What Hardware Do I Need for RawCheats?
Any Windows 10 or 11 PC with an Intel or AMD CPU (Ryzen 3000+ or Intel 8th-gen+), 16GB RAM, an Nvidia GTX 1660 / AMD RX 580 or better, and at least 50GB free SSD space for the game plus loader. TPM 2.0 must be enabled for Windows 11 anti-cheats. Secure Boot enabled for Fortnite (Feb 2026 IOMMU rule). No DMA hardware, no second PC, no expensive setup — RawCheats is software-only. Native Windows is required; Steam Deck SteamOS is incompatible.
RawCheats is software-only, so hardware requirements are modest. The cheat loader and Raw Spoofer run on any reasonably modern Windows gaming PC. The variable is the game's hardware requirements, not the cheat's. Below is the spec floor for the cheat workflow.
CPU
Intel 8th-gen (Coffee Lake) or AMD Ryzen 3000 (Zen 2) or newer. The Raw Spoofer's WMI and NDIS operations have negligible CPU cost — under 1% on a six-core. The cheat overlay's Direct3D draw layer costs around 2-4% CPU. Game CPU requirements are the actual bottleneck. Fortnite, Marvel Rivals, and Apex Legends need a six-core minimum for stable framerates at competitive settings.
RAM
16GB is the floor, 32GB recommended for streaming/recording alongside gameplay. The cheat process uses around 80-150MB resident — trivial. Windows itself plus the game plus cheat overlay plus Discord plus browser comfortably fits 16GB.
GPU
Nvidia GTX 1660 / AMD RX 580 minimum for any current FPS. Modern competitive titles (Fortnite, Marvel Rivals, Apex, PUBG) realistically need an RTX 3060 / RX 6600 for stable 144Hz competitive framerates. The Direct3D overlay adds about 0.5-1ms frame time — negligible. GPU UUID is one of the identifiers the Raw Spoofer randomizes, so any NVIDIA, AMD, or Intel GPU works.
Storage
50GB free SSD space for the game install + loader + spoofer + spare for updates. NVMe is preferred over SATA SSD only for game load times. The cheat workflow doesn't care. HDD-only setups work but suffer at game load.
TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot
Most current anti-cheats require TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot enabled. Fortnite added an IOMMU requirement in February 2026, Marvel Rivals NeacSafe requires Secure Boot, and Riot Vanguard requires TPM 2.0. Enable both in BIOS/UEFI before any cheat workflow. Disabling Secure Boot to "make cheating easier" is the wrong move — the games stop launching for legitimate reasons.
Motherboard
Any AM4, AM5, LGA1151, LGA1200, LGA1700, or LGA1851 board works. The Raw Spoofer reads SMBIOS through Windows WMI, which abstracts over motherboard vendor differences. ASUS, MSI, Gigabyte, ASRock all work.
Network
Wired ethernet preferred for competitive play (lower latency, stable jitter). The cheat loader needs outbound HTTPS access to RawCheats infrastructure. Cellular hotspots and unstable Wi-Fi cause occasional inject retries but don't break the workflow.
Peripherals
Any mouse, keyboard, monitor combination. Side-button mice (Logitech G502, Razer Naga, Razer Basilisk) make aimbot binding more flexible — see how do I bind my aim key. Monitor EDID is one of the spoofed identifiers, so brand doesn't matter from a fingerprint perspective.
What you DON'T need
- DMA card (Captain DMA, ScreamerCard) — those are for hardware-level DMA cheats, not software cheats
- Second PC (DMA target machines need a separate PC; software cheats run on one machine)
- Hardware spoofer dongle (sold by some shady vendors, mostly snake oil)
- Modded BIOS or jailbroken firmware
- Specific motherboard chipset
- Specific CPU generation beyond the floor
What's incompatible
- Steam Deck SteamOS (Linux/Proton) — see Steam Deck answer
- Mac OS — no Windows kernel, no support
- ARM Windows (Surface Pro X, Snapdragon laptops) — anti-cheats don't ship ARM builds and our spoofer targets x86-64 only
- Cloud streaming (GeForce NOW, Xbox Cloud Gaming) — game runs on the cloud server, no local surface to attach to
Recommended baseline
A typical 2024-2026 mid-range gaming PC: Ryzen 5 7600 or Intel i5-13600K, 32GB DDR5, RTX 4060 or RX 7700, 1TB NVMe SSD, Windows 11 with TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot on. This setup handles every game in our roster at competitive framerates with the cheat overlay adding negligible overhead.
For Windows version specifics see does RawCheats work on Windows 10 and 11. For HWID protection see the Raw Spoofer product.
Sources
- TPM 2.0 Overview — Microsoft
- About Easy Anti-Cheat — Epic Games
- BattlEye Support FAQ — BattlEye Innovations
Related Questions
No. RawCheats runs on Windows 10 and 11 only. Steam Deck uses SteamOS, a Linux distribution running games through Proton (a Wine-based compatibility layer). Our loader, spoofer, and cheat overlay are Windows binaries that require native NT kernel APIs, NDIS-level MAC rewrite, and WMI for SMBIOS spoofing — none of which work in Proton. Dual-booting Windows on Steam Deck is technically possible but defeats the purpose and introduces extra detection vectors. Use a real Windows PC.
Yes. RawCheats runs on Windows 10 22H2 and Windows 11 22H2/23H2/24H2/25H2. Both versions support the same loader, spoofer, and cheat overlay code. Windows 11 is preferred because TPM 2.0 enforcement and IOMMU defaults match what modern anti-cheats (Fortnite EAC, Riot Vanguard, Marvel Rivals NeacSafe) require. Windows 10 still works but you must manually enable Secure Boot and TPM 2.0 in BIOS. Windows 7/8.1 are unsupported. ARM Windows is unsupported.
Cold boot Windows before launching anything, right-click the Raw Spoofer binary and select Run as administrator, paste your spoofer license into the activation field, and click Spoof. The tool randomizes 16 hardware identifiers including SMBIOS UUID, motherboard serial, disk serials, MAC addresses, GPU UUID, MachineGuid, RAM SPD, and monitor EDID in about 4 seconds. Reboot is not required. Launch your cheat loader and game afterward.
Buy the Raw cheat for your game plus the Raw Spoofer add-on, cold boot Windows, run Raw Spoofer as administrator and enter your spoofer license to randomize 16 hardware identifiers, launch the Raw loader and enter the cheat license, select your game from the dropdown, then start the game via Steam, Epic, or Battle.net. Click Inject in the loader at the main menu and press INSERT in-game to open the overlay.
Modern anti-cheats fingerprint a composite of 16+ identifiers: SMBIOS UUID, motherboard serial, all disk serials (SATA + NVMe), every NIC''s MAC address, GPU UUID, MachineGuid (Windows registry), Windows Product ID, Windows install date, RAM SPD strings, USB controller IDs, PCI device IDs, monitor EDID, BIOS strings, TPM 2.0 endorsement key (unspoofable from user-mode), CPU ID, and Microsoft Remote Attestation. Raw Spoofer randomizes 13 of these; TPM EK and Pluton are firmware-baked and out of reach.
