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DCS World Steam Edition PC system requirements

DCS World Steam Edition needs at least an Intel or AMD 3.0Ghz+ with 4+ cores processor, 16 GB of RAM and a graphics card listed as “Discrete AMD or NVIDIA 8GB+”, on Windows 10, 11.

For the recommended settings: an Intel or AMD 4.5Ghz+ with 8+ cores processor, 32 GB of RAM and a graphics card listed as “Discrete AMD or NVIDIA 8GB+”. It takes 200 GB of storage.

DCS World Steam Edition: minimum and recommended PC requirements (Windows)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system	Windows 10, 11 Same for both: minimum and recommended
Processor	Intel or AMD 3.0Ghz+ with 4+ cores	Intel or AMD 4.5Ghz+ with 8+ cores
Memory	16 GB RAM	32 GB RAM
Graphics	Discrete AMD or NVIDIA 8GB+ Same for both: minimum and recommended
DirectX	Version 11 Same for both: minimum and recommended
Storage	200 GB available space	500 GB available space
VR support	SteamVR, Oculus VR	SteamVR, Oculus VR, OpenXR
Additional notes	Input: Keyboard / Mouse / Joystick	Input: Joystick / Pedals / VR / Track IR / Haptic Gloves

How demanding is DCS World Steam Edition?

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 (200 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.