System requirements · PC
Far Cry 4 PC system requirements
Far Cry 4 needs at least a processor listed as “2.6 GHz Intel® Core™ i5-750 or 3.2 GHz AMD Phenom™ II X4 955”, 4 GB of RAM and an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or AMD Radeon HD5850 (1 GB VRAM) graphics card, on Windows 10 (64-bit).
For the recommended settings: a processor listed as “2.5 GHz Intel® Core™ i5-2400S or 4.0 GHz AMD FX-8350 or better”, 8 GB of RAM and an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 or AMD Radeon R9 290X or better (2 GB VRAM) graphics card. It takes 30 GB of storage.
Minimum and recommended requirements
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| Operating system | Windows 10 (64-bit) Same for both: minimum and recommended | |
| Processor | 2.6 GHz Intel® Core™ i5-750 or 3.2 GHz AMD Phenom™ II X4 955 | 2.5 GHz Intel® Core™ i5-2400S or 4.0 GHz AMD FX-8350 or better |
| Memory | 4 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Graphics | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or AMD Radeon HD5850 (1 GB VRAM) | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 or AMD Radeon R9 290X or better (2 GB VRAM) |
| DirectX | Version 11 Same for both: minimum and recommended | |
| Storage | 30 GB available space Same for both: minimum and recommended | |
| Sound card | DirectX-compatible (5.1 surround sound recommended) Same for both: minimum and recommended | |
| Network | Broadband Internet connection Same for both: minimum and recommended | |
| Additional notes | Windows-compatible keyboard, mouse, optional controller (Xbox 360 Controller for Windows recommended) | Supported video cards at the time of release: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or better, GeForce GTX 700 series; AMD Radeon HD5850 or better, Radeon R9 series. Note: Laptop versions of these cards may work but are NOT officially supported. |
How demanding is Far Cry 4?
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Memory: Needs more minimum RAM than 15% of the 1,937 PC games with requirements we track (4 GB).
It is on our list of low-end PC games (4 GB of RAM or less).
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Storage: Larger than 69% of the 1,852 games with a storage figure (30 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.
Other platforms
Far Cry 4 is also available on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The PC specifications on this page do not apply to console editions.
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