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Want to play Elden Ring? Time to upgrade your CPU

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Elden Ring’s PC requirements have been released and budget gamers might not like what they see.
Developer From Software has finally unveiled the PC system requirements for the hotly anticipated game Elden Ring, and it’s not all good news for those with older rigs. The minimum CPU listed is an Intel Core i5-8400 or AMD Ryzen 3 3300X. This may require some people to upgrade their CPU to get respectable frame rates. To be fair, the listed minimum and recommended specs aren’t totally out of touch, especially in the GPU department. In fact, the Nvidia GTX 1060 spec for the minimum requirements is right in line with Steam’s hardware survey for the most popular GPU used on Steam. However, those with older CPUs may face significant bottlenecks. Compared to other games, Elden Ring’s CPU requirements are much higher.

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