Best Laptop for Shadow Warrior 3 – Requirements and Review (2022)

Shadow Warrior 3 is an unbridled good time with great fights and even greater one-liners. Add in some character and weapon upgrades with a great store and that is a recipe for success in my book. With the exception of the controller issues everything else in this game comes highly recommended by myself.

For that reason I will give my thoughts on the best laptops for Shadow Warrior 3 and then an overall summary of the games strengths and weaknesses. I did my research – best sellers, latest releases, reviews, benchmarks, user opinions and more. Let’s begin with requirements breakdown:

Requirements for a Shadow Warrior 3 laptop

Major Picking a good processor

Requirements

A game such as SHADOW WARRIOR 3 should run well on most laptops with an average CPU – provided it has a sufficient GPU. Still, some processors are better than others – particularly when it comes to rendering detail and shadows in the game. And this is where Intel Core i5/i7 and AMD Ryzen 5/Ryzen 7 come in handy.

If you’re really looking for a high FPS and are OK with tinkering with your laptop’s settings – Core i9/Ryzen 9 will also do the trick. But I would recommend these only in case you’re going to play other more demanding games.

Recommendations

There are three main types of processors that are suited for playing SHADOW WARRIOR 3:

• Ryzen 5 3500U – best for those who care about long battery life
• i5-10300H – a popular option for gamers who want a solid mix of performance and battery life
• i7-10870H – ideal for those who want a more substantial FPS increase (100+)

Major Deciding on a graphics card

A modest GPU will do the trick. For SHADOW WARRIOR 3, an average graphics card should suffice. You might want to pay a little more if you want to play at higher settings or resolution. Here are my recommendations for playing SHADOW WARRIOR 3 on PC.

Minimum graphics (under $500)

Integrated graphics chips are not recommended for gaming. I’d recommend to start from GTX 1650 for low settings. If that’s not your cup of tea, then I’d recommend AMD Radeon RX 5600M for playable performance on medium settings. These cards will both set you back by about $250 and up to around $700.

Recommended graphics ($500 – $1000)

To play SHADOW WARRIOR 3 at its fullest potential, we’ll need to invest in something better than our minimum options above. This means going for Nvidia’s GTX 1660 Ti or AMD’s RX 5600M ($1000). Both of these cards will deliver 60 FPS on medium settings and the RTX 3050 offers slightly better performance with an extra $200 investment.

Best graphics ($1000 – $2000)

For a smooth 60 FPS experience on the highest settings, I recommend going for RTX 2070 and AMD’s RX 5700. These cards provide you with solid performance on most settings and the latter even brings you a little extra juice in VR.

Major Choosing the right memory for SHADOW WARRIOR 3

Minimum (8 GB)

First of all, I should mention that you could get away buying an 8GB RAM laptop. Though that’s acceptable in a single situation – you’re on an uncomfortably tight budget, and you could upgrade the 8GB laptop with an extra RAM stick.

But let’s be realistic here – even the minimum 8 GB is not enough for SHADOW WARRIOR 3. I recommend opting for at least 16 GB of RAM to make sure that your gameplay is buttery smooth, while your gaming sessions are never interrupted by lagging or stuttering frame rates. It’s worth the extra money!

Recommended (16 GB)

If you’re not in this situation – stick with 16 GB. That’s the sweet spot for gaming, work, and everything in-between. I might consider 32 GB to be more future-oriented than 16 GB, but if you don’t particularly care whether you’re ahead of the pack or not – 16 GB is still a considerable amount of memory for most. In my opinion, SHADOW WARRIOR 3 needs around 16GBs to deliver an optimal experience, which means any system below that won’t do justice to it.

Optional requirements for a Shadow Warrior 3 laptop

Optional Deciding on a storage

There are three things that you need to know about SSDs. The first is that they’re way faster than regular hard drives, the second is that they’re expensive and the third is that there’s no reason to get a laptop with anything less than 256 GB of storage space. If you want to save money and your budget is around $1000, get one with 512 GB of storage space. Anything less than 256 GB will only cause you grief in the future.

5 Best Laptops for Shadow Warrior 3

Table of Best Laptops for Shadow Warrior 3

Laptop	Price (approx)
HP Pavilion 16 PC	$740
Acer Swift X SFX14-41G-R1S6	$920
Acer Predator Triton 500	$1600
Acer Predator Helios 300	$2070
Eluktronics MECH-15	$3200