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Can I Run The Beanstalk?

The Beanstalk is a virtual reality fairytale experienced based around the classic, "Jack and the Beanstalk." It's a student project created by a team at BYU Provo, and now we're releasing it...

Developer Beanstalk VR Team (BYU)Publisher Grant HansenRelease 2018
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System requirements

Minimum requirements

CPUIntel i5
GPUGTX 970
RAM8 GB
Storage1.46 GB HDD
OSWindows

Recommended requirements

CPUIntel i7
GPUGTX 970
RAM8 GB
Storage2 GB HDD
OSWindows 10

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Can you run The Beanstalk?

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Can run iton a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the graphics card is the tightest fit.

Older hardware holds up here: The Beanstalk runs on modest graphics, with GTX 970 enough to meet the minimum. Add 8 GB of RAM and a mid-range CPU and a PC several years old will play it fine.

Bottleneck: GPU

Projected by resolution

ResolutionProjectionHeadroom
1080pComfortable1.98x
1440pBorderline1.11x
4KBelow the bar0.49x

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 cardVerdict
GTX 1060 6 GBRuns great
GTX 1060 LaptopRuns great
GTX 1650 4 GBRuns well
GTX 1650 LaptopRuns well
RTX 2060 6 GBRuns great
RTX 2060 LaptopRuns great
RTX 3060 12 GBRuns great
RTX 3060 LaptopRuns great
RTX 4060 8 GBRuns great
RTX 4060 LaptopRuns great
RTX 3070 8 GBRuns great
RTX 3070 LaptopRuns great
RTX 4070 12 GBRuns great
RTX 4070 LaptopRuns great
RX 6600 8 GBRuns great

Each card is compared against The Beanstalk'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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Frequently asked questions

Can my PC run The Beanstalk?

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What are the minimum system requirements for The Beanstalk?

The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel i5; GPU: GTX 970; 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows.

How much storage does The Beanstalk need?

The Beanstalk needs about 1.46 GB of HDD storage.

Can an RTX 3060 run The Beanstalk?

The RTX 3060 runs The Beanstalk comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.

What is the bottleneck for The Beanstalk?

On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for The Beanstalk is the GPU.