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Can I Run Circle Empires Rivals?

Circle Empires: Rivals is the sequel to the original award-winning real-time strategy game enjoyed by more than 300,000 players worldwide. Rivals adds, besides new content and game modes, a long-reque...

Developer LuminousPublisher Iceberg InteractiveRelease 2020Genre Casual, Indie, Strategy
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System requirements

Minimum requirements

CPU3GHz dual core or 2GHz quad core
GPUIntel/AMD Integrated Graphics, 1GB VRAM
VRAM1 GB
RAM8 GB
Storage3 GB HDD
DirectXVersion 11

Recommended requirements

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Can you run Circle Empires Rivals?

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Can run iton a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the graphics card is the tightest fit.

Circle Empires Rivals is light on hardware. Its minimum, Intel/AMD Integrated Graphics, 1GB VRAM, 8 GB RAM, about 3 GB free, sits below what an entry-level PC ships with today, so nearly any modern machine, and many older ones, will run it.

Bottleneck: GPU

Projected by resolution

ResolutionProjectionHeadroom
1080pComfortable48.57x
1440pComfortable27.32x
4KComfortable12.14x

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 cardVerdict
GTX 1060 6 GBRuns great
GTX 1060 LaptopRuns great
GTX 1650 4 GBRuns great
GTX 1650 LaptopRuns great
RTX 2060 6 GBRuns great
RTX 2060 LaptopRuns great
RTX 3060 12 GBRuns great
RTX 3060 LaptopRuns great
RTX 4060 8 GBRuns great
RTX 4060 LaptopRuns great
RTX 3070 8 GBRuns great
RTX 3070 LaptopRuns great
RTX 4070 12 GBRuns great
RTX 4070 LaptopRuns great
RX 6600 8 GBRuns great

Each card is compared against Circle Empires Rivals'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 Circle Empires Rivals?

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What are the minimum system requirements for Circle Empires Rivals?

The minimum requirements are CPU: 3GHz dual core or 2GHz quad core; GPU: Intel/AMD Integrated Graphics, 1GB VRAM; 8 GB RAM.

How much storage does Circle Empires Rivals need?

Circle Empires Rivals needs about 3 GB of HDD storage.

Can an RTX 3060 run Circle Empires Rivals?

The RTX 3060 runs Circle Empires Rivals comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.

What is the bottleneck for Circle Empires Rivals?

On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Circle Empires Rivals is the GPU.