L.A. Noire — Settings, Requirements & Optimization
2011 · Adventure, Action · Team Bondi · ESRB Mature · Metacritic 83
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Optimize L.A. Noire for your PC
This is a planning estimate derived from the game's demand tier, not a benchmark.
My L.A. Noire Settings Card
Generated at GameFigs on 2026-08-21. Game demand tier: 4/9.
Official system requirements
Publisher-published Minimum / Recommended values via RAWG. Real-world performance varies with drivers, resolution and your full build.
| Spec | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| OS | OS: Windows 7 / Windows Vista Service Pack 1 / Windows XP Service Pack 3 | — |
| Processor | Intel CPUs: Core 2.2 GHz to Quad Core 3.2GHz | — |
| Memory | AMD CPUs: Dual Core 2.4Ghz to Quad Core 3.2Ghz | — |
| Graphics | RAM: 2GB to 8GB | — |
| Storage | Hard Disk Space: 16GB | — |
| DirectX | Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 512MB to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 1536MB or Radeon HD3000 512MB to Radeon HD 6850 1024MB | — |
| Item 7 | Sound: 100% DirectX 9 Compatible | — |
| Item 8 | Additional: Please refer to your hardware manufacturer and http://www.rockstargames.com/support for current compatibility information. Some system components such as integrated graphics cards may be incompatible. Unlisted specifications may not be supported by publisher. | — |
About L.A. Noire
After the end of World War 2 long needed peace has been reached and should be protected, so Cole Phelps, a decorated war veteran, returns to Los Angeles, California to his wife and joining the LAPD. Neo-noir action-adventure, L.A. Noire allows players to solve crime cases through collecting clues, collecting witness statements and interrogation. Highly detailed facial animation allows players to detect the exact emotion witness or suspect is expressing, and it can become a leading hint in a case. Slow and meticulous crime solving is broke up by fast-paced action scenes including car chases, gunfights and hand to hand combat. After every case player’s performance will be graded by 1-5 star rating, depending on how they acted during interrogations and how well they searched for the clues. Aside from the main story cases, detective Cole can be involved into optional side-investigations, known as Street Crimes.
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Tune settings →Sources & attribution
- Game data (release year, genres, platforms, system requirements, description, cover art) via RAWG.io, retrieved 2026-08-21.
- FPS bands, presets and upscaler advice on this page are GameFigs planning estimates from the game's demand tier — not benchmark results.
How the L.A. Noire optimization card is computed
Each game is scored on a 0–9 demand tier from its published PC requirements (and a year/genre fallback when requirements are absent). Your GPU and CPU selections map to comparable-class scores. The generator compares your hardware score against the game's demand to pick a starting preset, estimate an FPS band at 1080p/1440p/4K, and recommend an upscaler (DLSS / FSR 3) and ray-tracing posture. The output is a planning guide — always verify in-game with the built-in benchmark when available.