Is your PC ready for Civilization VII?
Firaxis reveals Civilization VII’s PC system requirements
Civilization VII is coming to PC and consoles on February 110th, 2025, and Firaxix has just revealed the game’s PC system requirements. With the game launching on Switch, PS4, Xbox One, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC, the game is expected to run on a huge variety of hardware configurations. As such, this game’s PC system requirements are rather modest.
Storage-wise, Civilization VII will weigh in at 20GB. On PC, it will run at 1080p 30 FPS at low settings on GPUs like Nvidia’s GTX 1050, AMD’s Radeon RX 460, and Intel’s ARC A380. Civilization VII will be a DirectX 12 title on PC and will be the first game in the series to support HDR. Controversially, the game will be launching with Denovo’s anti-tamper technology at launch. Civilization VII will also have full controller support at launch.
For 1080p 60 FPS gameplay at Medium settings, Nvidia’s RTX 2060, AMD’s RX 6600, and Intel’s ARC A750 are recommended. For 4K 60 FPS gameplay at high settings, Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 4070 and AMD’s Radeon RX 7800 XT are recommended. Overall, the game is incredibly scalable on PC.
Below are Civilization’s system requirements. Note that the game’s “Ultra” recommendations list 32GB of system memory. This suggests that Civilization VII may be a memory-hungry game at its highest settings, especially if players use larger map sizes.
Civilization VII PC system requirements
MINIMUM:
Graphics Preset: Low
Resolution: 1080p
FPS: 30 FPS
Requires a 64-Bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10 / 11 64-bit
Processor: Intel Core i3-10100 / AMD Ryzen 3 1200
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 / AMD Radeon RX 460 / Intel Arc A380
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: 20 GB available space
RECOMMENDED:
Graphics Preset: Medium
Resolution: 1080p
FPS: 60 FPS
Requires a 64-Bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10 / 11 64-bit
Processor: Intel i5-10400 / AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 / AMD Radeon RX 6600 / Intel Arc A750
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: 20 GB available space
ULTRA:
Graphics Preset: High
Resolution: 4K
FPS: 60 FPS
Requires a 64-Bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10 / 11 64-bit
Processor: Intel i7-14700F / AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
Memory: 32 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 / AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: 20 GB available space
Civilization VII will be the first game in the series to be DirectX 12 only. It will also be the first game in the series to support HDR. Currently, it is unknown if the game will be playable on Valve’s Steam Deck handheld at launch.
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