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Best gaming PC for Madden NFL 26 in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Madden NFL 26 today. These are our 2026 hardware picks, not the dated publisher minimums you'll find on Steam.
Budget
1080p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 7600
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1TB NVMe SSD
Mid-tier
1440p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
High-end
1440p · 144fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
Enthusiast
4K · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB
- RAM
- 64 GB
- Storage
- 4TB NVMe SSD
Official system requirements
These are the minimum and recommended specs as published by EA Sports on Steam. They tend to be conservative — usually "what ran the game at 1080p when it shipped". For what you should actually buy in 2026, see the tier cards above.
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 10 - 64-Bit (Latest Update) | Windows 10 - 64-Bit (Latest Update) |
| CPU | Intel Core i7-6700K (4-cores; 8-threads) or AMD Ryzen 5 1600 | Intel Core i7-8700K (6-core; 12-thread) or AMD Ryzen 7 2700X |
| RAM | 10 GB | 12 GB |
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB or AMD Radeon RX 570 4GB | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB or AMD RX 6600 XT 8GB |
| Storage | 65 GB | 65 GB |
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
Verified 16 July 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run Madden NFL 26?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to Intel Core i7-8700K (6-core; 12-thread) and your GPU is at or above NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.