Can I Run Ys X: Nordics?
Released in 2024, Ys X: Nordics is an action adventure game built by Nihon Falcom. Publishing duties went to NIS America, Inc.. The game supports a single player campaign and cooperative play. It carries 55 achievements. Two players can share one screen on a single machine, which is rare enough now to be worth noting. Progress follows the account through Steam Cloud rather than sitting on one disk. It carries 885 Steam reviews, a small sample, so first hand performance reports are thin. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones. Full controller support is present, so nothing needs configuring before a pad works.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 5 1600 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 7 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10/11 |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-10400 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 7 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10/11 |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
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Setting and environment
Players spend their time in a fantasy world, moving through spaces built for exploration. The publisher supplies 6 storefront screenshots of these environments. The view is in three dimensions. Continuous worlds put sustained pressure on memory and storage, and Ys X: Nordics can never assume the player will stop and let it load.
Why Ys X: Nordics is demanding
Very little is asked of the GPU by Ys X: Nordics. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 scores low against the RTX 3060, putting Ys X: Nordics within reach of laptop and integrated graphics. 16 GB of system memory is expected, the current mainstream figure. Minimum and recommended sit far apart here, which usually means Ys X: Nordics scales hard with the hardware you give it. Ys X: Nordics takes about 7 GB of disk space.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Ys X: Nordics?
Ys X: Nordics is light on hardware. Its minimum, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050, 8 GB RAM, about 7 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 | Comfortable | 2.24x |
| 1440p | Runs well | 1.26x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.56x |
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 great |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Runs great |
| 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 Ys X: Nordics'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 Ys X: Nordics?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Ys X: Nordics?
The minimum requirements are CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050; 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10/11.
How much storage does Ys X: Nordics need?
Ys X: Nordics needs about 7 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Ys X: Nordics?
The RTX 3060 runs Ys X: Nordics comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Ys X: Nordics?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Ys X: Nordics is the GPU.