Star Citizen is an incredibly ambitious space combat sim in which the plan is you can go anywhere, do anything, and be anyone. Pilot spaceships, farm for resources, race, even board a ship for first-person shooter action.

Star Citizen System Requirements

18 Aug 2020 - Specs reviewed

Official Minimum Requirements

100 GB storage

Recommended Requirements

OS: Win 10 64
Processor: Intel Core i7-3770 4-Core 3.4GHz / AMD FX-8350
Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 570 4GB or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti 4GB
VRAM: 4GB
System Memory: 16 GB RAM
Storage: 100 GB Hard drive space
DirectX 12 Compatible Graphics Card

PC System Analysis For Star Citizen Requirements

Star Citizen is still in development but is currently one of the most demanding games on PC. Running on the high-end CryTek engine, Star Citizen's system requirements are very high. The sky is the limit here, so the better the graphics card and CPU you can throw at Star Citizen, the nicer it will look and the better the performance will be.The system requirements for Star Citizen are in a constant state of flux as development progresses. The latest high-end GeForce GTX 1000 Series or AMD's Radeon Fury graphics cards are needed to get Star Citizen looking its finest.

FPS System Benchmark

75 FPS

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GTX 1060

How well optimised is Star Citizen for PC? Star Citizen is terribly optimized

2.9

Where does Star Citizen rank in the list of the most demanding games?

100+

Genres: Management, Online, Shooter, Sim, Sci fi

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Core i7-3770 4-Core 3.4GHz

FX-8350

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Radeon RX 570 4GB

4 GB

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Win 10 64

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100 GB

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Core i7-5960X 8-Core 3.0GHz

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6 GB

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100 GB

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Star Citizen PC Release Date:

2021

Alternative Game Tags: Star Citizen, freelancer, wing commander, chris roberts, star citisen

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