The original Shadow of Mordor famously offered an enhanced texture pack DLC for the best possible image quality and Shadow of War follows in those footsteps. Along with high system ram requirements, high resolutions at ultra settings requires loads of VRAM on your GPU. Users with 8GB will not have a pleasant experience without turning a few options down. Unlike most PC games, Shadow of War needs at least 12GB of ram to run on its highest settings. For players interested in Ultra settings or resolutions like 1440p, ultra-wide 1440p, or 4K, more juice will be required. While the recommended system requirements are not particularly demanding, they only provide enough juice for running the game smoothly at 1080p on high settings.
Recent Intel dual core CPUs with hyper-threading, like the G4560 or Core i3-6100/7100, are more than up for the task. While the minimum requirements call for a Core i5 CPU, Shadow of War is primarily GPU-bound and you can get away with using a lower-end CPU if you have the graphics power to back it up.
