Elden Ring: GPU requirements and performance
Capped at 60 FPS by the engine, which changes the buying question entirely: past a certain point a faster graphics card buys you frame-time consistency and higher resolution, not a higher number.
What actually limits performance here
The part that generic system requirements never tell you.
- The frame rate is locked to 60 FPS. No graphics card in this database will exceed it.
- Traversal stutter is a known characteristic of the engine and is not fixed by a faster GPU.
- Ray tracing was added post-launch and is expensive relative to its visual impact.
- There is no DLSS, FSR or XeSS support, so upscaling is not an option here.
Published system requirements
The publisher's own figures. They describe a baseline, not the hardware needed for high settings at a high frame rate.
| Tier | Graphics card | Processor | Memory | Target |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB / AMD Radeon RX 580 4 GB | Intel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 3 3300X | 12 GB | Not stated |
| Recommended | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8 GB / AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 8 GB | Intel Core i7-8700K / AMD Ryzen 5 3600X | 16 GB | Not stated |
Technologies supported
Which vendor features this title implements, which decides how much your graphics card's feature set is worth here.
Ray tracing
SupportedCompareYourGPU classifies the ray tracing load as heavy.
DLSS
Not supportedNot implemented. NVIDIA owners gain nothing from DLSS support here.
FSR
Not supportedNot implemented.
XeSS
Not supportedNot implemented.
Frame generation
Not supportedNot implemented, so a card's frame generation support is irrelevant here.
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Estimated
Which graphics card do you need for Elden Ring?
The least expensive in-production cards whose estimated frame rate in this title is centred at or above 60 FPS, at High settings with no upscaling. The range shown for each card is the model's uncertainty band, so the lower bound can fall under 60.
Modelled from the estimated performance index and this title’s demand classification. Not a measured benchmark. How the model works.
1080p
Around 60 FPS, High settings, no upscaling
1440p
Around 60 FPS, High settings, no upscaling
4K
Around 60 FPS, High settings, no upscaling
- RX 9070
$549 MSRP · estimated 75-110 FPS
- RTX 5070
$549 MSRP · estimated 70-95 FPS
- RX 9070 XT
$599 MSRP · estimated 90-125 FPS
Measured
Verified benchmark data
Frame-rate figures transcribed from named third-party measurements.
No verified benchmark data for this game yet
CompareYourGPU only publishes frame-rate figures it can attribute to a named, linkable measurement. None have been transcribed for Elden Ring yet, so nothing is shown here rather than numbers that would look authoritative without being verifiable.
Elden Ring: common questions
What are the recommended system requirements for Elden Ring?
Does Elden Ring support ray tracing?
Does Elden Ring support DLSS, FSR or XeSS?
How demanding is Elden Ring?
Sources
- Steam store pagePublisher-stated system requirements for Elden Ring
Last reviewed . Demand classifications are CompareYourGPU’s editorial judgement, not measurements.