Bethesda’s Starfield is about to make a huge splash in the gaming community as soon as the game launches next week. It’s a massive game, both literally and figuratively speaking as the game lets players explore the never-ending galaxies and planets, while also requiring gamers to have a very high-spec rig to have a smooth gameplay experience. The game’s recommended system requirement is already loaded, but it wouldn’t be a bad idea for gamers to upgrade as much as they could afford to, just to get a better experience.
Starfield‘s minimum system requirement isn’t as far-fetched and might just get players to run the game. On the console side, the game is locked at 30 fps on both the Xbox Series consoles, with the Series X able to run the game at 4K, and the Series S able to run the game at 2K. The game comes out in less than a week, and desktop gamers better be prepared and look at all of the requirements carefully.
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Starfield Runs Best On Desktops, Although Gamers Using An HDD Must Look At The System Requirements Again
To enjoy Starfield in the best performance possible, at 4K resolution and running the game at 60fps or more, PC is the best bet but gamers better be prepared with a mighty powerful rig. Steam has already listed the recommended spec which is not for the average gamer. Starting off with the latest Windows builds, and DirectX 12, gamers must also have an SSD in their rig with at least 125 GB available space. This shouldn’t come as a total shock to many gamers but for an average gamer looking to explore the space while playing this massive game, it’s an expected requirement.
For the other minimum requirements, players can get through the game with either of these two processors – AMD’s Ryzen 5 2600X or Intel’s 6th-generation i7. A minimum of 16 GB of RAM is required, along with either of these two GPUs – AMD’s Radeon RX 5700 or NVIDIA’s 1070 Ti.
Here’s Why Starfield Gamers Should Get an SSD to Run the Game
HDDs are still in play in most gaming rigs, as even most modern AAA games can run just fine when loading from an HDD. However, most high-end gaming rigs these days come with either an option to have an SSD just to install Windows to have a better performance with an HDD for everything else, or just an SSD as it is in most cases. An SSD, or a Solid State Drive, has quickly become the best option to have a faster, smoother desktop or laptop for both working and gaming. It’s also quite reliable as HDDs are also quickly becoming quite ancient.
Coming back to the rest of the recommended required specs to play Starfield, gamers must also ensure their rig has at least 16 GB of RAM, with the CPU being either Intel’s 10th-generation i5 processor or AMD’s Ryzen 5 3600X. As for the GPUs that fall under the recommended options, NVIDIA’s RTX 2080 or AMD’s Radeon RX 6800 XT should do just fine. Players should be able to easily get the full 4K 60fps experience with these conditions met.
Starfield Expected To Be Least Buggy Game By Bethesda, As Patches And Updates Continue
Starfield is still getting updates and patches fixing a ton of known bugs, leading to many fans being quite confident of having a far better day-one experience. In contrast, Bethesda’s previous games have been quite infamous for the massive amount of bugs and glitches almost making the games unplayable on launch day, most notably, Fallout 76 which still has its share of bugs after all these years.
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As shared by a Redditor above, the game is still receiving gameplay fixes. The game is expected to be a lot more polished than expected, much to the dismay of many gamers who are used to having bugs and glitches, which brings out a lot of funny and memorable moments. Starfield releases in the US on the 6th of September, this year and once released, the game will answer further uncertainties regarding the game’s performance and bugs.
Source: GameRant
