Can My PC Run Need for Speed Payback?

Set in the underworld of Fortune Valley, you and your crew were divided by betrayal and reunited by revenge to take down The House, a nefarious cartel that rules the city’s casinos, criminals and cops. In this corrupt gambler’s paradise, th

Need for Speed Payback PC Requirements

Minimum Requirements

CPU: Intel i3 6300 @ 3.8GHz or AMD FX 8150 @ 3.6GHz with 4 hardware threads
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 750 Ti or AMD Radeon™ HD 7850 or equivalent DX11 compatible GPU with 2GB of memoryNVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti specs →
VRAM: Not stated
RAM: 6 GB
Storage: 30 GB
OS: 64-bit Windows 7 or later
DirectX: Version 11
Network: Broadband Internet connection

Recommended Requirements

CPU: Intel i5 4690K @ 3.5GHz or AMD FX 8350 @ 4.0GHz with 4 hardware threadsAMD FX-8350 specs →
GPU: AMD Radeon™ RX 480 4GB, NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 1060 6GB or equivalent DX11 compatible GPU with 4GB of memoryNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB specs →AMD Radeon RX 480 specs →
VRAM: Not stated
RAM: 8 GB
Storage: 30 GB
OS: 64-bit Windows 10 or later
DirectX: Version 11
Network: Broadband Internet connection

✓ Independently verified against the publisher 2026-08-23Source: Steam store page

Game details

Developer: Ghost Games
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Released: 18 June 2020

About Need for Speed Payback

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Common questions about running Need for Speed Payback

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What PC do I need for Need for Speed Payback?

For a comfortable experience, the publisher's recommended specification asks for the following. This is their figure, not our estimate.

Graphics card: AMD Radeon™ RX 480 4GB, NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 1060 6GB or equivalent DX11 compatible GPU with 4GB of memory
Processor: Intel i5 4690K @ 3.5GHz or AMD FX 8350 @ 4.0GHz with 4 hardware threads
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Storage: 30 GB
Operating system: 64-bit Windows 10 or later

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Can my laptop run Need for Speed Payback?

The same check applies — enter the parts your laptop actually contains. Be aware that a laptop graphics chip is usually slower than the desktop card it shares a name with, because the manufacturer sets a lower power limit. A laptop advertising the AMD Radeon™ RX 480 4GB named here may therefore fall somewhat short of it in practice, and sustained performance drops further as the machine heats up. Treat a borderline laptop result as optimistic rather than assured.