Half-Life: Alyx System Requirements

12th August 2021 - Specs reviewed

Official Minimum Requirements

OS: Windows 10
Processor: Core i5-7500 / Ryzen 5 1600
Memory: 12 GB RAM
Graphics: GTX 1060 / RX 580 - 6GB VRAM

Recommended Requirements

OS: Windows 7 64-bit
Processor: Intel Core i7-6700K 4-Core 4.0GHz / AMD Ryzen R5 1600
Graphics: AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 Air 8GB or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
VRAM: 7.8125GB
RAM: 16 GB
HDD: 50 GB
DirectX 11 Compatible Graphics Card

PC System Analysis For Half-Life: Alyx Requirements

Half-Life: Alyx runs on the Source game engine. You need a Core i7-6700K 4-Core 4.0GHz or Ryzen R5 1600 processor coupled with a GeForce GTX 1080 to run Half-Life: Alyx system requirements at recommended. You can expect to get around 60FPS at 1080p screen res on high graphics settings with this hardware. Also your PC needs 16 GB RAM to meet the rec specs and run at 60 frames. Half-Life: Alyx needs a Core i5-7500 3.4GHz or Ryzen R5 1600 processor coupled with a GeForce GTX 1060 to run Half-Life: Alyx system requirements at minimum requirements. A machine of this performance will return around 30FPS on low settings. System memory for min is 12 GB. Make sure your GPU can run DirectX 11.00 or Half-Life: Alyx won’t run.

FPS System Benchmark

Graphics Card

GTX 1060

What's your user review score for Half-Life: Alyx?

How well optimised is Half-Life: Alyx for PC? 6.5

Where does Half-Life: Alyx rank in the list of the most demanding games?

Genres: Action , Adventure

	Minimum	Recommended
Processor	Core i5-7500 3.4GHz	Core i7-6700K 4-Core 4.0GHz
Processor	Ryzen R5 1600	Ryzen R5 1600
Graphics Card	GeForce GTX 1060	GeForce GTX 1080
Graphics Card	Radeon RX 580 8GB	Radeon RX Vega 64 Air 8GB
VRAM	6GB	7.8125GB
RAM	12 GB	16 GB
OS	Windows 7 64-bit	Windows 7 64-bit
DirectX	11	11
HDD Space	50 GB	50 GB

Half-Life: Alyx PC Release Date:

23 Mar 2020

Alternative Game Tags: Half-Life: Alyx System Requirements, Half-Life: Alyx Hardware Requirements, Half-Life: Alyx Specifications, Half-Life: Alyx Specs, HalfLifeAlyx

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OverPsix

PC Specs

19:13 Sep-22-2022

Can I run Half-Life: Alyx at 60FPS on Medium at 1080p?

Core i5-11400H 6-Core 2.20GHz GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile 16GB

100% of 1 people think this can run

Quest 2. And if not what can I do to play comfortable?

darkgareth

PC Specs

07:40 Aug-29-2022

Can I run Half-Life: Alyx?

Core i5-8400 6-Core 2.8GHz GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5X 16GB

Can I Run?

dessertmonkey

PC Specs

01:00 Aug-05-2022

Can I run Half-Life: Alyx on High at 1080p?

Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core 3.8GHz GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6GB 24GB

100% of 1 people think this can run

Can I Run?

Izaya

19:30 Jun-09-2022

Can I Run? My processer is a i7-10700kf 8-core 3.80ghz

Graphics card is a rtx 3080 gigabyte gaming oc 10gb

Ram 16gb

AliEbad

11:50 Jun-29-2022

Yes of course

Viggo3000

PC Specs

12:23 May-22-2022

Can I run Half-Life: Alyx at 30FPS on Low at 720p?

Ryzen R5 1400 Radeon RX 480 4GB 16GB

100% of 3 people think this can run

Can I Run?

dajkalaszlo

PC Specs

03:33 Apr-03-2022

Sorry the previous was with my laptop

dajkalaszlo

PC Specs

03:28 Apr-03-2022

Can I run Half-Life: Alyx at 60FPS on High at 1080p?

