Can I Run Catalyst?
Catalyst is an action adventure game from DICE, released in 2020. Electronic Arts published it. The game supports a single player campaign. With more than 13 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. Windows is the only supported platform, which is what the figures below describe. A gamepad works without remapping, since controller support is complete. It carries 49 achievements. At 6 years old it targets an older hardware baseline than most buyers now own. It is localised into 10 languages according to the store listing. Metacritic places it at 74.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel i3-3250 / AMD FX-6350. (Note: Mirror's Edge Catalyst requires at least 4 logical cores to run) |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 650 Ti 2GB or better / AMD Radeon™ R9 270x or better |
| RAM | 6 GB |
| Storage | 25 GB HDD |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i7-3770 at 3.4 GHz / AMD FX-8350 at 4.0 GHz |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 970 4GB or better / AMD Radeon™ R9 280x 3GB or better |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 25 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10 64-Bit (use the latest Service Pack) |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in a cyberpunk future. Play is structured around one continuous open world. The view is from a first person view. That openness is what costs performance. Catalyst has no loading walls to hide behind, so terrain and detail keep flowing in as the player moves. The publisher supplies 8 storefront screenshots of these environments.
Why Catalyst is demanding
Very little is asked of the GPU by Catalyst. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 scores low against the RTX 3060, putting Catalyst within reach of laptop and integrated graphics. Catalyst needs 64 bit Windows. Catalyst takes about 25 GB of disk space. Its 16 GB RAM requirement matches what a typical machine already has.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Catalyst?
Catalyst targets a mainstream modern PC: NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 650 Ti 2GB or better / AMD Radeon™ R9 270x or better and 6 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 970 4GB or better / AMD Radeon™ R9 280x 3GB or better for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 1.98x |
| 1440p | Borderline | 1.11x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.49x |
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 great |
| 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 Catalyst'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 Catalyst?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Catalyst?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel i3-3250 / AMD FX-6350. (Note: Mirror's Edge Catalyst requires at least 4 logical cores to run); GPU: NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 650 Ti 2GB or better / AMD Radeon™ R9 270x or better; 6 GB RAM.
How much storage does Catalyst need?
Catalyst needs about 25 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Catalyst?
The RTX 3060 runs Catalyst comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Catalyst?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Catalyst is the GPU.