Can I Run Source Filmmaker?
The Source Filmmaker (SFM) is the movie-making tool built and used by us here at Valve to make movies inside the Source game engine. Because the SFM uses the same assets as the game, anything that exi...
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | 3.0 GHz P4, Dual Core 2.0 (or higher) or AMD64X2 (or higher) |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce 200 series card or better, or AMD Radeon 3000 series or better (NVIDIA GeForce 400 series or AMD Radeon 5000 series preferred) |
| RAM | 2 GB |
| Storage | 15 GB HDD |
Recommended requirements
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Can you run Source Filmmaker?
Source Filmmaker targets a mainstream modern PC: NVIDIA GeForce 200 series card or better, or AMD Radeon 3000 series or better (NVIDIA GeForce 400 series or AMD Radeon 5000 series preferred) and 2 GB of RAM for the minimum. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: CPU
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Can my PC run Source Filmmaker?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Source Filmmaker?
The minimum requirements are CPU: 3.0 GHz P4, Dual Core 2.0 (or higher) or AMD64X2 (or higher); GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 200 series card or better, or AMD Radeon 3000 series or better (NVIDIA GeForce 400 series or AMD Radeon 5000 series preferred); 2 GB RAM.
How much storage does Source Filmmaker need?
Source Filmmaker needs about 15 GB of HDD storage.
What is the bottleneck for Source Filmmaker?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Source Filmmaker is the CPU.