Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 Ray Tracing PC Requirements
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Sony, Insomniac Games and Nixxes have finally released the system requirements for their much anticipated Marvel’s Spider-Man 2. While it’s sure to be a great looking game, given how good the last one looked, what will it take to enjoy the full suite of ray tracing technologies? It launches tomorrow with Ray Tracing Reflections, Shadows, Ambient Occlusion, Ray Reconstruction, and support for scaling technologies including NVIDIA DLSS 3, AMD FSR 3.1 and Intel XeSS.
The PC requirements give us a good idea of what kind of hardware you’ll need to experience the game in all its glory. Let’s break down the ray tracing requirements based on your desired level of fidelity.
What Nixxes Had to Say
“NVIDIA DLSS Ray Reconstruction aims to achieve more detailed raytracing features by combining two separate temporal processes in a frame: denoising of the raytracing features and upscaling of the entire frame. By combining these steps, ray reconstruction keeps more useful information over multiple frames to add small details in raytracing effects that can otherwise be lost.
In Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 on PC with ray reconstruction enabled, we see more detailed ray-traced reflections and better-defined ray-traced shadows, especially when viewing raytracing effects at steep angles. We also see improvements in the ray-traced interiors and less ghosting and noise in the ray-traced ambient occlusion.
We’ve included two models of NVIDIA’s Ray Reconstruction, the original model introduced in DLSS 3.5, and a newly improved model designed for RTX 40 series GPUs and newer. This new model results in an overall more temporally stable image, further improving the visual quality of raytracing.”– Menno Bil, Graphics Programmer, Nixxes
Ray Tracing
If you’re aiming for High Ray Tracing at 1440p and 60 FPS, you’ll need at least an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 or an AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT. On the CPU side, an Intel Core i5-11600K or an AMD Ryzen 5 5600X should suffice. 16GB of RAM remains consistent across the board. Stepping up to Very High Ray Tracing at the same resolution and frame rate, you’ll need to make the jump to an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 or an AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX, paired with a more powerful CPU like the Intel Core i7-12700K or AMD Ryzen 9 5900X.
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For the ultimate experience, Ultimate Ray Tracing at 4K and 60 FPS, you’ll need to bring out the big guns. An NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 is the recommended GPU, alongside a top-tier CPU like the Intel Core i9-12900K or AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D. However, given recent developments, a 4090 or a 5080 (if you can find one). You’ll also want to double your RAM to 32GB. Regardless of your chosen settings, you’ll need a 64-bit version of Windows 10 or 11 and at least 140GB of SSD storage.
It’s important to remember that these are just the recommended specs, and your actual performance may vary depending on other factors like in-game settings. Either way, ray tracing looks to be a bit of a beast this time around, and while I own one, I feel like recommending a 4090 is taking the piss a bit, given fewer than 1% of PC users polled on Steam even own one.
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 Ray Tracing PC Requirements
Category | Minimum | Recommended | High | High Ray Tracing | Very High Ray Tracing | Ultimate Ray Tracing |
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Avg. Performance | 720P @ 30 FPS | 1080P @ 60 FPS | 1440P @ 60 FPS | 1440P @ 60 FPS | 1440P @ 60 FPS | 4K @ 60 FPS |
Graphics Presets | Very Low | Medium | High | High Ray Tracing | High Ray Tracing Very High | Very High Ray Tracing Ultimate |
GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 / AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 / AMD Radeon RX 5700 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 / AMD Radeon RX 6800 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 / AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 / AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 |
CPU | Intel Core i3-8100 / AMD Ryzen 3 3100 | Intel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | Intel Core i5-11400 / AMD Ryzen 5 5600 | Intel Core i5-11600K / AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | Intel Core i7-12700K / AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | Intel Core i9-12900K / AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D |
RAM | 16 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB | 32 GB |
OS | Windows 10/11 64-bit (version 1909 or higher) | Windows 10/11 64-bit (version 1909 or higher) | Windows 10/11 64-bit (version 1909 or higher) | Windows 10/11 64-bit (version 1909 or higher) | Windows 10/11 64-bit (version 1909 or higher) | Windows 10/11 64-bit (version 1909 or higher) |
SSD Storage | 140 GB | 140 GB | 140 GB | 140 GB | 140 GB | 140 GB |
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You can grab your copy on Steam here, the game is set to unlock later today!