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Crimson Desert gets PC specs, even though it's still a year away from launch

Published: 12:02, 18 December 2024

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Crimson Desert gets PC specs, even though it's still a year away from launch

Crimson Desert is one of the best looking upcoming games so it's safe to assume you'll need a beefy PC to run it at best settings

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The minimum system requirements for Crimson Desert are lower than expected, with a Ryzen 5 2600X/i5-8500 and GTX 1060/RX 6500 XT.
Crimson Desert will require over 100 GB of storage space.
The PC specs seem unrealistically low for anything above 1080p so it's safe to assume that higher resolutions and graphical settings may require RTX 4070 or RTX 4080.

Crimson Desert is one of the best looking upcoming games so it's safe to assume you'll need a beefy PC to run it at best settings

Devs usually reveal PC specs much closer to launch but it looks like Pearl Abyss already have a pretty good idea on how much power will Crimson Desert require.

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Crimson Desert PC specs
Speculation on 4K and ray-tracing requirements

Crimson Desert remains on my list of most anticipated games despite the constant delays. I believe that this RPG from Pearl Abyss will be well worth the wait so I'm still patient but I do hope that this recent delay to Late 2025 is the final one.

One would think that the game being almost a year away would mean the dev team are now working at full capacity, trying to optimise the game and squeeze every bit of power from the current consoles and PCs but interestingly, Pearl Abyss have already listed the PC specs for the game, suggesting that they already have a pretty good idea where Crimson Desert lands in terms of optimisation.

If you take a look at the game's Steam page, Pearl Abyss have added both minimum and recommended specs, confirming that Crimson Desert will be a 100GB+ game and will run on some very old GPUs like RTX 2080 or RX 6700 XT.

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Crimson Desert PC Specs

Minimum

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10 64-bit
Processor: Ryzen 5 2600X / i5-8500
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: GTX 1060 / RX 6500 XT
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: 100 GB available space

Recommended

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10 64-bit
Processor: Ryzen 5 5600 / i5-11600K
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: RTX 2080 / RX 6700 XT
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: 100 GB available space

Pearl Abyss

Crimson Desert screenshot showing a man on a horse walking in a canyon

Crimson Desert's first PC system requirements are lower than expected

I have to say that these specs seem very unrealistic for anything above 1080p. Usually, specs on Steam are aimed at 1080p resolution at 60 FPS and the hardware above does seem very reasonable for such a setup.

For higher resolutions and graphical settings like 4K and Ultra, I bet you'll need at least RTX 4070 or RTX 4080. Also, from the various trailers and gameplay footage, it does look like the game is using ray-tracing so that's another thing to consider.

We'll probably get a more detailed PC specs sheet sometime closer to the release date when Pearl Abyss will hopefully give us a full breakdown of PC-exclusive features too.