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FromSoftware's highly anticipated new game, Elden Ring, is out in only ten days, and publisher Bandai Namco has just announced the system requirements. The minimum system requirements are beefier than expected, especially considering the game will also be releasing on previous-generation consoles, with PC players needing 12GB of RAM to run the game, plus either an Nvidia GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon RX 580 and either a Intel Core i5-8400 or an AMD Ryzen 3 3300X. The full specs can be seen below:

Elden Ring minimum requirements​

• OS: Windows 10
• Processor: Intel Core i5-8400 | AMD Ryzen 3 3300X
• Memory: 12GB RAM
• Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060, 3GB | AMD Radeon RX 580, 4GB
• DirectX: DirectX 12 (Feature Level 12.0)
• Storage: 60GB
• Sound Card: Windows-compatible audio device

Elden Ring recommended specifications​

• OS: Windows 10 | Windows 11
• Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K | AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
• Memory: 16GB RAM
• Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070, 8GB | AMD Radeon RX Vega 56, 8GB
• DirectX: DirectX 12 (Feature Level 12.0)
• Storage: 60 GB
• Sound Card: Windows-compatible audio device

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[yusuo]

These are fairly modest

 

[AngryCinnabon]

I'm glad it isn't too aggressive on the GPU front, a ""friend"" of mine claimed it was going to require an RTX 2070 for minimum settings and an rtx 3060 for recommended, what a load of bullshit from them but it still had me worried tbh.

 

[spotanjo3]

I want it. By the way, I am going to stick with PS5/PS4. Less hassle.

 

[Deleted member 194275]

My 970 will cry hard

 

[diggeloid]

My 970 will cry hard

It might not be so bad. The minimum specs say 3GB, so as long as it stays below 3.5GB you won't have to worry about that remaining fake 0.5 tanking your performance.

 

[Scarlet]

No ultrawide support makes me glad to have picked it up on Series X for the time being.

 

[HellGhast]

I want it. By the way, I am going to stick with PS5/PS4. Less hassle.

Agreed, Ps5 all the way.

 

[Stone_Wings]

I want it. By the way, I am going to stick with PS5/PS4. Less hassle.

Agreed, Ps5 all the way.

2022 and the "PC gaming is more of a hassle" argument still exists? There is little to no hassle. I can't believe how overblown that sort of statement still is.

Anyway, bought it already for Series X because I was certain my 1070 wasn't going to be able to handle it. Oh well.

 

[sup3rgh0st]

My main rig is creeping closer and closer to the 'minimum' specs for games and it makes my wallet cry. My 6GB 1060 needs to hold out another year or two for prices to hopefully come down.

 

[djpannda]

BUT WILL IT PLAY ON STEAM DECK!

 

[Deleted member 514822]

I want it. By the way, I am going to stick with PS5/PS4. Less hassle.

Clicking the download button and the launch button is a real hassle. At least use a real reason like fear the RCE bug won't be fully fixed. Ps: i tried the demo on ps4, it runs like absolute garbage. Wouldnt recommend it unless its your only option. I assume ps5 is better.

 

[MrSandstorm]

My main rig is creeping closer and closer to the 'minimum' specs for games and it makes my wallet cry. My 6GB 1060 needs to hold out another year or two for prices to hopefully come down.

You should be fine. Devs tend to test these things with one or two presets and call it a day. If you think about it, there's only a ~30% difference between the 1060 that they're calling "minimum required" and the recommended 1070. I'd guess that this minimum is for something around 1080p at medium settings.

 

[spotanjo3]

2022 and the "PC gaming is more of a hassle" argument still exists? There is little to no hassle. I can't believe how overblown that sort of statement still is.

Anyway, bought it already for Series X because I was certain my 1070 wasn't going to be able to handle it. Oh well.

No, this game is more of a hassle, silly. Not any PC gaming, thought. I have PC and PS4 and PS5 for the different reasons.

 

[chrisrlink]

BUT WILL IT PLAY ON STEAM DECK!

they probably did something to tone down gpu/apu demand to work on it if not steam deck will already be in trouble for future releases

 

[SuperDan]

My GTX 1070ti ... makes it again pheww

 

[vaugerbird]

Jesus, maybe it's time for an upgrade from my poor little Ryzen 3 2200g. Thankfully I'm good on the GPU front, it'll definitely have to work hard but should do alright.

 

[RedoLane]

Hmm not bad. my GTX 1660ti might handle it at Medium-High at best, but hopefully it won't suffer from memory leak on day one.
Naturally, NVIDIA might release a Game Ready driver for this game.

 

[Bladexdsl]

my evga 1080 ti ftw3 still going strong

 

[hallo23]

I wish we would get actuall benchmarks instead of this requiements bullshit.

"hey you will be able to run the game with this hardware... at 20 fps but you will be able to run it!"
Guess I have to wait for the real benchmarks to see if my 1070 will actually be good enough to run this at atleast 60 fps.