Age of Empires: Definitive Edition System Requirements: Can You Run It?

Age of Empires: Definitive Edition
Developer:
Forgotten Empires, Tantalus Media
Publisher:
Xbox Game Studios
Release date:
20 February 2018 (6 years ago)
User score:
4.0 / 5 (40 votes)

Official Age of Empires: Definitive Edition system requirements for PC

These are the PC specifications advised by developers to run Age of Empires: Definitive Edition at minimal and recommended settings. Although these requirements are usually approximate, they can still be used to determine the indicative hardware tier needed to play the game.

PassMinimum requirements

Pass Graphics card:
DirectX 11.0 compatible card with Direct3D Feature Level 11_0 or higher support and 1GB of free memory - Intel: HD 4000 (Ivy Bridge CPU)or better GPU - nVidia: GT 430 or better desktop GPU, or GT 425M or better mobile GPU - AMD: Radeon HD 5500 or better Desktop GPU, or Mobility Radeon 5650 or better mobile GPU
Pass CPU:
1.8 Ghz+ Dual Core or greater i5 or AMD equivalent
Pass Memory:
4 GB RAM
File size:
20 GB available space
Operating system:
Windows 10 64-bit
DirectX:
Version 11

PassRecommended requirements

Pass Graphics card:
2 GB, Nvidia GTX 650; AMD HD 5850
Pass CPU:
2.4 Ghz i5 or greater (4 HW threads)
Pass Memory:
16 GB RAM
File size:
20 GB available space
Operating system:
Windows 10 64-bit
DirectX:
Version 11

Age of Empires: Definitive Edition performance on your PC

Age of Empires: Definitive Edition performance on your GPU

GeForce RTX 3060's performance compared to the game's official system requirements.

RTX 3060
recommended
GeForce GTX 650
60 fps @ medium
1920×1080
60 fps @ high
1920×1080

Projected FPS in various settings and resolutions

Age of Empires: Definitive Edition FPS calculator: average frames per second on GeForce RTX 3060 (according to our approximations). FPS may vary depending on your operating system and other factors.

medium settings / 1080p
200−210 FPS
high settings / 1080p
200−210 FPS

Age of Empires: Definitive Edition performance on your CPU

Core i5-12400's performance compared to the game's official system requirements.

i5-12400
recommended
Core i5-430M

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4.0 40 votes

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