Elden Ring is one of the most highly anticipated games of the year, merging the Dark Souls formula with an open-world setting. Developer From Software has also confirmed that players will be able to take on extremely difficult optional bosses that are hidden in the world of Elden Ring.
Fans got to play a sizeable portion of Elden Ring during the Closed Network Test back in November. The Network Test was seemingly a huge success, and only increased the hype for the game. While Elden Ring comes out on PC and consoles, the Closed Network Test was only available to console users. Many fans have been wondering about how Elden Ring will perform on their PCs, but From Software had not detailed any system requirements until today.
The system requirements for Elden Ring were listed on its Steam page for a short duration, but have now been removed. It only listed the minimum requirements, and the recommended section just showed "to be determined." According to the removed list, Elden Ring will need a Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 or an AMD Radeon RX 580 at the minimum. For CPU, players would want to have at least an Intel Core i5-8400 or an AMD Ryzen 3 3300X. It needs a minimum of 12 GB of RAM and will take around 60 GB of storage space.
The previously listed minimum system requirements for Elden Ring are as follows:
- OS: Win10, Win11
- Processor: Intel Core i5-8400 or AMD Ryzen 3 3300X
- Memory: 12 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060, 3GB or AMD Radeon RX 580, 4GB
- DirectX: Version 12
- Storage: 60 GB available space
The GTX 1060 came out over 5 years ago, and it currently acts as the baseline for modern games. It’s interesting to note that the list mentioned the 3 GB variant, instead of the 6 GB version of the card. 60 GB for storage is fairly common for games these days, although, the PS5 version of Elden Ring will reportedly take 80 GB of space. Given the relatively low amount of default space and the fact that Horizon Forbidden West also needs around 90 GB, PS5 owners should consider adding a second SSD to their consoles.
It is strange that the Steam page only listed the minimum requirements of Elden Ring, and the recommended section was left blank. Some fans online thought that the minimum specs were a bit too high, and they believed that the lists got mixed up somehow. It's no surprise that the requirements got removed, and FromSoftware will perhaps reveal the full set later today.
Most games released by FromSoftware do not appear to be graphically demanding, but can sometimes suffer from poor optimization. Fans can hope to get a clearer picture of Elden Ring’s performance on PC, as well as consoles, sometime before launch.
Elden Ring is set to release on February 25 on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
Source: Steam