Can I Run Mass Effect: Andromeda?
Mass Effect: Andromeda is an action role playing game from BioWare, released in 2020. Electronic Arts published it. It offers a single player campaign and cooperative play. There are 55 achievements to chase. Its Steam review count passes 16 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. Its Metacritic score stands at 72. It handles controllers properly rather than leaving the player to bind buttons by hand. 8 languages are covered by the store listing. The game ships for Windows alone. Being 6 years old, it was built for the hardware of its day, so a current machine usually has headroom over the published figures.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5 3570 or AMD FX-6350 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GTX 660 2GB, AMD Radeon 7850 2GB |
| VRAM | 2 GB |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 55 GB |
| OS | 64-bit Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 |
| DirectX | 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i7-4790 or AMD FX-8350 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GTX 1060 3GB, AMD RX 480 4GB |
| VRAM | 3 GB |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 55 GB |
| OS | 64-bit Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 |
| DirectX | 11 |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in a science fiction setting. Play is structured around one continuous open world. Open environments are the harder case for a PC, and Mass Effect: Andromeda has to keep far more of its world resident and streaming than a level based game needs. There are 5 official screenshots to judge the look from. Play is presented from a third person view.
Why Mass Effect: Andromeda is demanding
Very little is asked of the GPU by Mass Effect: Andromeda. NVIDIA GTX 1060 scores low against the RTX 3060, putting Mass Effect: Andromeda within reach of laptop and integrated graphics. Mass Effect: Andromeda needs 64 bit Windows. Video memory is not the constraint here, at 3 GB. Disk footprint is light, near 55 GB. Its 16 GB RAM requirement matches what a typical machine already has.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Mass Effect: Andromeda?
Mass Effect: Andromeda targets a mainstream modern PC: NVIDIA GTX 660 2GB, AMD Radeon 7850 2GB and 8 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to NVIDIA GTX 1060 3GB, AMD RX 480 4GB 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 | 1.93x |
| 1440p | Borderline | 1.09x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.48x |
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 well |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Runs well |
| 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 Mass Effect: Andromeda'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 Mass Effect: Andromeda?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Mass Effect: Andromeda?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i5 3570 or AMD FX-6350; GPU: NVIDIA GTX 660 2GB, AMD Radeon 7850 2GB; 8 GB RAM; OS: 64-bit Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10.
How much storage does Mass Effect: Andromeda need?
Mass Effect: Andromeda needs about 55 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Mass Effect: Andromeda?
The RTX 3060 runs Mass Effect: Andromeda comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Mass Effect: Andromeda?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Mass Effect: Andromeda is the GPU.