Elite: Dangerous - system requirements | Travelling Elite: Dangerous Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

Elite: Dangerous is already properly optimized and its requirements are rather low in comparison to what the game offers. The game will also be released on the MACs

Game Modes

Single player: Yes

Cooperation offline (split screen/hot seat): None

Cooperation Online: Yes

Multiplayer: Yes, limited number of players.

Our Gear

Guide for the PC version, based on following configuration:

System: Windows 7 SP1
Processor: Intel® Ivy Bridge Core™ i7-3770K
RAM: Kingston HyperX 16GB RAM (1866MHz)
Graphic card: Gigabyte AMD Radeon HD 7870
Graphic card's memory: 2 GB
Internet connection 20Mbit

On this configuration, the game worked perfect in the 1920x1080 resolution with nearly unnoticable frame drops. Press Ctrl+F in order to see the frame counter. If you want to check your internet connection, press Ctrl+B. Following requirements are based on the beta version of the game. They may change throughout the engine improvement.

PC - general information

Operating System: Windows 7, Windows 8, 32-bit and 64-bit.
Windows XP, Vista: Game doesn't work on the Windows Vista and earlier releases.
Future release on MAC confirmed.
DirectX: 11.X
Internet connection: Required.
Internet activation: Yes, http://www.elitedangerous.com/
Controllers: Keyboard and mouse, optional joystick or gamepad with two analogs (game can use several controllers at once, i.e. joystick, throttle, pedals, TrackIR at the same time).
Achievements: None