Starfield PC Specs: Minimum Requirements And Recommended Specs Call For An SSD (2024)

By Chris Pereira and Demi Williams on August 31, 2023 at 8:00AM PDT

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With Starfield's early access release (and our Starfield review) upon us, those planning to play on PC will want to make sure to first take a look at the system requirements. On the low end, you're not being asked for a top-of-the-line rig to play the game, but all players will need a lot of free storage space--as well as an SSD. Here's a look at the required PC specs for Starfield, including the GPU and CPU.

The official Steam page and Xbox Store page for the upcoming open-world RPG were previously updated, allowing users to see what would be required. With the early launch now drawing ever closer, developer Bethesda has more formally announced the game's minimum and recommended PC specifications.

The minimum specs are fairly reasonable and will require an AMD Ryzen 5 2600X processor or an Intel Core i7-6800K, as well as an AMD Radeon RX 5700 or NVIDIA GeForce 1070 Ti graphics card. In terms of the requirements for the recommended way to play, an AMD Ryzen 5 3600X or Intel i5-10600K will be demanded instead, alongside an RX 6800 XT or RTX 2080. We already know Bethesda has teamed up with AMD to optimize Starfield, which looks as if it will mean Nvidia features such as DLSS won't be supported.

It's noted on both minimum and recommended that players will need an SSD--and the game will take up 125GB of space. However, the Xbox Store listing notes 140GB being required, so it remains to be seen just how much you may actually need.

You can check out the system requirements below.

Starfield PC system requirements

Minimum specs

• OS: Windows 10 version 19043.0 or higher
• Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 2600X, Intel Core i7-6800K
• Memory: 16 GB RAM
• Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 5700, NVIDIA GeForce 1070 Ti
• DirectX: Version 12
• Network: Broadband Internet connection
• Storage: 125 GB available space
• Additional Notes: SSD Required

Recommended specs

• OS: Windows 10 version 19043.0 or higher
• Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 3600X, Intel i5-10600K
• Memory: 16 GB RAM
• Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
• DirectX: Version 12
• Network: Broadband Internet connection
• Storage: 125 GB available space
• Additional Notes: SSD Required

The specs don't indicate what kind of performance users will experience, so it's unclear what frame rate and quality settings these requirements will target.

For console, Bethesda and Xbox have confirmed that Starfield will be locked at 30fps on Xbox Series X|S. It will run at 4K resolution on the Xbox Series X and 1440p on the Xbox Series S, but the framerate will be 30fps for performance consistency.

Starfield is set to launch on September 6, 2023 for PC and Xbox Series X|S, with an early September 1 release coming for those who buy the Constellation edition or an upgrade for the Game Pass edition.

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