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Can I Run The Magic Circle?

You are the protagonist of an unfinished 1st person fantasy game, trapped in development hell. The designers (played by James Urbaniak, Ashly Burch, and Karen Dyer) are god-like, but so indecisive tha...

Developer QuestionRelease 2015
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System requirements

Minimum requirements

CPUAMD Athlon 64 Processor 3800+ 2.4Ghz or better, Intel Pentium 4 530 3.0Ghz Processor or better
GPUNVIDIA 7800GT 256MB graphics card or better, ATI Radeon X1900 256MB graphics card or better that supports Shader Model 3 and has at least 256 MB of VRAM
RAM2 GB
Storage2 GB HDD
DirectXVersion 9.0c

Recommended requirements

CPUAMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Dual Core 2.60Ghz, Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 Dual Core 2.13Ghz
GPUNVIDIA 8800GT 512MB graphics card or better, ATI Radeon HD4830 512MB graphics card or better
RAM4 GB
Storage2 GB HDD
DirectXVersion 9.0c

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Can you run The Magic Circle?

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

The Magic Circle targets a mainstream modern PC: NVIDIA 7800GT 256MB graphics card or better, ATI Radeon X1900 256MB graphics card or better that supports Shader Model 3 and has at least 256 MB of VRAM and 2 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to NVIDIA 8800GT 512MB graphics card or better, ATI Radeon HD4830 512MB graphics card or better for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.

Bottleneck: CPU

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Can my PC run The Magic Circle?

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What are the minimum system requirements for The Magic Circle?

The minimum requirements are CPU: AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3800+ 2.4Ghz or better, Intel Pentium 4 530 3.0Ghz Processor or better; GPU: NVIDIA 7800GT 256MB graphics card or better, ATI Radeon X1900 256MB graphics card or better that supports Shader Model 3 and has at least 256 MB of VRAM; 2 GB RAM.

How much storage does The Magic Circle need?

The Magic Circle needs about 2 GB of HDD storage.

What is the bottleneck for The Magic Circle?

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