System Requirements
Fortnite is playable on Windows, macOS, PlayStation 4, Playstation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, Android, and iOS.
Minimum and Recommended Specifications
| “ | Fortnite is designed to run well on a wide variety of PC hardware so that as many players as possible can jump in and play. In order to provide the most enjoyable experience when playing Fortnite on PC, we recommend the following system specifications. | „ |
| — Epic Games on [Fortnite's minimum and recommended specifications] |
| Component | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | Core i3 2.4 Ghz | Core i5 2.8 Ghz |
| RAM | 4 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Graphics | Intel Iris Pro 5200 | Nvidia GTX 660 or AMD Radeon HD 7870 equivalent DX11 GPU |
| VRAM | 2 GB VRAM | |
| OS | Windows 7/8/10 64-bit or Mac OSX Sierra | Windows 7/8/10 64-bit or Mac OSX Mojave |
Changes
Patch 5.20 (August 7, 2018)
- Performance
- Significant GPU optimization on Switch. Moved to the high-end forward renderer. This increases dynamic resolution by 10% in expensive scenes.
- Optimized the way explosives modify buildings to lighten the load on dedicated servers.
- Building props have more efficient network usage when taking damage.
- Melee animation trails now use significantly less network traffic.
- Optimized C4 network usage, the impact sound no longer broadcasts to players outside a certain range. It now only plays for players that are close enough to the impact.
- Fixed small world props rendering at extreme distances.
- Bug Fixes
- Reduced memory usage of internal object reference search systems. This will help prevent out of memory crashes.