helldivers 2 the processor beside a GeForce GTX 1660 Super 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 minimum graphics card
Ryzen 7 9800X3D 95 Runs at minimum graphics card

Cheapest way up one tier

graphics card: GeForce RTX 2060 6GB

The GeForce GTX 1660 Super sits at index 9 and the recommended tier starts at 12.

That is the smallest part in our catalogue that clears the recommended 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 2060 6GB (no store links yet)

Thresholds, against this card

Green means the GeForce GTX 1660 Super 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 Helldivers 2, by tier
Requirement minimum recommended your rig
GPU index 2 12 9
CPU index 42 55 0
Video memory 4 GB 6 GB 6 GB
System memory 8 GB 16 GB 0 GB
Storage 100 GB 100 GB -

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

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GeForce GTX 1660 Super

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Questions

Will a GeForce GTX 1660 Super run Helldivers 2?
The GeForce GTX 1660 Super already carries the 6 GB that recommended asks of Helldivers 2. What it does not have is the core: that tier is a GeForce RTX 2060 6GB, and this card reads 9 against its 12. Above that the graphics card is what stops it.
Is 6 GB of video memory enough for Helldivers 2?
Yes for the tiers this card can reach anyway - its core speed runs out before its 6 GB of video memory does in Helldivers 2.

More on this card: what the GeForce GTX 1660 Super runs across every game we track.