The "Elden Ring" system requirements were posted earlier on in the game's official Steam page but were taken down shortly-not without a few comments on the minimum specs.  

Eurogamer reports that the minimum hardware required to run the game seems quite high. Here are the alleged minimum system requirements for "Elden Ring" on PC:  

• CPU: Intel Core i5-8400, AMD Ryzen 3 3300X

• RAM: 12GB 

• GPU: NVIDIA GTX 1060 3GB, AMD RX 580 4GB 

• DirectX 12

• 60GB of disk space 

• Windows 10, Windows 11

As previously mentioned, the system requirements got taken down from Steam shortly after they were published, which prompted some people to assume that FromSoftware might release updated ones soon. 

For now, the prevailing discussions revolve around the minimum specs for "Elden Ring's" PC port being quite steep, considering that it's a cross-generation title. 

A thread on the game's community hub (which is weirdly nowhere to be found on the Steam Community forums as of this writing) has allegedly gotten many fans to talk about how high they are. While a lot of people are stating the obvious, one fan is saying that the sky-high specs might point to an unoptimized, buggy PC port. 

If the minimum "Elden Ring" system requirements turn out to be accurate, they will represent the first time that a FromSoftware game will be quite heavy on PC, writes PCGamer. Previous offerings like the "Dark Souls" games, while beautiful in their own right, tended to require modest hardware configurations to run. 

"Elden Ring" will come out on the PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and PC on Feb 25. 

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Analyzing The Alleged 'Elden Ring' System Requirements 

People who know PC hardware can clearly see how those minimum specs are steep. But if you're not one of those folks, don't fret: we'll explain why they're too high. 

First off, the biggest outlier is the RAM requirement. Most games will have 16GB as their recommended spec for high graphical settings and smooth frame rates. 8GB is almost always the absolute bare minimum for both current and past-generation games. That's a full 4GB behind the alleged minimum specs, and there are far more PC-melting titles out there that never needed more than 8GB for the minimum configuration. 

Next up is the GPU and CPU requirement. The GTX 1060, while already pushing six years old, is still the most popular graphics card in the world, according to the Steam Hardware Survey. AMD's RX 580, on the other hand, is newer than 1060 as it was released a year after the NVIDIA card. 

As for the CPU, the i5-8400 is a fairly modern six-core chip, while the quad-core Ryzen 3 3300X is actually faster than the former gaming king, 2017's i7-7700K. Considering these capable chips as the bare minimum is asking a little bit, considering how CPUs from as far back as 2011 can still run modern games without a hitch. 

If you want to play "Elden Ring" on PC, you're going to need some serious firepower. 

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Written by RJ Pierce