System requirements · PC
Pillars of Eternity PC system requirements
Pillars of Eternity needs at least an Intel Core i3-2100T @ 2.50 GHz / AMD Phenom II X3 B73 processor, 4 GB of RAM and an ATI Radeon HD 4850 or NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT graphics card, on Windows Vista 64-bit or newer.
For the recommended settings: an Intel Core i5-2400 @ 3.10 GHz / AMD Phenom II X6 1100T processor, 8 GB of RAM and a Radeon HD 7700 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 graphics card. It takes 14 GB of storage.
Minimum and recommended requirements
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| Operating system | Windows Vista 64-bit or newer Same for both: minimum and recommended | |
| Processor | Intel Core i3-2100T @ 2.50 GHz / AMD Phenom II X3 B73 | Intel Core i5-2400 @ 3.10 GHz / AMD Phenom II X6 1100T |
| Memory | 4 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Graphics | ATI Radeon HD 4850 or NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT | Radeon HD 7700 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 |
| Storage | 14 GB available space Same for both: minimum and recommended | |
| Sound card | DirectX Compatible Sound Card Same for both: minimum and recommended | |
How demanding is Pillars of Eternity?
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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 50% of the 1,852 games with a storage figure (14 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
Mac
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| Operating system | OS X 10.6.3 Leopard 64-bit or newer | OS X 10.9 Mavericks 64-bit or newer |
| Processor | Intel Core i5-540M @ 2.53 GHz | Intel Core i5-540M @ 3.40 GHz |
| Memory | 4 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Graphics | ATI Radeon HD 6750M or NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M | Radeon R9 M290X or Nvidia GeForce GTX 775M 2GB |
| Storage | 14 GB available space Same for both: minimum and recommended | |
Linux and SteamOS
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| Operating system | Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 64-bit or newer Same for both: minimum and recommended | |
| Processor | Intel Core i3-2100T @ 2.50 GHz / AMD Phenom II X3 B73 | Intel Core i5-2400 @ 3.10 GHz / AMD Phenom II X6 1100T |
| Memory | 4 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Graphics | ATI Radeon HD 4850 or NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT | Radeon HD 7700 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 |
| Storage | 14 GB available space Same for both: minimum and recommended | |
Pillars of Eternity 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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