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ARK: Survival Ascended PC system requirements

ARK: Survival Ascended needs at least an AMD Ryzen 5 2600X, Intel Core i7-6800K processor, 16 GB of RAM and an AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT, NVIDIA GeForce 1080 graphics card, on Windows 10/11 with updates.

For the recommended settings: an AMD Ryzen 5 3600X, Intel i5-10600K processor, 32 GB of RAM and an AMD Radeon RX 6800, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 graphics card. It takes 180 GB of storage.

ARK: Survival Ascended: minimum and recommended PC requirements (Windows)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system	Windows 10/11 with updates Same for both: minimum and recommended
Processor	AMD Ryzen 5 2600X, Intel Core i7-6800K	AMD Ryzen 5 3600X, Intel i5-10600K
Memory	16 GB RAM	32 GB RAM
Graphics	AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT, NVIDIA GeForce 1080	AMD Radeon RX 6800, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
DirectX	Version 12 Same for both: minimum and recommended
Storage	180 GB available space Same for both: minimum and recommended
Network	Broadband Internet connection Same for both: minimum and recommended
Additional notes	SSD Required Same for both: minimum and recommended

How demanding is ARK: Survival Ascended?

Memory: Needs more minimum RAM than 89% of the 1,937 PC games with requirements we track (16 GB).
Storage: Larger than 100% of the 1,852 games with a storage figure (180 GB).

Compared with the minimum requirements of every game that has a requirements page on gamekeys.deals. We compare memory and storage only: processor and graphics card names cannot be ranked reliably from Steam's text.