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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

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 R9 290X or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780
VRAM: 4GB
System Memory: 12 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

78 FPS

High

Graphics Card

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3.6

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Value

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2.4

2.2

2.2

7.4

Star Citizen System Requirements

Intel CPU

AMD CPU

Nvidia Graphics Card

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VRAM

RAM

OS

Direct X

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GD Verdict

Minimum Requirements

Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz

Phenom II X4 940

GD CPU hardware score: 5

GeForce GTX 680

GD GPU hardware score: 6

2 GB

GD VRAM hardware score: 5

8 GB

GD RAM hardware score: 8

Win 7 64

DX 11

100 GB

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Recommended Requirements

Core i7-3770 4-Core 3.4GHz

GD CPU hardware score: 8

GeForce GTX 780

GD GPU hardware score: 7

3 GB

GD VRAM hardware score: 6

12 GB

GD RAM hardware score: 9

Win 10 64

DX 12

100 GB

Ultra Requirements

Core i7-5960X 8-Core 3.0GHz

GD CPU hardware score: 9

GeForce GTX 980 4GB

GD GPU hardware score: 7

4 GB

GD VRAM hardware score: 6

16 GB

GD RAM hardware score: 10

Win 10 64

DX 12

100 GB

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Low Setting

Premium Only FPS

Medium Setting

Premium Only FPS

High Setting

Premium Only FPS

Ultra Setting

Premium Only FPS

Cost Per Frame

Star Citizen PC Release Date: 2019

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12%

RAM

11GB

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