Can I Run The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind?
Bethesda Game Studios released The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind in 2009. It is a role playing game, published by Bethesda Softworks. It offers a single player campaign. At more than a decade old it predates every current graphics architecture, which helps compatibility and limits how well it exploits a modern card. Critics scored it 89 on Metacritic. The game ships for Windows alone. Over 22 thousand players have left a Steam review, so this is a title whose performance is widely reported. Progress follows the account through Steam Cloud rather than sitting on one disk.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | 500 MHz Intel Pentium III, Celeron, or AMD Athlon |
|---|---|
| GPU | 32MB Direct3D Compatible video card with 32-bit color support and DirectX 8.1 |
| RAM | 1 GB |
| Storage | 1 GB |
| OS | Windows ME/98/XP/2000 |
| DirectX | 8 |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in a fantasy world. Play is structured around one continuous open world. 11 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion. That openness is what costs performance. The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind has no loading walls to hide behind, so terrain and detail keep flowing in as the player moves. Play is presented from a first person view.
Why The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind is demanding
Disk footprint is light, near 1 GB. The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind needs only 1 GB of RAM.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind?
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind targets a mainstream modern PC: 32MB Direct3D Compatible video card with 32-bit color support and DirectX 8.1 and 1 GB of RAM for the minimum. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: RAM
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Frequently asked questions
Can my PC run The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind?
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What are the minimum system requirements for The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind?
The minimum requirements are CPU: 500 MHz Intel Pentium III, Celeron, or AMD Athlon; GPU: 32MB Direct3D Compatible video card with 32-bit color support and DirectX 8.1; 1 GB RAM; OS: Windows ME/98/XP/2000.
How much storage does The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind need?
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind needs about 1 GB of available storage.
What is the bottleneck for The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind is the RAM.