Confirmed hardware requirements for Crimson Desert - PC, ROG Ally, and macOS
Pearl Abyss has released the official system requirements for Crimson Desert shortly before its release on March 19. The hardware requirements are surprisingly moderate—even older graphics cards such as a GTX 1060 or Radeon RX 5500 XT are sufficient to get started.
The open-world action RPG Crimson Desert is powered by the company's proprietary BlackSpace Engine and offers a huge game world with dynamic weather, day-night cycles, ray tracing, and long viewing distances. In addition to the PC specs, Pearl Abyss has also published target values for Mac systems with Apple Silicon and for the ROG Xbox Ally and Ally X handhelds. Here is an overview of the system requirements for Crimson Desert for PC, ROG Ally, and macOS.
As always we'd recommend making sure you have the latest drivers for your Graphics Card to ensure the smoothest experience at release - AMD / Nvidia.
Crimson Desert PC System Requirements
Minimum Requirements (900p upscaled to 1080p, 30 FPS)
Requires 64-bit processor and operating system
Operating System: Windows 10 64-bit (22H2) or newer
Processor: Ryzen 5 2600X / i5-8500
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: RX 5500 XT / GTX 1060
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: 150 GB available storage space
Additional Notes: A SSD is required.
Low settings (1080p, 30 FPS)
Requires 64-bit processor and operating system
Operating system: Windows 10 64-bit (22H2) or newer
Processor: Ryzen 5 2600X / i5-8500
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: RX 6500 XT / GTX 1660
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: 150 GB available storage space
Additional notes: A SSD is required.
Recommended settings (1080p, 60 FPS / 4K, 30 FPS)
Requires 64-bit processor and operating system
Operating system: Windows 10 64-bit (22H2) or newer
Processor: Ryzen 5 5600 / i5-11600K
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: RX 6700 XT / RTX 2080
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: 150 GB available storage space
Additional notes: A SSD is required.
High settings (1440p, 60 FPS)
Requires 64-bit processor and operating system
Operating system: Windows 10 64-bit (22H2) or newer
Processor: Ryzen 5 7600X / i5-12600K
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: RX 7700 XT / RTX 4070
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: 150 GB available storage space
Additional notes: A SSD is required.
Ultra settings (4K, 60 FPS)
Requires 64-bit processor and operating system
Operating system: Windows 10 64-bit (22H2) or newer
Processor: Ryzen 7 7700X / i5-13600K
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: RX 9070 XT / RTX 5070 Ti
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: 150 GB available storage space
Additional notes: A SSD is required.
Apple Mac system requirements for Crimson Desert / macOS
Minimum requirements (720p–900p, 30 FPS with MetalFX upscaling)
Operating system: macOS 15 or newer (for 60 FPS)
Processor: Apple M2 Pro (ray tracing off) / Apple M3, M4 (ray tracing on)
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: Apple Silicon GPU
Storage: 150 GB available storage space
Recommended settings (1080p, 30–60 FPS)
Operating system: macOS 15 (30 FPS) / macOS 26+ (60 FPS)
Processor: Apple M3 Pro, M4 Pro, M5
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: Apple Silicon GPU
Storage: 150 GB available storage space
Additional notes: Ray tracing supported.
High settings (1440p, up to 60 FPS)
Operating system: macOS 15 (30 FPS), macOS 26+ (60 FPS)
Processor: Apple M2 Max / M3 Max
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: Apple Silicon GPU
Storage: 150 GB available storage
Additional notes: Ray tracing disabled (M2 Max), ray tracing enabled (M3 Max)
Ultra settings (4K, up to 60 FPS)
Operating system: macOS 15 (40 FPS), macOS 26+ (60 FPS)
Processor: Apple M3 Ultra / M4 Max
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: Apple Silicon GPU
Storage: 150 GB available storage
Additional notes: Ray tracing enabled.
Crimson Desert on ROG Xbox Ally / Ally X - PC handheld
ROG Xbox Ally - Performance
Resolution: 720p (FSR 3 Frame Generation)
Target performance: 40 FPS
Storage space: 150 GB available storage space
ROG Xbox Ally X - Performance
Resolution: Upscaled 1080p (from 720p, FSR 3 Super Resolution + Frame Generation)
Target performance: 60 FPS
Storage space: 150 GB available storage space
ROG Xbox Ally X - Balanced
Resolution: Upscaled 1080p (from 720p, FSR 3 Super Resolution)
Target performance: 40 FPS
Storage space: 150 GB available storage space
ROG Xbox Ally X - Quality
Resolution: 1080p
Target performance: 30 FPS
Storage space: 150 GB available storage space