The Emperor, in the form of Saber Interactive and Focus Entertainment, has delivered a mighty gift to fans of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2—a free 4K texture pack that promises to make your Ultramarines look more stunning than ever before.
Installing the texture pack is simple: download it from Steam or Epic Games, restart your game, and you’re ready to go. However, before diving in, there are a couple of things to keep in mind.
Massive Size and Storage Requirements
First off, this texture pack is enormous. While the base game already requires 75GB of storage, the 4K texture pack takes that up to a staggering 160GB. That means the texture pack alone is bigger than the original game itself and even larger than several of the most storage-intensive games on PC.
Beefy System Requirements
The 4K texture pack doesn’t just demand storage—it requires some serious hardware as well. The minimum requirements for running the game with 4K textures exceed the base game’s recommended specs. Here’s a comparison:
Base Game Recommended (1920×1080, 60 fps, ultra graphics preset)
- OS: Windows 10/11 64-bit
- Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X / Intel Core i7-12700
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: 8 GB VRAM (AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT / Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070)
- Storage: 75 GB available space
4K Texture Pack Minimum (3840×2160, 30 fps, ultra graphics preset)
- OS: Windows 10 (1903 min)/11 64-bit
- Processor: 12 CPU cores (AMD Ryzen 9 5900X / Intel Core i7-12700)
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: 12 GB VRAM (AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT / Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080)
- Storage: 160 GB available space
And here’s what you need for the best experience:
4K Texture Pack Recommended (60 fps, ultra graphics preset)
- Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D / Intel Core i9-14900K
- Graphics: 12 GB VRAM (AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX / Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER)
User Experiences and Early Impressions
Initial Steam reviews are mixed but clear: if you’ve got the hardware, the visual upgrade is worth it, with some calling it “glorious.” However, many users are finding that the 12GB VRAM recommendation might be a little low. Some suggest that 16GB or even 24GB VRAM is needed for optimal performance.
But if the pack slows down your game or consumes too much storage, no worries. You can easily uninstall the 4K textures and revert to the base version’s already-impressive graphics.
More Updates to Come
In addition to the 4K texture pack, Focus Entertainment also acknowledged player concerns about recent changes in patch 4.0. They’re actively working on another update, which will include balancing fixes and is expected to be released next week.
