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Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition System Requirements

Looking At The System Requirements For Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition And The Best PC Builds To Play It On

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Can I Run Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition On My Computer?

Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition is a PC only graphical enhancement on the 2019 game, which can now take better advantage of DLSS 2.0 and ray tracing features and also incorporates upgraded 4K textures. Particularly noticeable are the improved lighting effects in indoor spaces, which make the game feel even more graphically immersive.

The graphical upgrade is free to all owners of the game on Steam, Microsoft Store, Good Old Games, and the Epic Games store.

Further down this page you will find the system requirements as provided by the developer, to reflect the new graphical possibilities, on Windows PC.

If you don’t know the specs of your current computer to compare against these, take a look at our guide on how to find your PC specifications to see if your computer will cope. If your current PC won’t cut the mustard, then at the bottom of this page discuss some PC builds that would be best to play the game on.

If you want to pick up Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition on PC, make sure you have a look on Eneba for discounted prices on the game.

 

Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition Game Details

  • Release Date : 6th May 2021 (Microsoft Windows)
  • System Requirements : High
  • Genre : First Person Shooter / Post Apocalyptic Action Horror
  • Developer : 4A Games
  • Publisher : Deep Silver

Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition has the exact same gameplay as the 2019 version, and is purely a graphical update. The third installment of the Metro trilogy, layers take on the role of Artyom, a survivor in post-apocalyptic Russia, as he and his companions discover and board a train to leave Moscow and search for other human settlements, fighting mutants and hostile humans along the way.

Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition System Requirements

Note: that the minimum requirements are estimated to give an average Frames Per Second of only 45 and the ultra requirements only 30 FPS – both of which are below what we would consider to be playable on an FPS title, even a non-competitive one. We would therefore advise adding on more power than listed under these headings to achieve higher average FPS on these graphical settings.

Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition Minimum System Requirements

  • Average Performance : 1080p, 45 FPS
  • Visual Quality Settings : Normal
  • Ray Tracing Quality Settings : Normal
  • CPU : 4 Cores, hyperthreading necessary
  • RAM : 8GB RAM
  • GPU / Video Card : Nvidia RTX 2060
  • Storage : 59GB HDD space
  • Operating System : Windows 10 (64-bit only)

Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition Recommended System Requirements

  • Average Performance : 1080p, 60 FPS
  • Visual Quality Settings : High
  • Ray Tracing Quality Settings : High
  • CPU : 8 Cores
  • RAM : 16GB RAM
  • GPU / Video Card : Nvidia RTX 2070 / RTX 3060, AMD RX 6700 XT
  • Storage : 59GB HDD space
  • Operating System : Windows 10 (64-bit only)

Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition High System Requirements

  • Average Performance : 1440p, 60 fps
  • Visual Quality Settings :Ultra
  • Ray Tracing Quality Settings : High
  • CPU : 8 Cores
  • RAM : 16GB RAM
  • GPU / Video Card : Nvidia RTX 3070 / AMD RX 6800 XT
  • Storage : 59GB HDD space
  • Operating System : Windows 10 (64-bit only)

Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition Ultra System Requirements

  • Average Performance : 4K, 30 fps
  • Visual Quality Settings : Ultra
  • Ray Tracing Quality Settings : High
  • CPU : 8 Cores
  • RAM : 16GB RAM
  • GPU / Video Card : Nvidia RTX 3080 / AMD RX 6900 XT
  • Storage : 59GB HDD space
  • Operating System : Windows 10 (64-bit only)

Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition RT Extreme System Requirements

  • Average Performance : 4K, 60 fps
  • Visual Quality Settings : Extreme
  • Ray Tracing Quality Settings : Ultra
  • CPU : 8 Cores
  • RAM : 16GB RAM
  • GPU / Video Card : Nvidia RTX 3090
  • Storage : 59GB HDD space
  • Operating System : Windows 10 (64-bit only)

What Gaming PC Do We Recommend To Play Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition?

Playing Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition on the minimum system requirements as above, with ray tracing set to normal will require a $1,500 build. For the Recommended requirements then you’ll need to for out for the $2,000 build.

Running the game as per the High system requirements listed above will necessitate one of our $3,000 builds, and if you want to run as per the Ultra or RT Extreme requirements, then you’ll have to shell out for a $5,000 build.

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