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Can I run Monster Hunter Wilds with a GeForce GTX 1060 6GB?

At index 6 the GeForce GTX 1060 6GB lands 33% under the 9 that Monster Hunter Wilds asks for just to start, and there is no tier below that one.

The GeForce GTX 1060 6GB shipped in 2016, 9 years before Monster Hunter Wilds, and 5 of the 47 cards we track stop at the same point in Monster Hunter Wilds. It sits 44 of 47 on our index.

estimated index 6 · 6 GB · 2016
Ceiling with a Ryzen 7 9800X3D and 32 GB

Will not run

This rig does not clear the minimum requirement.

Headroom
33% short on GPU
Bottleneck
GPU
Confidence
estimated

Tier ladder

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

The weakest link is graphics card: this rig brings 6 against the 9 that Monster Hunter Wilds asks for at the minimum tier. Everything else in the rig is already past that line.

That readout is the best this card can do in Monster Hunter Wilds: 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 Monster Hunter Wilds all three processors land the GeForce GTX 1060 6GB on the same tier - this pairing is decided by the card, not by what sits next to it. Each row assumes 16 GB of system memory.

Processor Index Verdict Bottleneck
Ryzen 5 1600 30 Will not run processor
Ryzen 9 5900X 70 Will not run graphics card
Ryzen 7 9800X3D 95 Will not run graphics card

Cheapest way up one tier

graphics card: GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

The GeForce GTX 1060 6GB sits at index 6 and the minimum tier starts at 9.

That is the smallest part in our catalogue that clears the minimum 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 3050 8GB (no store links yet)

Thresholds, against this card

Green means the GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 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 Monster Hunter Wilds, by tier
Requirement minimum recommended high ultra your rig
GPU index 9 14 26 45 6
CPU index 50 50 65 86 0
Video memory 6 GB 8 GB 12 GB 16 GB 6 GB
System memory 16 GB 16 GB 16 GB 32 GB 0 GB
Storage 75 GB 75 GB 75 GB 75 GB -

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

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GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

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Questions

Will a GeForce GTX 1060 6GB run Monster Hunter Wilds?
At index 6 the GeForce GTX 1060 6GB lands 33% under the 9 that Monster Hunter Wilds asks for just to start, and there is no tier below that one. Above that the graphics card is what stops it.
Is 6 GB of video memory enough for Monster Hunter Wilds?
Yes for the tiers this card can reach anyway - its core speed runs out before its 6 GB of video memory does in Monster Hunter Wilds.

More on this card: what the GeForce GTX 1060 6GB runs across every game we track.