Can I Run Dragon Quest XI S?
Released in 2020, Dragon Quest XI S is an adventure role playing game built by Square Enix. The game supports a single player campaign. Being 6 years old, it was built for the hardware of its day, so a current machine usually has headroom over the published figures. With more than 10 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. It handles controllers properly rather than leaving the player to bind buttons by hand. 8 languages are covered by the store listing. There are 57 achievements to chase. Windows is the only supported platform, which is what the figures below describe. Progress follows the account through Steam Cloud rather than sitting on one disk.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | AMD Ryzen™ 3 1200 / Intel® Core™ i3-3330 |
|---|---|
| GPU | AMD Radeon™ R7 260X / NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 750 / 1 GB VRAM / Shader Model 5.0 or higher graphics card is required |
| VRAM | 1 GB |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 40 GB |
| OS | Windows® 10 64-bit |
| DirectX | 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | AMD Ryzen™ 3 1200 / Intel® Core™ i5-6500 |
|---|---|
| GPU | AMD Radeon™ R7 370 / NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 960 / 2 GB VRAM |
| VRAM | 2 GB |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 40 GB |
| OS | Windows® 10 64-bit |
| DirectX | 11 |
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Setting and environment
Dragon Quest XI S places its action in a fantasy world, and the player works through one continuous open world. Continuous worlds put sustained pressure on memory and storage, and Dragon Quest XI S can never assume the player will stop and let it load. The view is in three dimensions. The publisher supplies 10 storefront screenshots of these environments.
Why Dragon Quest XI S is demanding
Very little is asked of the GPU by Dragon Quest XI S. AMD Radeon R7 370 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 / scores low against the RTX 3060, putting Dragon Quest XI S within reach of laptop and integrated graphics. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so Dragon Quest XI S at the floor and Dragon Quest XI S at the recommended tier are not the same experience. A 64 bit version of Windows is required. Dragon Quest XI S needs only 8 GB of RAM. Disk footprint is light, near 40 GB. At 2 GB, VRAM is a non issue for Dragon Quest XI S.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Dragon Quest XI S?
Older hardware holds up here: Dragon Quest XI S runs on modest graphics, with AMD Radeon™ R7 260X / NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 750 / 1 GB VRAM / Shader Model 5.0 or higher graphics card is required 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 | 2.83x |
| 1440p | Runs well | 1.59x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.71x |
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 Quest XI S'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 Dragon Quest XI S?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Dragon Quest XI S?
The minimum requirements are CPU: AMD Ryzen™ 3 1200 / Intel® Core™ i3-3330; GPU: AMD Radeon™ R7 260X / NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 750 / 1 GB VRAM / Shader Model 5.0 or higher graphics card is required; 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows® 10 64-bit.
How much storage does Dragon Quest XI S need?
Dragon Quest XI S needs about 40 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Dragon Quest XI S?
The RTX 3060 runs Dragon Quest XI S comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Dragon Quest XI S?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Dragon Quest XI S is the GPU.