Can I Run Dragon Age: Inquisition?
Dragon Age: Inquisition is an action adventure game from BioWare, released in 2020. Electronic Arts published it. It offers a single player campaign and cooperative play. Critics scored it 85 on Metacritic. The game ships for Windows alone. With more than 18 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. A gamepad works without remapping, since controller support is complete. 9 languages are covered by the store listing. It carries 69 achievements. At 6 years old it targets an older hardware baseline than most buyers now own.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | AMD Quad core @ 2.5 GHz/Intel Quad core @ 2.0 GHz |
|---|---|
| GPU | AMD Radeon HD 4870/Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 26 GB |
| OS | Windows 7 or 8.1, 64-bit |
| DirectX | 10 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | AMD Six core @ 3.2 GHz/ix core @ 3.2 GHz Processor (Intel): Quad core @ 3.0 GHz |
|---|---|
| GPU | AMD Radeon HD 7870 or R9 270/Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 26 GB |
| OS | Windows 7 or 8.1, 64-bit |
| DirectX | 11 |
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Setting and environment
Players spend their time in a fantasy world, moving through one continuous open world. It is played from a third person view. The publisher supplies 5 storefront screenshots of these environments. Open environments are the harder case for a PC, and Dragon Age: Inquisition has to keep far more of its world resident and streaming than a level based game needs.
Why Dragon Age: Inquisition is demanding
Dragon Age: Inquisition is undemanding on the graphics side. Its AMD Radeon HD 7870 or R9 270/Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 target sits well below our RTX 3060 reference, so most cards still in service clear Dragon Age: Inquisition. The install is small at roughly 26 GB. Dragon Age: Inquisition needs only 8 GB of RAM. Dragon Age: Inquisition needs 64 bit Windows.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Dragon Age: Inquisition?
Dragon Age: Inquisition targets a mainstream modern PC: AMD Radeon HD 4870/Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT and 4 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to AMD Radeon HD 7870 or R9 270/Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 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 | 3.7x |
| 1440p | Comfortable | 2.08x |
| 4K | Borderline | 0.92x |
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 Dragon Age: Inquisition'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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Can my PC run Dragon Age: Inquisition?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Dragon Age: Inquisition?
The minimum requirements are CPU: AMD Quad core @ 2.5 GHz/Intel Quad core @ 2.0 GHz; GPU: AMD Radeon HD 4870/Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT; 4 GB RAM; OS: Windows 7 or 8.1, 64-bit.
How much storage does Dragon Age: Inquisition need?
Dragon Age: Inquisition needs about 26 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Dragon Age: Inquisition?
The RTX 3060 runs Dragon Age: Inquisition comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Dragon Age: Inquisition?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Dragon Age: Inquisition is the GPU.