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Still kicking–
2014’s Nvidia GTX 970 is still a “minimum requirements” workhorse.
Kyle Orland
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Increase the size of / At this rate, it might be the only graphics card you’ll ever require?
When Dragon Age: Inquisition came out almost 10 years earlier, PC gamers might have invested $329 (~$435 in today’s dollars) in a new GTX 970 graphics card to make the video game appearance as excellent as possible on their high-end video gaming rig. Remarkably enough, that extremely exact same 2014 graphics card will still have the ability to run follow-up Dragon Age: The Veilguard (formerly called Dreadwolfwhen it releases on October 31. If you’re utilizing AMD cards, an even older Radeon R9 that you acquired back in 2013 will have the ability to run the video game.
Veilguard‘s minimum specifications are simply the current to reveal the workmanlike endurance of the modest GTX 970, which is presently offered utilized on Newegg for as low as $140. Fairly current big-budget PC releases like Baldur’s Gate 3and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 both utilize the old card (or the less effective follow-up version, the GTX 960) as their “minimum requirement” criteria.
Not every big-budget PC video game these days is so flexible with its minimum specifications. When Cyberpunk 2077 and Doom: Eternal released in 2020, they both asked gamers to be sporting a minimum of a GTX 1060, which had actually come out around 4 years prior.
For a bit of context, the GTX 970 was utilized as the “suggested” standard specification for the mid-range “Oculus Ready” PCs required to power the then-new Rift VR headset when it released in 2016. Today, a $500 Meta Quest 3 headset provides you better visual efficiency in a self-contained portable bundle, no video gaming PC needed.
Veilguard gamers sticking to a GTX 970 should not anticipate to get the very best visual experience, obviously. EA recommends an RTX 2070 (circa 2018) or a Radeon RX 5700Xt (circa 2019) to run the video game at “suggested” specifications. And you’ll require a minimum of 16 GB of RAM and 100 GB of storage area.
Because deal with Veilguard started in earnest in 2015, the video game has actually suffered a string of prominent personnel departures: Creative Director Mike Laidlaw left in 2017; Executive Producer Mark Darrah and BioWare General Manager Casey Hudson left in late 2020; Senior Creative Director Matt Goldman left in late 2021; replacement Executive Producer Christian Daley left in early 2022; and manufacturer Mac Walters left in early 2023.
The complete requirements for Dragon Age: The Veilguard are as follows.
Minimum Requirements
OS: Windows 10/11 64-bit
Processor: Intel Core i5-8400/ AMD Ryzen 3 3300X * (see notes)
Memory: 16GB
Graphics: Nvidia GTX 970/1650/ AMD Radeon R9 290X
DirectX: Variation 12
Storage: 100GB offered area
Extra Notes: SSD chosen, HDD supported; AMD CPUs on Windows 11 need AGESA V2 1.2.0.7
Suggested Requirements
OS: Windows 10/11 64-bit
Processor: Intel Core i9-9900K/ AMD Ryzen 7 3700X (see notes)
Memory: 16GB
Graphics: Nvidia RTX 2070/ AMD Radeon RX 5700XT
DirectX: Variation 12
Storage: 100GB SSD readily available area
Extra Notes: SSD needed; AMD CPUs on Windows 11 need AGESA V2 1.2.0.7
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