New World uses Amazon Lumberyard, a brand-new game engine based on more time-tested CryEngine 3. Crytek has been known for its focus on visuals. A trace of that can be seen in New World. Unfortunately, that’s why New World is not an easy game to run!
First, I’ll begin with the minimum and recommended requirements for desktop PCs and then for laptops. With that, we’ll move on to every component if you’d want to know how I selected the best laptops for New World or how you’d judge a brand new gaming laptop. Finally, I’ll give you what you’ve come here – a list of the best laptops for the New World.
- New World is very demanding, especially considering it’s an MMORPG
- all visual effects and plenty of NPCs and players require plenty of CPU and GPU power
Optional Minimum system requirements for New World
The first thing to look at are the minimum system requirements for New World:
- Processor: Intel Core i5-2400 / AMD CPU with 4 cores @ 3Ghz
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 670 2GB / AMD Radeon R9 280 or better
- Disk: 7200 RPM HDD
- Storage: 50 GB available space
Optional Recommended system requirements for New World
- Processor: Intel Core i7-2600K / AMD Ryzen 5 1400
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 / AMD Radeon R9 390X or better
- Disk: SSD
- Storage: 50 GB available space
Optional Minimum requirements for New World for laptop
The first thing to look at are the minimum system requirements for New World:
- Processor: Intel Core i5-5300U / AMD Ryzen 3 3250U
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 1050 / AMD Radeon RX 540X or better
- Disk: 7200 RPM HDD
- Storage: 50 GB available space
Optional Recommended requirements for New World for laptop
- Processor: Intel Core i5-10310U / AMD Ryzen 7 3700U
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 1650 Ti Mobile / AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)
- Disk: SSD
- Storage: 50 GB available space
As you might have noticed, I had to bump up the laptop requirements just a bit beyond their desktop equivalents. That’s because we can’t afford the luxury of running our CPUs and GPUs at 100% as you could on a desktop. Sooner or later, that would lead to performance throttling, resulting in dropped frames, stuttering, and all that gaming horror. No one wants that. That’s why I’d rather have a ~10% headroom on a laptop than recommend something that will choke on a serious load.
Also, I didn’t present the requirements for the best laptop for New World. For those, I’ll need to get into more detail. So without further delay, let’s get straight to it.