Can I run Palworld with a GeForce RTX 2080 Ti?
High in Palworld is drawn around a GeForce RTX 4070 and its 12 GB. The GeForce RTX 2080 Ti has the core for it and not the memory, which is the one shortfall no setting recovers.
The GeForce RTX 2080 Ti shipped in 2018, 6 years before Palworld, and 12 of the 47 cards we track stop at the same point in Palworld. It sits 21 of 47 on our index.
Runs well
Clears the recommended tier, which is the target the publisher designs against.
- Headroom
- exactly on the line
- Bottleneck
- VRAM
- Confidence
- estimated
Tier ladder
The weakest link is video memory: this rig brings 11 against the 12 that Palworld 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 Palworld: 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 Palworld the processor beside a GeForce RTX 2080 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 at minimum | system memory |
| Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 95 | Runs at minimum | system memory |
Cheapest way up one tier
video memory: Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB
The GeForce RTX 2080 Ti carries 11 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 2080 Ti 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 | 18 | 26 | 38 | 24 |
| CPU index | 45 | 62 | 65 | 86 | 0 |
| Video memory | 6 GB | 8 GB | 12 GB | 16 GB | 11 GB |
| System memory | 16 GB | 32 GB | 32 GB | 32 GB | 0 GB |
| Storage | 40 GB | 40 GB | 40 GB | 40 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 2080 Ti run Palworld?
- High in Palworld is drawn around a GeForce RTX 4070 and its 12 GB. The GeForce RTX 2080 Ti has the core for it and not the memory, which is the one shortfall no setting recovers. Above that the video memory is what stops it.
- Is 11 GB of video memory enough for Palworld?
- Not for every tier. Palworld asks for more video memory than the 11 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 2080 Ti runs across every game we track.