Can I Run Far Cry Primal?
Released in 2016, Far Cry Primal is an action adventure game built by Ubisoft. It offers a single player campaign. Critics scored it 74 on Metacritic. Controller support is partial, so some input still falls back to the keyboard. Steam gates it behind an age check at 17. With more than 38 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. Completionists have 55 achievements to work through. It is localised into 19 languages according to the store listing. The game ships for Windows alone. 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.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i3-550 | AMD Phenom II X4 955 or equivalent |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 (1GB VRAM) | AMD Radeon HD 5770 (1GB VRAM) or equivalent |
| VRAM | 1 GB |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 20 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 (64-bit versions only) |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i7-2600K | AMD FX-8350 or equivalent |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 | AMD Radeon R9 280X or equivalent |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 20 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 (64-bit versions only) |
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Setting and environment
Far Cry Primal structures its play around one continuous open world. Continuous worlds put sustained pressure on memory and storage, and Far Cry Primal can never assume the player will stop and let it load. The view is from a first person view. The publisher supplies 10 storefront screenshots of these environments.
Why Far Cry Primal is demanding
The graphics requirement for Far Cry Primal is light. Hardware around NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 | AMD Radeon R9 280X is enough, so Far Cry Primal runs on machines never bought for gaming. System memory expectations are modest at 8 GB. A 64 bit version of Windows is required. The install is small at roughly 20 GB. Video memory is not the constraint here, at 1 GB.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Far Cry Primal?
Far Cry Primal targets a mainstream modern PC: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 (1GB VRAM) | AMD Radeon HD 5770 (1GB VRAM) or equivalent and 4 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 | AMD Radeon R9 280X or equivalent 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 | 2.7x |
| 1440p | Runs well | 1.52x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.67x |
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 Far Cry Primal'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 Far Cry Primal?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i3-550 | AMD Phenom II X4 955 or equivalent; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 (1GB VRAM) | AMD Radeon HD 5770 (1GB VRAM) or equivalent; 4 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10 (64-bit versions only).
How much storage does Far Cry Primal need?
Far Cry Primal needs about 20 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Far Cry Primal?
The RTX 3060 runs Far Cry Primal comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Far Cry Primal?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Far Cry Primal is the GPU.