Half-Life: Alyx System Requirements: Can You Run It?

Half-Life: Alyx
Developer:
Valve
Publisher:
Valve
Release date:
23 March 2020 (3 years old)
Our user score:
4.3 / 5 (484 votes)

Official Half-Life: Alyx system requirements for PC

These are the PC specifications advised by developers to run Half-Life: Alyx 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:
GTX 1060 / RX 580 - 6GB VRAM
Pass CPU:
Core i5-7500 / Ryzen 5 1600
Pass Memory:
12 GB RAM
File size:
no data
Operating system:
Windows 10 64-bit
DirectX:
no data

Recommended requirements

Graphics card:
no data
CPU:
no data
Memory:
no data
File size:
no data
Operating system:
no data
DirectX:
no data

Half-Life: Alyx performance on your PC

Half-Life: Alyx performance with your GPU

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

RTX 3060
30 fps @ low
1366×768
60 fps @ medium
1920×1080
60 fps @ high
1920×1080
60 fps @ ultra
1920×1080
60 fps @ QHD
2560×1440
60 fps @ epic
3840×2160

Projected FPS in various settings and resolutions

Half-Life: Alyx 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
75−80 FPS
medium settings / 1080p
85−90 FPS
high settings / 1080p
75−80 FPS
ultra settings / 1080p
90−95 FPS
QHD / 1440p
75−80 FPS
4K / 2160p
300−310 FPS

Half-Life: Alyx performance with your CPU

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

i5-12400

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