No deleting them this time
TheElden RingPC system requirements areup on Steam, and let’s just say you won’t be Eldeninganyrings on a spendthrift system. The minimum specs include erstwhile mid-range hardware like the 3GB GeForce GTX 1060 and the Intel Core i5-8400, as well as an unusually high 12GB of RAM. It also seems to suggest sticking with Windows 10, andWindows 11is only listed among the recommended specs.
Notably, these minimum requirements are identical to a list (spotted byPC Gamer) that briefly appeared onElden Ring’s Steam page before being swiftly deleted. The vanishing act and surprisingly high specs did make it seem as if they weren’t the finished article , but nope, here we are. Does anyone even have 12GB of RAM? I mean it’s technically possible but you’d need to buy two completely different ah you know what never mind here’s the full list.
In fairness to FromSoftware, those two recommended-level graphics cards are only two steps up from the minimum GPUs in their respective product lines – or just one if you count the 6GB GTX 1060 and 8GB RX 580 as separate cards. In general, it does look as though you’ll be able to get by with older hardware, as long as it isn’t too low-end. There’s apparently a60fps cap on PCtoo, so having overpowered internals won’t help as much.
Even so, Elden Ring could be in greater need of thebest graphics cardsonce it adds ray tracing effects; these won’t be in the game when it launches on February 25th, but will come later in a patch.