Core i5-7300HQ 4-Core 2.5GHz GeForce GTX 1060 16GB

100% of 4 people think this can run

ryzen 5 5600x 16 gb Rtx 3060 12gb

cmcrew123

PC Specs

06:16 Apr-01-2022

Can I run Half-Life: Alyx at 60FPS on Ultra at 1080p?

Core i5-11400 6-Core 2.7GHz GeForce RTX 3060 Ultra 16GB

66.6667% of 6 people think this can run

Core i5-11400 6-Core 2.70GHz GeForce RTX 3060 Ultra W OC Ram 16GB 2800Mhz

gregoryk07

PC Specs

12:55 Feb-08-2022

Can I run Half-Life: Alyx at 60FPS on Low?

Core i5-10300H 4-Core 2.50GHz GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile 8GB

100% of 4 people think this can run

Can I Run?

istachir2

21:47 Dec-30-2021

<pre class="ql-syntax">Can I run Half life alyx at 30 FPS? i have graphics intel hd 4400 and i3-4005U

istachir2

21:47 Dec-30-2021

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Patoloco1002

PC Specs

02:05 May-16-2021

Can I run Half-Life: Alyx at 30FPS on low?

FX-8320E Radeon RX 460 2GB 8GB

0% of 7 people think this can run

At least at a very very low settings, but at 30 fps minimum

Smokeys112

PC Specs

12:17 Apr-06-2021

Can I run Half-Life: Alyx at 60FPS on medium at 1080p?

Ryzen 5 2600 GeForce GTX 1650 Inno3D Twin X2 OC 4GB 16GB

20% of 10 people think this can run

Can I run ?

JDMB20TDA

PC Specs

02:48 Feb-01-2021

Can I run Half-Life: Alyx?

Phenom II X6 1045T Radeon RX 580 MSI Armor OC 8GB 8GB

22.2222% of 9 people think this can run

Can I run. Any chance ?

JDMB20TDA

PC Specs

16:43 Mar-28-2021

New setup, same gpu with a 5600x and 16g of ddr4. Looks like I maybe able to squeek by now.

JDMB20TDA

PC Specs

04:42 Mar-29-2021

Runs great on high. Stokeedddd

Iemand28

PC Specs

11:48 Aug-09-2020

Can I run Half-Life: Alyx on medium?

Core i5-7600 3.5GHz Radeon RX 480 MSI Gaming X 8GB 16GB

80% of 10 people think this can run

Can I run on an oculus rift S? If so, what settings?

Xvengane

PC Specs

09:30 May-24-2020

Can I run Half-Life: Alyx?

Core i5-7600 3.5GHz GeForce GTX 1060 MSI Armor 6G OC 16GB

100% of 8 people think this can run

Can I run it?
If yes, what settings to avoid motion sickness?

michasrutek

PC Specs

20:49 Aug-18-2020

I voted yes because...I've got the same GPU and your CPU comparable to my I7-3770. On Ultra -Fog medium I've got 45-90FPS when I sometime looked in MSI Afterburner. GPU utilization 13-80% and CPU 40-100% (for me)

snoWMan97

PC Specs

01:47 May-12-2020

9100 F - 1650 S - 12gb ram ?

ColdKiller69

PC Specs

03:08 May-01-2020

Can I run Half-Life: Alyx at 60FPS on medium at 1440p?

Ryzen 5 2600 Radeon RX 580 8GB 32GB

88.8889% of 9 people think this can run

Can I run ?

abuzer123

PC Specs

15:36 Apr-16-2020

Can I run Half-Life: Alyx on low at 720p?

Core i5-7500T 2.7GHz GeForce GTX 1050 16GB

55.5556% of 9 people think this can run

Can I run ? For the lowest settings possible.

IllesMfckrAlive

PC Specs

02:53 Apr-05-2020

Can I run Half-Life: Alyx at 60FPS on ultra at 1440p?

Ryzen R5 1600 GeForce GTX 1080 Asus ROG Strix A8G Gaming 8GB 16GB

91.6667% of 12 people think this can run

Can I run ?