X4: Foundations System Requirements

12th August 2021 - Specs reviewed

Official Minimum Requirements

OS: Windows 10 (64-bit), Windows 8 (64-bit), Windows 7 SP1 (64-bit)
Processor: Intel i5-4590 2.7GHz or AMD equivalent
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: Nvidia GTX 780/970 or AMD equivalent (Vulkan support required)
Storage: 12 GB available space
Additional Notes: These estimates may change until final release.

Official Recommended Requirements

OS: Windows 10 (64-bit), Windows 8 (64-bit), Windows 7 SP1 (64-bit)
Processor: Intel Core i7-6700K or AMD equivalent
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: Nvidia GTX 1070 or AMD equivalent (Vulkan support required)
Storage: 12 GB available space
Additional Notes: These estimates may change until final release.

PC System Analysis For X4: Foundations Requirements

X4: Foundations needs a Core i7-6700K 4-Core 4.0GHz or Ryzen R5 1600X processor coupled with a GeForce GTX 1070 to run system requirements at recommended high graphics settings. This will return around 60FPS at 1080p screen res. 16 GB will also be needed to achieve the X4: Foundations rec specs and get 60FPS. Your PC needs 8 GB system memory as well for min. GPUs will want to work with DirectX 10.00 for recommended. We suggest a 6 year old PC to play smoothly.

FPS System Benchmark

Graphics Card

GTX 1060

What's your user review score for X4: Foundations?

How well optimised is X4: Foundations for PC? 4.5

Where does X4: Foundations rank in the list of the most demanding games?

Genres: Sim , Adventure , Management

	Minimum	Recommended
Processor	Core i5-4590 3.3GHz	Core i7-6700K 4-Core 4.0GHz
Processor	FX-8350	Ryzen R5 1600X
Graphics Card	GeForce GTX 970 4GB	GeForce GTX 1070
Graphics Card	Radeon RX 480 4GB	Radeon RX Vega 56 8GB
VRAM
RAM	8 GB	16 GB
OS	Windows 7 64-bit	Windows 10 64-bit
DirectX	10	10
HDD Space	12 GB	12 GB

X4: Foundations PC Release Date:

30 Nov 2018

Alternative Game Tags: x4foundations, sandbox, space, X3 rebirth sequel, 4x space sim foundations

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Metallium79

PC Specs

19:48 Apr-05-2020

Can I run X4: Foundations?

Core i5-9600KF 6-Core 3.7GHz Radeon RX 570 MSI Armor OC 8GB 16GB

100% of 1 people think this can run

Can I run ? My CPU is OC to 4.6GHZ

YUSSUF

PC Specs

20:28 Mar-16-2019

Can I run X4: Foundations?

Core i5-2400 3.1GHz GeForce GTX 960 Gigabyte WindForce 2X OC 2GB Edition 8GB

100% of 1 people think this can run

Can I run ?

tdwise000

PC Specs

18:02 Mar-05-2019

Can I run X4: Foundations at 30FPS on medium at 1080p?

Core i3-6100 3.7GHz GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 8GB

Can I run ?

OldOne

PC Specs

03:28 Dec-07-2018

I already had stable 60 fps with high settings running this game. Please don't oversell the CPU settings this much. The game is quite optimized.

Buddywg

PC Specs

21:03 Dec-08-2018

FX-8350 OC'D TO 4.6 GTX 1050 OC'D I CAN PLAY 10MIN BEFORE IT COOKS MY CPU WITHOUT PASSING 30% USAGE OVERALL. ONLY USES ONE CORE. PEGS IT AT 100. NO MUTICORE SUPPORT AT ALL