Can I run Monster Hunter Wilds with a GeForce RTX 3080 10GB?
Core speed is not what limits the GeForce RTX 3080 10GB in Monster Hunter Wilds: it clears recommended comfortably and then meets a wall at high, where the game wants 12 GB of video memory against the 10 GB on this card.
The GeForce RTX 3080 10GB is the fastest card we track that still stops here in Monster Hunter Wilds: everything above it on our index reaches further, and 18 slower cards land in the same place.
Runs well
Clears the recommended tier, which is the target the publisher designs against.
- Headroom
- 25% clear
- Bottleneck
- VRAM
- Confidence
- estimated
Tier ladder
The weakest link is video memory: this rig brings 10 against the 12 that Monster Hunter Wilds 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 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 the processor beside a GeForce RTX 3080 10GB 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 | video memory |
| Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 95 | Runs well | video memory |
Cheapest way up one tier
video memory: GeForce RTX 4070 Super
The GeForce RTX 3080 10GB carries 10 GB of video memory and the high tier needs 12 GB. Video memory is a hard limit: no amount of core speed substitutes for it.
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".
Thresholds, against this card
Green means the GeForce RTX 3080 10GB clears that number, red means it does not. The processor and memory columns are yours to fill in with the checker below.
| Requirement | minimum | recommended | high | ultra | your rig |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPU index | 9 | 14 | 26 | 45 | 30 |
| CPU index | 50 | 50 | 65 | 86 | 0 |
| Video memory | 6 GB | 8 GB | 12 GB | 16 GB | 10 GB |
| System memory | 16 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB | 32 GB | 0 GB |
| Storage | 75 GB | 75 GB | 75 GB | 75 GB | - |
Check your whole rig
Add your processor and memory for a verdict about your machine rather than about this card.
Standing by
Pick a graphics card and a processor. The verdict appears here, with the exact part that limits it.
Questions
- Will a GeForce RTX 3080 10GB run Monster Hunter Wilds?
- Core speed is not what limits the GeForce RTX 3080 10GB in Monster Hunter Wilds: it clears recommended comfortably and then meets a wall at high, where the game wants 12 GB of video memory against the 10 GB on this card. Above that the video memory is what stops it.
- Is 10 GB of video memory enough for Monster Hunter Wilds?
- Not for every tier. Monster Hunter Wilds asks for more video memory than the 10 GB on this card at the tier above recommended, and video memory is a hard limit rather than something extra core speed can cover.
More on this card: what the GeForce RTX 3080 10GB runs across every game we track.