The Fallout 76 beta has already started this Tuesday for Xbox One users who pre-ordered the game. Gamers on PC and PS4 still have a few more days of wait ahead of them, when next Tuesday, October 30th, they can play the beta. As usual for PC releases, publisher Bethesda has now shared the required PC hardware to enjoy the game.
Unlike some other high-profile game releases, Bethesda didn’t put out system requirements for specific resolutions and framerates. So, you should naturally expect a fair amount of leeway in terms of effects, performance and resolution you are willing to dial down/up.
Fallout 76 (minimum):
Requires 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 7/8/10 (64-bit OS required)
Processor: Intel Core i5-6600k 3.5 GHz /AMD Ryzen 3 1300X 3.5 GHz or equivalent
Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 780 3GB/AMD Radeon R9 285 2GB or equivalent
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Storage: 60 GB of free disk space
Fallout 76 (recommended):
Requires 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 7/8.1/10
Processor: Intel Core i7-4790 3.6 GHz / AMD Ryzen 5 1500X 3.5 GHz
Graphics: Nvidia GTX 970 4GB / AMD R9 290X 4GB
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Storage: 60 GB of free disk space
As expected from all the footage shown so far and the underlying, rather old tech powering Fallout 76, the system requirements are held rather modest and shouldn’t present a big hurdle for most PC gamers.
Still, from what we have seen during the early play event held by Bethesda just before the Xbox One beta start, achieving stable framerates at 4K is not going to be an easy task. Old engine or not. Even the most powerful console at the moment, the Xbox One X, has issues keeping the minimum acceptable performance of 30 FPS at that resolution.
Now, we have to put a disclaimer that both the early press play event and the beta are not representative of the final game’s performance, but it would also be reaching to expect a miraculous improvement in the performance profile of Fallout 76 with only 3 weeks left until the game’s final release on November 14.
