Tomb Raider Game of the Year: PC requirements and the PC you need

About Tomb Raider Game of the Year

Tomb Raider is the 2013 reboot of the famous series from Crystal Dynamics, telling the story of how a young Lara Croft becomes a survivor. Shipwrecked on a dangerous island off the coast of Japan, she must climb, explore, solve puzzles and fight hostile cult members with her bow and other weapons. This Game of the Year edition includes extra content. The main story is single player, with an online multiplayer mode as well. It is rated PEGI 18. The makers recommend a GTX 480 or HD 5870 and 4 GB of memory, so any of our gaming PCs plays it easily.

What Tomb Raider Game of the Year needs

In plain words: to play at all it needs almost any graphics, even the graphics built into the processor, and to play it well the makers suggest almost any graphics, even the graphics built into the processor, with 4GB of memory.

A low-spec PC or a high-spec PC?

This is a light game: almost any of our gaming PCs will run it comfortably at high settings.

On a PC that only just meets the minimum, the game will start and play, but on low settings: simpler shadows and textures, shorter view distances and fewer frames each second, so fast moments can feel less smooth. A 1080p screen is the sensible match.

On a PC that meets or beats the recommended spec, you can turn the settings up: sharper textures, proper shadows and lighting, more detail in the distance, and a smoother picture. A stronger PC also lets you use a sharper 1440p or high-refresh screen.

Questions about Tomb Raider Game of the Year on PC

How we match: we compare the graphics card and the memory in each PC with the makers' spec, because those decide most of how a game runs. For very new or demanding games, ask us and we will check the processor too. More help: graphics cards explained, how much RAM, which screen.