Can I Run Control?
Released in 2019, Control is an action adventure game built by Remedy Entertainment. It offers a single player campaign. Alongside Windows it also ships for macOS. Critics scored it 85 on Metacritic. 13 languages are covered by the store listing. Its Steam review count passes 49 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. Steam gates it behind an age check at 17. It handles controllers properly rather than leaving the player to bind buttons by hand. At 7 years old it targets an older hardware baseline than most buyers now own. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress. Completionists have 67 achievements to work through.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-4690 / AMD FX 4350 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 / AMD Radeon R9 280X |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 42 GB |
| OS | Windows 7, 64-bit |
| DirectX | 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-7600K / AMD Ryzen 5 1600X |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660/1060 / AMD Radeon RX 580 AMD | For Ray Tracing: GeForce RTX 2060 |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 42 GB |
| OS | Windows 10, 64-bit |
| DirectX | 12 |
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Setting and environment
Control places its action in a horror setting, and the player works through combat arenas. 8 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion. The view is from a third person view.
Why Control is demanding
Control is undemanding on the graphics side. Its NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660/1060 / AMD Radeon RX 580 AMD | For Ray Tracing: GeForce RTX 2060 target sits well below our RTX 3060 reference, so most cards still in service clear Control. Its 16 GB RAM requirement matches what a typical machine already has. DirectX 12 is named, so Control expects a graphics driver and card from the modern era rather than merely a fast one. A 64 bit version of Windows is required. The install is small at roughly 42 GB. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so Control at the floor and Control at the recommended tier are not the same experience.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Control?
Older hardware holds up here: Control runs on modest graphics, with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 / AMD Radeon R9 280X enough to meet the minimum. Add 8 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 | 1.89x |
| 1440p | Borderline | 1.06x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.47x |
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 Control'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
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What are the minimum system requirements for Control?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 / AMD FX 4350; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 / AMD Radeon R9 280X; 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows 7, 64-bit.
How much storage does Control need?
Control needs about 42 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Control?
The RTX 3060 runs Control comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Control?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Control is the GPU.