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Can I run Helldivers 2 with a Radeon RX 9070?

Helldivers 2 tops out at a GeForce RTX 2060 6GB paired with a Core i7-9700K. The Radeon RX 9070 covers the graphics half of that with 258% to spare, which leaves the processor as the only part still worth arguing about.

Ranked 8 of the 47 cards we track, with 5 of them carrying more video memory - and 37 of the 47 cards we track stop at the same point in Helldivers 2.

estimated index 43 · 16 GB · 2025
Ceiling with a Ryzen 7 9800X3D and 32 GB

Runs well

Clears the recommended tier, which is the target the publisher designs against.

Headroom
73% clear - a wide margin on CPU
Bottleneck
none
Confidence
estimated

Tier ladder

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

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 Radeon RX 9070 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 nothing
Ryzen 7 9800X3D 95 Runs well nothing

Thresholds, against this card

Green means the Radeon RX 9070 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 43
CPU index 42 55 0
Video memory 4 GB 6 GB 16 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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Questions

Will a Radeon RX 9070 run Helldivers 2?
Helldivers 2 tops out at a GeForce RTX 2060 6GB paired with a Core i7-9700K. The Radeon RX 9070 covers the graphics half of that with 258% to spare, which leaves the processor as the only part still worth arguing about.
Is 16 GB of video memory enough for Helldivers 2?
Yes for the tiers this card can reach anyway - its core speed runs out before its 16 GB of video memory does in Helldivers 2.

More on this card: what the Radeon RX 9070 runs across every game we track.