Can I Run Faraday Protocol?
Faraday Protocol is an adventure indie game from Red Koi Box, released in 2021. Deck13 published it. The game supports a single player campaign. It handles controllers properly rather than leaving the player to bind buttons by hand. It is localised into 6 languages according to the store listing. Being 5 years old, it was built for the hardware of its day, so a current machine usually has headroom over the published figures. There are 17 achievements to chase. Progress follows the account through Steam Cloud rather than sitting on one disk. Alongside Windows it also ships for Linux.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Quad-core Intel or AMD processor, 2.5 GHz or faster |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce 770 GTX or AMD Radeon HD 7970 or higher |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 4 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Quad-core Intel or AMD processor, 3.0 GHz or faster |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce 970 or AMD Radeon R9 290 or higher |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 4 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10 64bit |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
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Setting and environment
Players spend their time in a science fiction setting, moving through spaces built for exploration. Play is presented from a first person view. That openness is what costs performance. Faraday Protocol has no loading walls to hide behind, so terrain and detail keep flowing in as the player moves. There are 10 official screenshots to judge the look from.
Why Faraday Protocol is demanding
Very little is asked of the GPU by Faraday Protocol. NVIDIA GeForce 970 or AMD Radeon R9 290 scores low against the RTX 3060, putting Faraday Protocol within reach of laptop and integrated graphics. A 64 bit version of Windows is required. Faraday Protocol expects 16 GB of system memory. Faraday Protocol takes about 4 GB of disk space.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Faraday Protocol?
Faraday Protocol targets a mainstream modern PC: NVIDIA GeForce 770 GTX or AMD Radeon HD 7970 or higher and 8 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to NVIDIA GeForce 970 or AMD Radeon R9 290 or higher 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 | 2.58x |
| 1440p | Runs well | 1.45x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.64x |
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 Faraday Protocol'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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Can my PC run Faraday Protocol?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Faraday Protocol?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Quad-core Intel or AMD processor, 2.5 GHz or faster; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 770 GTX or AMD Radeon HD 7970 or higher; 8 GB RAM.
How much storage does Faraday Protocol need?
Faraday Protocol needs about 4 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Faraday Protocol?
The RTX 3060 runs Faraday Protocol comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Faraday Protocol?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Faraday Protocol is the GPU.