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

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
Developer:
Forgotten Empires, Tantalus Media, Wicked Witch
Publisher:
Xbox Game Studios
Release date:
14 November 2019 (4 years ago)
User score:
4.3 / 5 (145 votes)

Official Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition system requirements for PC

These are the PC specifications advised by developers to run Age of Empires II: 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:
NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 420 or ATI™ Radeon™ HD 6850 or Intel® HD Graphics 4000 or better with 2 GB VRAM
Pass CPU:
Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon 64x2 5600+
Pass Memory:
4 GB RAM
File size:
30 GB available space
Operating system:
Windows 10 64bit
DirectX:
Version 11

PassRecommended requirements

Pass Graphics card:
Nvidia® GTX 650 or AMD HD 5850 or better
Pass CPU:
2.4 Ghz i5 or greater or AMD equivalent
Pass Memory:
8 GB RAM
File size:
30 GB available space
Operating system:
Windows 10 64bit
DirectX:
Version 11

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition performance on your PC

Age of Empires II: 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
30 fps @ low
1366×768
60 fps @ medium
1920×1080
60 fps @ high
1920×1080
60 fps @ ultra
1920×1080

Projected FPS in various settings and resolutions

Age of Empires II: 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.

low settings / 768p
140−150 FPS
medium settings / 1080p
140−150 FPS
high settings / 1080p
140−150 FPS
ultra settings / 1080p
140−150 FPS

Age of Empires II: 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

User Ratings

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4.3 145 votes

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