Elite: Dangerous
Have your say

User Review
7.76
Elite: Dangerous packshot image
Currently in paid Beta - Take a ship and 100 credits to make money legally or illegally - trade, bounty-hunt, pirate, assassinate your way across the galaxy. Elite: Dangerous is the latest installment of a long series of epic space games, starting with "Elite" - one of the most successful games of the 1980s.
Elite: Dangerous System Requirements
100+
Minimum Requirements
  • OS: Win 7 64
  • Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz / AMD Phenom 9850 Quad-Core
  • Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4870 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
  • VRAM: 512MB
  • System Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Storage: 7 GB Hard drive space
  • DirectX 11 Compatible Graphics Card
Recommended Requirements
  • OS: Win 7 64
  • Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K 4-Core 3.5GHz / AMD FX-4350
  • Graphics: AMD Radeon R9 280X or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770
  • VRAM: 1GB
  • System Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Storage: 7 GB Hard drive space
Frame Rates
Benchmarks
GPU Performance Chart
CPU List That Meet System Requirements
GPU List That Meet System Requirements
Bugfixes (0)
System Requirements Announcement News
Related News for Elite: Dangerous
PC System Analysis For Elite: Dangerous Requirements
Elite: Dangerous requires a Radeon R9 280X graphics card with a Core i7-3770K 4-Core 3.5GHz or FX-4350 processor to reach the recommended specs, achieving high graphics setting on 1080p. 8 GB will also be needed to achieve the Elite: Dangerous rec specs and get 60FPS. Elite: Dangerous needs a graphics card thats at least as powerful as a GeForce GTX 260/Radeon HD 4870 paired with Phenom 9850 Quad-Core/Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz CPU to match the min specs. This PC setup will deliver 25-35 Frame Per Second at Low graphics setting on 720p resolution. Minimum RAM requirements are 4 GB system memory. Your GPU is expected to be able to deliver DirectX 11. We suggest a 6 year old PC to play smoothly.
FPS System Benchmark
92 FPS
High
Graphics Card
What's your user review score for Elite: Dangerous?
7.76
How well optimised is Elite: Dangerous for PC? Elite: Dangerous is excellently optimized
8.9
Genres: Action, Arcade, Management, Sim, Sci fi
PC Elite: Dangerous User Scores
Platform
Graphics
Graphics score reflects how great the visuals are for this pc game.
Based on scores by our most trusted members.

Please login to add your score for Elite: Dangerous Graphics played on the pc.
Lifespan
Lifespan score reflects how much gameplay this pc game has in it. This is an average score out of 10 left by our most trusted members.
A high Lifespan score could represent a short fun game, which can be replayed again and again or it could be a game that takes a long time to complete.

Please login to add your score for Elite: Dangerous Lifespan played on the pc.
Value
Value score reflects how much enjoyment this pc game delivers compared to how much it costs. This is an average score out of 10 left by our most trusted members.
A high Value score will let people know that this game is worth its cost. As a game cost goes down over time the Value score may go up to reflect its better value

Please login to add your score for Elite: Dangerous Value played on the pc.
Main score
Main Score reflects how great this pc game is on this platform. This is an average score out of 10 left by our most trusted members.
A 10 means this pc game is perfect in all regards and will appeal to every gamer.

Please login to add your score for Elite: Dangerous Value played on the pc.

PC
8.4
8
7.7
8

Elite: Dangerous System Requirements
Intel CPU
AMD CPU
Nvidia Graphics Card
AMD Graphics Card
VRAM
RAM
OS
Direct X
HDD Space
GD Verdict
Minimum Requirements
Intel CPU
AMD CPU
Nvidia Graphics Card
AMD Graphics Card
VRAM
RAM
OS
Direct X
HDD Space
GD Verdict
Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz
Phenom 9850 Quad-Core
GD CPU hardware score: 5
Login
GeForce GTX 260
Radeon HD 4870
GD GPU hardware score: 3
Login
512 MB
GD VRAM hardware score: 2
4 GB
GD RAM hardware score: 4
Win 7 64
DX 11
7 GB

Add Your FPS Results
GD Adjusted Requirements
Intel CPU
AMD CPU
Nvidia Graphics Card
AMD Graphics Card
VRAM
RAM
OS
Direct X
HDD Space
GD Verdict
Core 2 Quad Q6400 2.13GHz
Phenom 9600 Quad-Core
GD CPU hardware score: 5
Login
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
Radeon HD 7870
GD GPU hardware score: 5
Login
2 GB
GD VRAM hardware score: 5
6 GB
GD RAM hardware score: 6
Win 7 64
DX 11
7 GB
FPS
Recommended Requirements
Intel CPU
AMD CPU
Nvidia Graphics Card
AMD Graphics Card
VRAM
RAM
OS
Direct X
HDD Space
GD Verdict
Core i7-3770K 4-Core 3.5GHz
FX-4350
GD CPU hardware score: 6
Login
GeForce GTX 770
Radeon R9 280X
GD GPU hardware score: 6
Login
2 GB
GD VRAM hardware score: 5
8 GB
GD RAM hardware score: 8
Win 7 64
DX 11
7 GB

Add Your FPS Results
Average Frames Per Second
Low Setting
Premium Only FPS
Medium Setting
Premium Only FPS
High Setting
Premium Only FPS
Ultra Setting
Premium Only FPS
Cost Per Frame
Add FPS record
Can I run Elite: Dangerous
Laptop
Modern Only
Hardware Quality
Processor Please select a processor
Graphics Please select a graphics solution
Clear
Use GD Rig
Is your hardware missing? Login and contact us

Elite: Dangerous PC Release Date:

16 Dec 2014

Alternative Game Tags: elite iv, space trading, david braben, frontier, elite dangerous
Xbox One |
Elite: Dangerous vs Avg. AAA Game System Requirements
Avg. AAA Recommended Requirements
CPU
Core i3-9350KF 4-Core 4.0GHz
79%
Graphics Card
Radeon RX 570 4GB
36%
RAM
11GB
38%
COMPARE ANY GRAPHICS CARD
VS
COMPARE ANY CPU
VS
Home Site
Publisher
Developer
Twitter
Facebook
Patches
Demo
Forum
Tech Forum
Beta
Wikipedia
Age Rating 12+
Sequel
GD Tags: elite iv, space trading, david braben, frontier, elite dangerous
Popular Game System Requirements
Cyberpunk 2077
eFootball PES 2020
The Division 2
Doom Eternal
Metro: Exodus
Borderlands 3
Grand Theft Auto VI
Watch Dogs Legion
Total War: Three Kingdoms
FIFA 20

Title

Body