Can I Run Chess Ultra?
Chess Ultra is an action adventure game from Ripstone, released in 2017. Ripstone both developed and published it. It offers a single player campaign and competitive multiplayer. With more than 1 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. Full controller support is present, so nothing needs configuring before a pad works. At 9 years old it targets an older hardware baseline than most buyers now own. It carries 38 achievements. It is localised into 8 languages according to the store listing. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones. Split screen on one PC is supported, a feature most releases have quietly dropped. Progress follows the account through Steam Cloud rather than sitting on one disk.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | 2.0 GHz Dual Core |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA Geforce GTS 450 or AMD Radeon HD 6750 |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 12 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | 2.5+ GHz Quad core |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA Gerforce GTX 780 or 970 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 12 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10 |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
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Setting and environment
Chess Ultra structures its play around a board and its pieces. 11 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion. It is played in three dimensions.
Why Chess Ultra is demanding
Very little is asked of the GPU by Chess Ultra. NVIDIA Gerforce GTX 780 or 970 scores low against the RTX 3060, putting Chess Ultra within reach of laptop and integrated graphics. At 8 GB, system memory is undemanding. Disk footprint is light, near 12 GB.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Chess Ultra?
Chess Ultra targets a mainstream modern PC: NVIDIA Geforce GTS 450 or AMD Radeon HD 6750 and 4 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to NVIDIA Gerforce GTX 780 or 970 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 | 2.7x |
| 1440p | Runs well | 1.52x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.67x |
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 great |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Runs great |
| 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 Chess Ultra'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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DOOM EternalFrequently asked questions
Can my PC run Chess Ultra?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Chess Ultra?
The minimum requirements are CPU: 2.0 GHz Dual Core; GPU: NVIDIA Geforce GTS 450 or AMD Radeon HD 6750; 4 GB RAM.
How much storage does Chess Ultra need?
Chess Ultra needs about 12 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Chess Ultra?
The RTX 3060 runs Chess Ultra comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Chess Ultra?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Chess Ultra is the GPU.