Can I Run Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic?
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is an adventure role playing game from BioWare, released in 2009. LucasArts published it. The game supports a single player campaign. Builds exist for macOS as well as Windows. It is localised into 5 languages according to the store listing. At more than a decade old it predates every current graphics architecture, which helps compatibility and limits how well it exploits a modern card. Its Steam review count passes 28 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Pentium 3 1Ghz or AMD Athlon 1GHz |
|---|---|
| GPU | 32 MB with Hardware T&L |
| RAM | 256 GB |
| Storage | 4 GB |
| OS | Windows XP and Windows Vista |
| DirectX | 9 |
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Setting and environment
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic places its action in a science fiction setting, and the player works through spaces built for exploration. Continuous worlds put sustained pressure on memory and storage, and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic can never assume the player will stop and let it load. It is played from a third person view. The publisher supplies 6 storefront screenshots of these environments.
Why Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is demanding
The DirectX requirement is undemanding, at version 9. Disk footprint is light, near 4 GB. At 256 GB, the RAM requirement is the one most likely to catch an otherwise capable PC out.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic?
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is memory-hungry: it wants 256 GB of system RAM, above the 8 GB many machines still ship with. Graphically it is undemanding, 32 MB with Hardware T&L clears the minimum, so more RAM, not a new GPU, is the upgrade most players need.
Bottleneck: RAM
Borderline on RTX 3060 / Ryzen 5 build. If you are buying today, plan a modest upgrade to system RAM to be comfortable, otherwise it is worth waiting for a better price or a stronger build.
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Frequently asked questions
Can my PC run Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Pentium 3 1Ghz or AMD Athlon 1GHz; GPU: 32 MB with Hardware T&L; 256 GB RAM; OS: Windows XP and Windows Vista.
How much storage does Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic need?
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic needs about 4 GB of available storage.
What is the bottleneck for Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is the RAM.