Can I Run The Martian VR Experience?
The Martian VR Experience is a truly out-of-this-world, interactive and immersive adventure, with viewers participating from astronaut Mark Watney’s perspective, performing tasks to facilitate his cha...
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-4590 equivalent or greater |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 /Radeon R9 290 equivalent or greater |
| RAM | 4 GB |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel™ i7 equivalent or better |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce™ GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon™ RX 480, equivalent or better |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 |
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Can you run The Martian VR Experience?
Older hardware holds up here: The Martian VR Experience runs on modest graphics, with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 /Radeon R9 290 equivalent or greater enough to meet the minimum. Add 4 GB of RAM and a mid-range CPU and a PC several years old will play it fine.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 1.93x |
| 1440p | Borderline | 1.09x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.48x |
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 card | Verdict |
|---|---|
| GTX 1060 6 GB | Runs great |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Runs great |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Runs well |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs great |
Each card is compared against The Martian VR Experience'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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Can my PC run The Martian VR Experience?
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What are the minimum system requirements for The Martian VR Experience?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 equivalent or greater; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 /Radeon R9 290 equivalent or greater; 4 GB RAM.
Can an RTX 3060 run The Martian VR Experience?
The RTX 3060 runs The Martian VR Experience comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for The Martian VR Experience?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for The Martian VR Experience is the GPU.