Can My GTX 1060 6GB Run Helldivers 2? FPS Estimate & System Requirements (2026)

The GTX 1060 6GB falls below Helldivers 2's comfort zone: only about 24 FPS at 1080p even on low settings. We would not recommend this pairing without a GPU upgrade.

On a GTX 1060 6GB, aim for below a comfortable 1080p in Helldivers 2. The GTX 1060 6GB falls below Helldivers 2's comfort zone: only about 24 FPS at 1080p even on low settings. We would not recommend this pairing without a GPU upgrade.

Unlike most titles, Helldivers 2 leans on the processor more than the GTX 1060 6GB. At 1080p you can already be CPU-limited, so a faster GTX 1060 6GB gives diminishing returns — spend the budget on a stronger CPU or faster RAM. The GTX 1060 6GB has more than enough pixel-pushing power for Helldivers 2.

The GTX 1060 6GB carries only 6 GB of VRAM. Helldivers 2 wants more for Ultra textures, so cap texture/texture-streaming quality one step below Ultra to avoid VRAM-spillover stutter. That change is often worth more than any shadow tweak.

The limiting factor for this specific pairing is your CPU. Helldivers 2 spends most of its frame budget on the processor (entity counts, physics, draw calls), so the GTX 1060 6GB — a entry-level card at relative index 30/100 — rarely reaches its own limit. Upgrading the CPU yields more FPS than upgrading the GPU here.

Helldivers 2 is assigned a hardware-demand tier 8/9 from its published requirements (or release era + genre). Each GPU has a relative-performance index (RTX 4090 = 100, source TechPowerUp). FPS ≈ 60 × (GPU index ÷ required index)^0.85, then scaled ×0.66 for 1440p and ×0.38 for 4K. FPS figures are editorial estimates from a transparent demand-tier model (TechPowerUp relative-performance indices, retrieved 2026-08-29), not benchmarks. Verify with your own hardware.