System requirements · PC
The Elder Scrolls Online PC system requirements
The Elder Scrolls Online needs at least an Intel® Core™ i5 2300 or AMD FX4350 processor, 4 GB of RAM and a graphics card listed as “Direct X 11.0 compliant video card with 1GB RAM (NVIDIA® GeForce® 560 or AMD Radeon™ 6870)”, on Windows 10 64-bit.
For the recommended settings: an Intel® Core™ i5 2300 or AMD FX4350 processor, 8 GB of RAM and a graphics card listed as “Direct X 11.0 compliant video card with 4GB of RAM (NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 970 or AMD Radeon™ RX 570) or higher”. It takes 150 GB of storage.
Minimum and recommended requirements
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| Operating system | Windows 10 64-bit Same for both: minimum and recommended | |
| Processor | Intel® Core™ i5 2300 or AMD FX4350 Same for both: minimum and recommended | |
| Memory | 4 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Graphics | Direct X 11.0 compliant video card with 1GB RAM (NVIDIA® GeForce® 560 or AMD Radeon™ 6870) | Direct X 11.0 compliant video card with 4GB of RAM (NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 970 or AMD Radeon™ RX 570) or higher |
| DirectX | Version 11 Same for both: minimum and recommended | |
| Storage | 150 GB available space Same for both: minimum and recommended | |
| Sound card | DirectX compatible sound card Same for both: minimum and recommended | |
| Network | Broadband Internet connection Same for both: minimum and recommended | |
| Additional notes | Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system Same for both: minimum and recommended | |
How demanding is The Elder Scrolls Online?
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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 99% of the 1,852 games with a storage figure (150 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 | Mac® High Sierra v 10.13 Same for both: minimum and recommended | |
| Processor | Intel Core i5 processor | Intel i7 processor |
| Memory | 4 GB RAM Same for both: minimum and recommended | |
| Graphics | AMD Radeon Same for both: minimum and recommended | |
| Storage | 150 GB available space Same for both: minimum and recommended | |
| Network | Broadband Internet connection Same for both: minimum and recommended | |