Can I Run Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown?
Bandai Namco Studios Inc. released Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown in 2019. It is an action simulation game, published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. It offers a single player campaign and competitive multiplayer. Full controller support is present, so nothing needs configuring before a pad works. There are 49 achievements to chase. Progress follows the account through Steam Cloud rather than sitting on one disk. With more than 45 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. Critics scored it 78 on Metacritic. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones. Its 7 years mean the stated figures describe machines that were current then, not now. 13 languages are covered by the store listing.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i3-7100 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750Ti(2GB) |
| VRAM | 2 GB |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 50 GB |
| OS | Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10 (64-bit OS required) |
| DirectX | 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-7500 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (3GB) |
| VRAM | 3 GB |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 50 GB |
| OS | Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10 (64-bit OS required) |
| DirectX | 11 |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in a military setting. Play is structured around open airspace. There are 10 official screenshots to judge the look from. The view is in three dimensions.
Why Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown is demanding
Demand in Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown is ordinary. The publisher has NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 ( in mind, which our tables place around the RTX 3060. Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown needs 64 bit Windows. System memory expectations are modest at 8 GB. Disk footprint is light, near 50 GB. Its stated video memory figure is modest at 3 GB, so on Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown the speed of the graphics chip binds before its memory does. Minimum and recommended sit far apart here, which usually means Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown scales hard with the hardware you give it.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown?
Older hardware holds up here: Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown runs on modest graphics, with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750Ti(2GB) enough to meet the minimum. Add 4 GB of RAM and a mid-range CPU and a PC several years old will play it fine.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 1.7x |
| 1440p | Borderline | 0.96x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.43x |
A projection, not a measurement. We scale the published GPU requirement by pixel count, since 1440p draws 1.78 times the pixels of 1080p and 4K draws 4 times as many, then compare against RTX 3060 / Ryzen 5 build. The publisher did not state a target resolution, so 1080p is assumed as the baseline. We hold no frame rate data, so no FPS figure is claimed. Headroom above 1 means the reference machine has room to spare at that resolution.
Common GPUs
| Graphics card | Verdict |
|---|---|
| GTX 1060 6 GB | Runs great |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Runs well |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Runs well |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs great |
Each card is compared against Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown's published GPU requirement, assuming an otherwise-capable PC. Laptop rows use the real mobile chip's benchmark, a mobile GPU is always slower than its desktop namesake.
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Frequently asked questions
Can my PC run Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i3-7100; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750Ti(2GB); 4 GB RAM; OS: Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10 (64-bit OS required).
How much storage does Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown need?
Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown needs about 50 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown?
The RTX 3060 runs Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown is the GPU.