Next-gen large-scale real-time strategy action is coming to Windows PC with Oxide Games Ashes of the Singularity II on November 10, 2026. If you're in the market for new hardware this is important as this is a very GPU hungry game that doesn't yet support modern upscaling techniques like DLSS. You'll have to make do with brute graphical horsepower to push high framerates in these intense 10 mission campaign moments.
Intel Arc integrated GPUs fail to launch the GPU-hungry strategy title
The game introduces a new faction in United Earth Forces and pushes system boundaries through scale with huge numbers of units. Testing on Lenovo hardware shows some pretty stark differences between dedicated graphics cards and integrated GPUs. High-end mobile GPUs can handle Ashes of the Singularity II just fine but you can't even get it to launch or work right if you're on Intel Arc integrated graphics.
- RTX 5090 Mobile (4K Extreme): 46 fps
- RTX 5090 Mobile (FHD High): 123 fps
- RTX 3060 Mobile (FHD Medium): 50 fps
- RTX 3060 Mobile (FHD High): 40 fps
- RTX 3060 Mobile (FHD High Mission 1): 52 fps avg, 42 fps P1
For example on Lenovo Legion 9 18 18IAX10 we're seeing 46fps at 4k with Extreme with the mobile GeForce RTX 5090. Full HD High with that same RTX 5090: 123fps. On the Lenovo Legion 5 Pro, RTX 3060: 50fps on Medium Full HD.
On Lenovo Legion 5 Pro, RTX 3060: 40fps on High Full HD. RTX 3060 first campaign mission was averaging 52fps with 1% lows of 42fps on Full HD High.
Right now no Intel integrated GPU can run Ashes of the Singularity II. We couldn't even get it to launch with the Core Ultra 7 258V Arc 140V. Even with the latest drivers we were seeing missing textures on the Core Ultra X7 358H Arc B390.
Unplayable. No DLSS or any other upscaling either so you'll have to reduce native resolution to make it run a bit better if you're on mid-range hardware.
We've been following Ashes of the Singularity II pretty closely since the early free playtest days. The new version final game is out now with the United Earth Forces faction and more campaign. Available November 10, 2026 for Windows. Big GPU hardware important.
Source: NotebookCheck




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