Can I Run Far Cry 4?
Far Cry 4 is an action adventure game from Ubisoft Montreal, Red Storm, Shanghai, Toronto, Kiev, released in 2014. Ubisoft published it. It offers a single player campaign and cooperative play. Critics scored it 80 on Metacritic. It is old enough that no current GPU generation existed when it shipped, so modern hardware tends to be far past what it can use. 18 languages are covered by the store listing. Over 66 thousand players have left a Steam review, so this is a title whose performance is widely reported. Controller support is partial, so some input still falls back to the keyboard. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones. It carries 57 achievements. Steam gates it behind an age check at 17.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | 2.6 GHz Intel® Core™ i5-750 or 3.2 GHz AMD Phenom™ II X4 955 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or AMD Radeon HD5850 (1 GB VRAM) |
| VRAM | 1 GB |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 30 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 (64-bit) |
| DirectX | 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | 2.5 GHz Intel® Core™ i5-2400S or 4.0 GHz AMD FX-8350 or better |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 or AMD Radeon R9 290X or better (2 GB VRAM) |
| VRAM | 2 GB |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 30 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 (64-bit) |
| DirectX | 11 |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in an open sandbox. Play is structured around one continuous open world. That openness is what costs performance. Far Cry 4 has no loading walls to hide behind, so terrain and detail keep flowing in as the player moves. There are 5 official screenshots to judge the look from. It is played from a first person view.
Why Far Cry 4 is demanding
System memory expectations are modest at 8 GB. The install is small at roughly 30 GB. Far Cry 4 needs 64 bit Windows. At 2 GB, VRAM is a non issue for Far Cry 4.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Far Cry 4?
Far Cry 4 targets a mainstream modern PC: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or AMD Radeon HD5850 (1 GB VRAM) and 4 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 or AMD Radeon R9 290X or better (2 GB VRAM) 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 Far Cry 4?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Far Cry 4?
The minimum requirements are CPU: 2.6 GHz Intel® Core™ i5-750 or 3.2 GHz AMD Phenom™ II X4 955; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or AMD Radeon HD5850 (1 GB VRAM); 4 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10 (64-bit).
How much storage does Far Cry 4 need?
Far Cry 4 needs about 30 GB of available storage.
What is the bottleneck for Far Cry 4?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Far Cry 4 is the CPU.