Starfield System Requirements: Can You Run It?

Starfield
Developer:
Bethesda Game Studios
Publisher:
Bethesda Softworks
Release date:
6 September 2023 (less than a year ago)
User score:
3.7 / 5 (1307 votes)
Hardware demand level:
(9/10)

Official Starfield system requirements for PC

These are the PC specifications advised by developers to run Starfield 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:
AMD Radeon RX 5700, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
Pass CPU:
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X, Intel Core i7-6800K
Pass Memory:
16 GB RAM
File size:
125 GB available space
Operating system:
Windows 10 version 21H1 (10.0.19043) (64-bit)
DirectX:
Version 12

FailRecommended requirements

Fail Graphics card:
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
Pass CPU:
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X, Intel Core i5-10600K
Pass Memory:
16 GB RAM
File size:
125 GB available space
Operating system:
Windows 10/11 with updates (64-bit)
DirectX:
Version 12

Starfield performance on your PC

Starfield performance on your GPU

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

RTX 3060
recommended
GeForce RTX 2080
30 fps @ low
1920×1080
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

Starfield 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 / 1080p
55−60 FPS
medium settings / 1080p
45−50 FPS
high settings / 1080p
35−40 FPS
ultra settings / 1080p
35−40 FPS
QHD / 1440p
27−30 FPS
4K / 2160p
18−20 FPS

Starfield performance on your CPU

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

i5-12400
recommended
Core i5-10600K

User Ratings

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