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Can I run Hogwarts Legacy with a GeForce GTX 1080 Ti?

The GeForce GTX 1080 Ti lands 0% above what Hogwarts Legacy asks at recommended and 32% below the 22 it would need for high.

Of the 9 cards that reach this same point in Hogwarts Legacy, the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti is the slowest - index 15 is the least this game will accept for that tier among the hardware we track.

estimated index 15 · 11 GB · 2017
Ceiling with a Ryzen 7 9800X3D and 32 GB

Runs well

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

Headroom
exactly on the line on GPU
Bottleneck
GPU
Confidence
estimated

Tier ladder

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

The weakest link is graphics card: this rig brings 15 against the 22 that Hogwarts Legacy 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 Hogwarts Legacy: 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 Hogwarts Legacy the processor beside a GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 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: Radeon RX 7700 XT

The GeForce GTX 1080 Ti sits at index 15 and the high tier starts at 22.

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".

Where to look: Radeon RX 7700 XT (no store links yet)

Thresholds, against this card

Green means the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 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 Hogwarts Legacy, by tier
Requirement minimum recommended high ultra your rig
GPU index 2 15 22 38 15
CPU index 42 52 62 90 0
Video memory 4 GB 8 GB 8 GB 12 GB 11 GB
System memory 16 GB 16 GB 32 GB 32 GB 0 GB
Storage 85 GB 85 GB 85 GB 85 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 GeForce GTX 1080 Ti run Hogwarts Legacy?
The GeForce GTX 1080 Ti lands 0% above what Hogwarts Legacy asks at recommended and 32% below the 22 it would need for high. Above that the graphics card is what stops it.
Is 11 GB of video memory enough for Hogwarts Legacy?
Yes for the tiers this card can reach anyway - its core speed runs out before its 11 GB of video memory does in Hogwarts Legacy.

More on this card: what the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti runs across every game we track.