The much-awaited action RPG could leave a surprising number of gaming rigs out in the cold.
Elden Ring’s system requirements were briefly glimpsed at the weekend, as you may have seen, before being yanked down from Steam – but it turns out the spotted minimum spec was correct. The official PC requirements have now been aired via the game’s Twitter account, so we now have the minimum and recommended specification. Let’s take a look at those full details first, before discussing the ramifications (or should that be RAMifications, ahem). Minimum requirements Recommended requirements The first point to note is the rather unusual requirement for 12GB of system RAM, and remember, that’s a minimum. In other words, if you have less than 12GB of memory, and there are still a number of folks in that boat who may only have 8GB, then you can forget about playing Elden Ring at all. For recommended, you’re looking at 16GB of RAM, but that’s no surprise at all. The graphics card minimum requirement may leave some PC gamers out in the cold, as well, given that you can’t have less than a GTX 1060, and again, that’s not a threshold everyone will hit.
