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Quake Live PC system requirements

Quake Live needs at least a processor listed as “2 GHz Intel Processor or better”, 1 GB of RAM and an NVIDIA GeForce 4 MX or better, ATI Radeon 8500 or better, Intel i915 chipset or better 1024x600 resolution graphics card, on Windows 7 or later.

For the recommended settings: a processor listed as “2 GHz Intel Quad Core Processor or better”, 2 GB of RAM and an NVIDIA GeForce 7 Series or better, ATI Radeon X1800 series or better 1920x1080 resolution graphics card. It takes 1 GB of storage.

Quake Live: minimum and recommended PC requirements (Windows)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system	Windows 7 or later Same for both: minimum and recommended
Processor	2 GHz Intel Processor or better	2 GHz Intel Quad Core Processor or better
Memory	1 GB RAM	2 GB RAM
Graphics	NVIDIA GeForce 4 MX or better, ATI Radeon 8500 or better, Intel i915 chipset or better 1024x600 resolution	NVIDIA GeForce 7 Series or better, ATI Radeon X1800 series or better 1920x1080 resolution
DirectX	Version 9.0 Same for both: minimum and recommended
Storage	1 GB available space	2 GB available space
Sound card	Stereo Soundcard Same for both: minimum and recommended
Network	Broadband Internet connection Same for both: minimum and recommended

How demanding is Quake Live?

Memory: Needs more minimum RAM than 1% of the 1,937 PC games with requirements we track (1 GB).

It is on our list of low-end PC games (4 GB of RAM or less).
Storage: Larger than 5% of the 1,852 games with a storage figure (1 GB).

It is on our list of small PC games (under 5 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.