Can I Run Dragon Age: Origins?
BioWare released Dragon Age: Origins in 2010. It is a role playing game, published by Electronic Arts. The game supports a single player campaign. With more than 28 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. Steam gates it behind an age check at 17. The game ships for Windows alone. Metacritic places it at 91. Being over ten years old, its ceiling was set by the hardware of a different era.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core 2 Single 1.6 Ghz Processor (or equivalent) or AMD 64 2.0 GHz Processor (or equivalent) |
|---|---|
| GPU | ATI Radeon X850 256MB or NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT 128MB or greater (Windows Vista: Radeon X1550 256 MB or NVidia GeForce 7600GT 256MB) |
| RAM | 1 GB |
| Storage | 20 GB |
| OS | Windows XP (SP3) or Windows Vista (SP1) or Windows 7 |
| DirectX | 2007 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 Ghz or AMD Phenom II X2 Dual-Core 2.7 Ghz Processor or equivalent |
|---|---|
| GPU | ATI 3850 512 MB or NVidia 8800GTS 512MB or greater |
| RAM | 2 GB |
| Storage | 20 GB |
| OS | Windows XP (SP3) or Windows Vista (SP1) or Windows 7 |
| DirectX | 2007 |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in a fantasy world. Play is structured around one continuous open world. The publisher supplies 8 storefront screenshots of these environments. Open environments are the harder case for a PC, and Dragon Age: Origins has to keep far more of its world resident and streaming than a level based game needs.
Why Dragon Age: Origins is demanding
System memory expectations are modest at 2 GB. Dragon Age: Origins takes about 20 GB of disk space.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Dragon Age: Origins?
Dragon Age: Origins targets a mainstream modern PC: ATI Radeon X850 256MB or NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT 128MB or greater (Windows Vista: Radeon X1550 256 MB or NVidia GeForce 7600GT 256MB) and 1 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to ATI 3850 512 MB or NVidia 8800GTS 512MB or greater for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: CPU
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Frequently asked questions
Can my PC run Dragon Age: Origins?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Dragon Age: Origins?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core 2 Single 1.6 Ghz Processor (or equivalent) or AMD 64 2.0 GHz Processor (or equivalent); GPU: ATI Radeon X850 256MB or NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT 128MB or greater (Windows Vista: Radeon X1550 256 MB or NVidia GeForce 7600GT 256MB); 1 GB RAM; OS: Windows XP (SP3) or Windows Vista (SP1) or Windows 7.
How much storage does Dragon Age: Origins need?
Dragon Age: Origins needs about 20 GB of available storage.
What is the bottleneck for Dragon Age: Origins?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Dragon Age: Origins is the CPU.