Elite: Dangerous System Requirements

12th August 2021 - Specs reviewed

Minimum Requirements

  • OS: Windows 7 64-bit
  • 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
  • RAM: 4 GB
  • HDD: 7 GB
  • DirectX 11 Compatible Graphics Card
 

Recommended Requirements

  • OS: Windows 7 64-bit
  • Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K 4-Core 3.5GHz / AMD FX-4350
  • Graphics: AMD Radeon R9 280X or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770
  • VRAM: 1GB
  • RAM: 8 GB
  • HDD: 7 GB
  • DirectX 11 Compatible Graphics Card
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 graphics card will need to be capable of running DirectX 11.00. We suggest a 10 year old PC to play smoothly.
FPS System Benchmark
107 FPS
High
Graphics Card
8.48
How well optimised is Elite: Dangerous for PC? 8.4
8.4
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Elite: Dangerous System Requirements

Minimum
Recommended
Processor
Graphics Card
VRAM
512MB
1GB
RAM
4 GB
8 GB
OS
Windows 7 64-bit
Windows 7 64-bit
DirectX
11
11
HDD Space
7 GB
7 GB

Elite: Dangerous PC Release Date:

16 Dec 2014

Alternative Game Tags: elite iv, space trading, david braben, frontier, elite dangerous
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Can I run Elite: Dangerous at 60FPS on ultra at 1080p?
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Can I run this game smoothly at max? I've heard that it can be quite soothing once you get used to it and I definitely need a nice new game to kind of turn my brain off with and just kind of go.

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05:08 Nov-23-2018
Can I run Elite: Dangerous at 60FPS on high at 1080p?
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Or even on ultra? lol

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01:33 Sep-23-2018
Can I run Elite: Dangerous at 60FPS on low at 720p?
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14:03 Dec-15-2017
Can I run Elite: Dangerous at 60FPS on medium at 1080p?
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20:26 Oct-20-2017
Can I run Elite: Dangerous at 30FPS on low at 720p?
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20:42 May-27-2017
Can I run Elite: Dangerous at 30FPS on low?
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Can I run at 25fps at least?

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Yes, it will do it at all low with supersampling at .75, it won't look pretty but the gameplay will still exist. I did it for over 100 hours on a Intel HD 3000 with an average of 25 fps. It would dip down to 15 fps rarely when fighting in ringed planets rings, but it would always recover enough to continue playing. It never froze or anything on me either. make sure your resolution in 720p not 768p too, not a big reduction but good for the performance. I got 45 fps else ware.

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Can I run Elite: Dangerous at 60FPS on ultra at 1080p?
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23:45 Jan-07-2017
Can I run Elite: Dangerous at 60FPS on medium at 1080p?
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Can I run ?
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16:54 Dec-20-2016
Can I run Elite: Dangerous at 60FPS on medium at 720p?
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19:17 Oct-27-2016
Can I run Elite: Dangerous at 60FPS on high at 1080p?
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Can I run Elite: Dangerous? Thanks in advance!

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03:51 Sep-25-2016
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Can I run Elite: Dangerous? Thank you!

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Can I run Elite: Dangerous at 30FPS on high at 1080p?
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Can I run Elite: Dangerous? I can go down to medium if needed.

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23:00 Oct-29-2016

I voted yes because... i run it ultra-1080p 60fps with roughly the same specs as you

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17:59 Sep-02-2016
Can I run Elite: Dangerous at 30FPS on low at 720p?
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Probably not, but who knows...

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13:17 Aug-07-2016

Do you think i can run this game with my GPU?

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11:26 Sep-11-2016

yes low to medium :)

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17:09 Feb-02-2016

At what settings can i run this game?
It looks really interesting :)

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08:39 Mar-21-2016

I can run it perfectly fine, and my setup is worse than yours. I don't know exact settings but you should be able to play pretty well.

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18:25 Mar-21-2016

Cool!
thanks :D

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11:03 Jan-31-2016

How good or bad can I run this?

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11:28 Sep-11-2016

u can run it medium - high :)

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