Below you will find the system specifications needed to run Star Citizen on your PC, as well as our system recommendations to give a better experience when exploring the 'verse. As the game is still in development, these minimum and recommended system specs may change in the future.
Minimum Requirements
Star Citizen requires a 64-bit processor and operating system.
| OS | Windows 10 (Latest Service Pack) |
|---|---|
| CPU | Quad Core CPU - Intel: i7 (Sandy Bridge or later), AMD: Bulldozer or later |
| GPU | DirectX 11.1 compatible Graphics Card with 4 GB VRAM |
| Memory | 16 GB |
| Storage | 100+ GB SSD |
- Star Citizen is not available for macOS or Linux.
- Star Citizen requires a computer with the ability to run AVX instructions, which is noted above under the CPU requirements.
- Star Citizen requires a GPU with at least 4GB VRAM and a driver with support for Direct3D 11.1 and Vulkan 1.2.
- Graphics drivers must be updated to the latest versions to ensure the best support.
Examples of minimum spec graphic cards:
- NVidia 1060
- AMD RX 5700, RX Vega 56, RX 460
- Intel A380, UHD Graphics 730
Recommended
For the best gaming experience when exploring the 'verse, we advise players have systems that meet or exceed the below specifications:
| OS | Windows 10 (Latest Service Pack) / Windows 11 |
|---|---|
| CPU | Quad/Eight Core CPU - Intel: i7 (Sandy Bridge or later), AMD: Ryzen 5 or later |
| GPU | DirectX 12 compatible Graphics Card with 8 GB VRAM |
| Memory | 32 GB DDR4 |
| Storage | 100+ GB SSD |
Star Citizen Telemetry Info
We offer a tool our players can use to get a rough estimate of the performance of most system configurations so they can get an idea of what to expect. This is the Telemetry Dashboard. Keep in mind that any individual system is unique and your performance may vary depending on a number of factors that can't be accounted for in this tool.
Click here to go directly to the dashboard page.