Crimson Desert is an ambitious open-world game built within developer Pearl Abyss’ proprietary BlackSpace game engine. If you’ve got a PC beefy enough to push your settings to the max, it can be one of the most visually striking games around. But thanks to solid optimization, those running older hardware can still get reasonable performance with some tweaks to their settings.
Let’s take a look at what type of performance and visuals you can expect from Crimson Desert.
Crimson Desert specs breakdown
Each PC build is different, and there’s no way to map out exactly what kind of performance you’ll get from your configuration. However, Pearl Abyss has shared the specs below to set expectations for certain presets and performance goals.
Graphics preset: Minimum
Upscaled 1080p (from 900p) at 30 FPS
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 / AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X / Intel i5-8500
16GB RAM
Windows 10 64-bit or newer
150GB storage (SSD required)
Graphics preset: Low
Native 1080p at 30 FPS
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 / AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X / Intel i5-8500
16GB RAM
Windows 10 64-bit or newer
150GB storage (SSD required)
Graphics preset: Medium
Native 1080p at 60 FPS / Native 4K at 30 FPS
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 / AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X / Intel i5-11600K
16GB RAM
Windows 10 64-bit or newer
150GB storage (SSD required)
Graphics preset: High
Native 1440p at 60 FPS
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 / AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X / Intel i5-12600K
16GB RAM
Windows 10 64-bit or newer
150GB storage (SSD required)
Graphics preset: Ultra
Native 4K at 60 FPS
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti / AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X / Intel i5-13600K
16GB RAM
Windows 10 64-bit or newer
150GB storage (SSD required)
Think your PC has what it takes? Guess you’ll find out when Crimson Desert launches on March 19.
