Can I Run The Protagonist: EX-1?
War looms between the Terrans and an invading synthetic race. A massive station appears high in orbit and first contact between them goes very wrong.An elite strike team led by Angel, a highly trained...
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel®️ Core™️ i5-3470 or AMD Ryzen™️ 3 1200 |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 4GB or AMD Radeon™️ R9 270 2GB |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 10 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel™️ Core i7-3770 or AMD Ryzen™️ 5 1600 |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti 8GB or AMD Radeon™️ RX 5600-XT 6GB |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 10 GB SSD |
| OS | Windows®️ 10 |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
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Can you run The Protagonist: EX-1?
The Protagonist: EX-1 is light on hardware. Its minimum, Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 4GB or AMD Radeon™️ R9 270 2GB, 8 GB RAM, about 10 GB free, sits below what an entry-level PC ships with today, so nearly any modern machine, and many older ones, will run it.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Runs well | 1.31x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.74x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.33x |
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 well |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Playable |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Playable |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs well |
| 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 Protagonist: EX-1'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 Protagonist: EX-1?
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What are the minimum system requirements for The Protagonist: EX-1?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel®️ Core™️ i5-3470 or AMD Ryzen™️ 3 1200; GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 4GB or AMD Radeon™️ R9 270 2GB; 8 GB RAM.
How much storage does The Protagonist: EX-1 need?
The Protagonist: EX-1 needs about 10 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run The Protagonist: EX-1?
The RTX 3060 runs The Protagonist: EX-1 comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for The Protagonist: EX-1?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for The Protagonist: EX-1 is the GPU.