🖥️ NBA 2K21 system requirements
Minimum and recommended PC specs (official, from Steam). Meeting "Minimum" means you can play; for smoother visuals and higher settings, refer to "Recommended".
🖥️ Can your PC run NBA 2K21?
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| Requirement equivalent | GPU tier | CPU tier | Memory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum | HD 7770 | Intel Core i3-2100 / AMD FX-4000 系列（四核） | 4 GB |
| Recommended | GTX 770 / R9 270 | Intel Core i5-4430 / AMD FX-8000 系列（八核） | 8 GB |
💻 Minimum
- 作業系統 *
- Windows 7 64-bit, Windows 8.1 64-bit or Windows 10 64-bit
- 處理器
- Intel® Core™ i3-2100 @ 3.10 GHz / AMD FX-4100 @ 3.60 GHz or better
- 記憶體
- 4 GB 記憶體
- 顯示卡
- NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 450 1GB / ATI® Radeon™ HD 7770 1GB or better
- DirectX
- 版本：11
- 網路
- 寬頻網際網路連線
- 儲存空間
- 110 GB 可用空間
- 音效卡
- Directx 9.0x
- 備註
- Dual-analog Gamepad recommended. Initial installation requires one-time internet connection for Steam authentication; software installations required (included with the game) include DirectX and Visual C++ Redistributable 2012. In order to play NBA 2K21 on PC, you need a processor capable of supporting SSE 4.2 and AVX.
🚀 Recommended
- 作業系統 *
- Windows 7 64-bit, Windows 8.1 64-bit or Windows 10 64-bit
- 處理器
- Intel® Core™ i5-4430 @ 3 GHz / AMD FX-8370 @ 3.4 GHz or better
- 記憶體
- 8 GB 記憶體
- 顯示卡
- NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 770 2GB / ATI® Radeon™ R9 270 2GB or better
- DirectX
- 版本：11
- 網路
- 寬頻網際網路連線
- 儲存空間
- 110 GB 可用空間
- 音效卡
- Directx 9.0c
- 備註
- Dual-analog Gamepad recommended. Initial installation requires one-time internet connection for Steam authentication; software installations required (included with the game) include DirectX and Visual C++ Redistributable 2012. In order to play NBA 2K21 on PC, you need a processor capable of supporting SSE 4.2 and AVX.
Source: Steam store page (updated 2026/10/3). Requirements may change after updates; check the store page before buying.
🎮 Can popular graphics cards run NBA 2K21?
Intel UHD / HD 630 (integrated)
❌ Can't run it
Intel Iris Xe (integrated)
⚠️ Barely
GTX 1050 Ti
🚀 Smooth
GTX 1650
🚀 Smooth
GTX 1060 6GB
🚀 Smooth
GTX 1660 Super
🚀 Smooth
RTX 2060
🚀 Smooth
RTX 3050
🚀 Smooth
RTX 3060
🚀 Smooth
RTX 4060
🚀 Smooth
RTX 4060 Laptop
🚀 Smooth
RX 580
🚀 Smooth
RX 6600
🚀 Smooth
RTX 4070 Super
🚀 Smooth
RTX 5070
🚀 Smooth
Compares graphics cards only; your CPU and RAM must also meet the requirements. See Can I run it? for how it's calculated.