Can I Run Ys IX?
Ys IX is an action role playing game from Nihon Falcom, released in 2021. NIS America, Inc. published it. The game supports a single player campaign and cooperative play. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones. Two players can share one screen on a single machine, which is rare enough now to be worth noting. Its Steam review count passes 1 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. A gamepad works without remapping, since controller support is complete. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress. There are 54 achievements to chase. Its 5 years mean the stated figures describe machines that were current then, not now.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Core i3-2100 3.10 GHz |
|---|---|
| GPU | Geforce GTX 650 Ti |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 10 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | AMD FX-8320 8-Core |
|---|---|
| GPU | Radeon R7 370 |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 10 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in a fantasy world. Play is structured around one continuous open world. That openness is what costs performance. Ys IX has no loading walls to hide behind, so terrain and detail keep flowing in as the player moves. The publisher supplies 15 storefront screenshots of these environments. It is played in three dimensions.
Why Ys IX is demanding
16 GB of system memory is expected, the current mainstream figure. The install is small at roughly 10 GB.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Ys IX?
Ys IX targets a mainstream modern PC: Geforce GTX 650 Ti and 8 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to Radeon R7 370 for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: CPU
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What are the minimum system requirements for Ys IX?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Core i3-2100 3.10 GHz; GPU: Geforce GTX 650 Ti; 8 GB RAM.
How much storage does Ys IX need?
Ys IX needs about 10 GB of HDD storage.
What is the bottleneck for Ys IX?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Ys IX is the CPU.