Fallout 4 System Requirements: Can You Run It?

Fallout 4
Developer:
Bethesda Game Studios
Publisher:
Bethesda Softworks
Release date:
10 November 2015 (8 years ago)
User score:
4.2 / 5 (1251 vote)
Hardware demand level:
2.4 / 10 - lightly demanding

Official Fallout 4 system requirements for PC

These are the PC specifications advised by developers to run Fallout 4 at minimal and recommended settings. Although these requirements are usually approximate, they can still be used to determine the indicative hardware tier needed to play the game.

PassMinimum requirements

Pass Graphics card:
NVIDIA GTX 550 Ti 2GB/AMD Radeon HD 7870 2GB or equivalent
Pass CPU:
Intel Core i5-2300 2.8 GHz/AMD Phenom II X4 945 3.0 GHz or equivalent
Pass Memory:
8 GB RAM
File size:
30 GB free HDD space
Operating system:
Windows 7/8/10 (64-bit OS required)
DirectX:
no data

PassRecommended requirements

Pass Graphics card:
NVIDIA GTX 780 3GB/AMD Radeon R9 290X 4GB or equivalent
Pass CPU:
Intel Core i7 4790 3.6 GHz/AMD FX-9590 4.7 GHz or equivalent
Pass Memory:
8 GB RAM
File size:
30 GB free HDD space
Operating system:
Windows 7/8/10 (64-bit OS required)
DirectX:
no data

Fallout 4 performance on your PC

Fallout 4 performance on your GPU

GeForce RTX 3060's performance compared to the game's official system requirements.

RTX 3060
recommended
Radeon R9 290X
30 fps @ low
1280×720
60 fps @ medium
1366×768
60 fps @ high
1920×1080
60 fps @ ultra
1920×1080
60 fps @ epic
3840×2160

Projected FPS in various settings and resolutions

Fallout 4 FPS calculator: average frames per second on GeForce RTX 3060 (according to our approximations). FPS may vary depending on your operating system and other factors.

low settings / 720p
190−200 FPS
medium settings / 768p
190−200 FPS
high settings / 1080p
130−140 FPS
ultra settings / 1080p
110−120 FPS
4K / 2160p
60−65 FPS

Fallout 4 performance on your CPU

Core i5-12400's performance compared to the game's official system requirements.

i5-12400
recommended
Core i7-4790

Community ratings

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4.2 1251 vote

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