Can I Run Elden Ring?
FromSoftware, Inc. released Elden Ring in 2022. It is an action role playing game, self published by the studio. It offers a single player campaign and cooperative play. The game ships for Windows alone. Steam lists support for 15 languages. Completionists have 42 achievements to work through. Its Metacritic score stands at 94. With more than 825 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. A gamepad works without remapping, since controller support is complete. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | INTEL CORE I5-8400 or AMD RYZEN 3 3300X |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1060 3 GB or AMD RADEON RX 580 4 GB |
| VRAM | 3 GB |
| RAM | 12 GB |
| Storage | 60 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 |
| DirectX | 12 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | INTEL CORE I7-8700K or AMD RYZEN 5 3600X |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1070 8 GB or AMD RADEON RX VEGA 56 8 GB |
| VRAM | 8 GB |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 60 GB |
| OS | Windows 10/11 |
| DirectX | 12 |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in a bleak fantasy world. Play is structured around interlocking areas that reward learning the route. Play is presented from a third person view. The publisher supplies 10 storefront screenshots of these environments.
Why Elden Ring is demanding
Elden Ring sits in the middle of the demand range, targeting NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1070, a tier a mainstream card from the last few generations reaches without difficulty. Minimum and recommended sit far apart here, which usually means Elden Ring scales hard with the hardware you give it. Elden Ring expects 16 GB of system memory. The install is small at roughly 60 GB. Elden Ring calls for DirectX 12, which rules out otherwise capable hardware that never got the feature level. Elden Ring asks for 8 GB of video memory, so VRAM capacity matters here as much as speed.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Elden Ring?
Older hardware holds up here: Elden Ring runs on modest graphics, with NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1060 3 GB or AMD RADEON RX 580 4 GB enough to meet the minimum. Add 12 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 | Runs well | 1.36x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.77x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.34x |
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 well |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Playable |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Playable |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs well |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs well |
| 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 Elden Ring'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 Elden Ring?
The minimum requirements are CPU: INTEL CORE I5-8400 or AMD RYZEN 3 3300X; GPU: NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1060 3 GB or AMD RADEON RX 580 4 GB; 12 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10.
How much storage does Elden Ring need?
Elden Ring needs about 60 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Elden Ring?
The RTX 3060 runs Elden Ring comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Elden Ring?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Elden Ring is the GPU.