Can I Run Star Wars: The Old Republic?
Broadsword released Star Wars: The Old Republic in 2020. It is a massively multiplayer role playing game, published by Electronic Arts. The game supports cooperative play. It is free to play at the base tier. Completionists have 191 achievements to work through. Being 6 years old, it was built for the hardware of its day, so a current machine usually has headroom over the published figures. Critics scored it 85 on Metacritic. With only 462 reviews on Steam, there is little community data on how it behaves across hardware. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 4000+ or better / Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0GHz or better |
|---|---|
| GPU | Star Wars: The Old Republic requires a video card that has a minimum of 1 GB of on-board RAM as well as support for Shader 3.0 or better. Examples include: Intel HD 3000 or better/AMD Radeon HD 7450/Nvidia GeForce 610 |
| VRAM | 1 GB |
| RAM | 6 GB |
| Storage | 75 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 or later, 64-bit |
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Setting and environment
Players spend their time in a science fiction setting, moving through one continuous open world. The view is from a third person view. Continuous worlds put sustained pressure on memory and storage, and Star Wars: The Old Republic can never assume the player will stop and let it load. 11 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion.
Why Star Wars: The Old Republic is demanding
Disk footprint is light, near 75 GB. A 64 bit version of Windows is required. Star Wars: The Old Republic needs only 1 GB of video memory. At 6 GB, system memory is undemanding.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Star Wars: The Old Republic?
Star Wars: The Old Republic targets a mainstream modern PC: Star Wars: The Old Republic requires a video card that has a minimum of 1 GB of on-board RAM as well as support for Shader 3.0 or better. Examples include: Intel HD 3000 or better/AMD Radeon HD 7450/Nvidia GeForce 610 and 6 GB of RAM for the minimum. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: CPU
Large install. Star Wars: The Old Republic needs about 75 GB of free storage.
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Frequently asked questions
Can my PC run Star Wars: The Old Republic?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Star Wars: The Old Republic?
The minimum requirements are CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 4000+ or better / Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0GHz or better; GPU: Star Wars: The Old Republic requires a video card that has a minimum of 1 GB of on-board RAM as well as support for Shader 3.0 or better. Examples include: Intel HD 3000 or better/AMD Radeon HD 7450/Nvidia GeForce 610; 6 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10 or later, 64-bit.
How much storage does Star Wars: The Old Republic need?
Star Wars: The Old Republic needs about 75 GB of available storage.
What is the bottleneck for Star Wars: The Old Republic?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Star Wars: The Old Republic is the CPU.