Spec sheet · Action · 2015

Dying Light PC Requirements

To play it you need at least a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti-class graphics card ; to play it as the developers intended, aim for a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB. Among the games we track, it is undemanding by current standards.

Minimum GPU
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti
Recommended GPU
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB
RAM
4–8 GB
Disk
40 GB

Which graphics cards clear it

All 165 desktop cards we track, sorted against the publisher's minimum and recommended card.

31 Short of the minimum including the AMD Radeon 890M
36 Minimum, not recommended from the AMD Radeon RX 550 ($79 at launch)
98 At or above recommended from the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER ($159 at launch)

What the publisher lists

Quoted from the Steam store page — see the original. Where we could place a named part, our closest match is underneath.

PartMinimumRecommended
Graphics card NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 560 / AMD Radeon™ HD 6870 (1GB VRAM) matches NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 780 / AMD Radeon™ R9 290 (2GB VRAM) matches NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB
Processor Intel® Core™ i5-2500 @3.3 GHz / AMD FX-8320 @3.5 GHz matches AMD FX-8320 Intel® Core™ i5-4670K @3.4 GHz / AMD FX-8350 @4.0 GHz matches AMD FX-8350
Memory 4 GB 8 GB
Video memory 1 GB 2 GB
Storage 40 GB 40 GB
Windows Windows Same as minimum
DirectX DirectX 11 Same as minimum

Frame-rate outlook, weakest card to strongest

Modelled at the High preset without upscaling, next to a AMD FX-8350-class processor. Estimates, not recorded benchmarks — how the model works.

Card1080p1440p4KAgainst the specs
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 503118 Minimum
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 895532 Recommended
AMD Radeon RX 6600 1096839 Recommended
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 1096839 Recommended
AMD Radeon RX 7600 1148047 Recommended
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 1148047 Recommended
Intel Arc B580 1149052 Recommended
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 1149957 Recommended
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT 11411483 Recommended
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER 11411489 Recommended
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT 114114108 Recommended
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 114114114 Recommended

Answers about Dying Light on PC

What is the lowest graphics card that runs Dying Light?

The publisher's minimum is NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 560 / AMD Radeon™ HD 6870 (1GB VRAM). The least powerful card we track that matches it is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti.

How much RAM does Dying Light need?

4 GB at minimum, 8 GB recommended.

How much storage space does Dying Light take?

40 GB of free space.

Can a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 run Dying Light?

Yes — it meets the recommended graphics card.

Can a AMD Radeon RX 6600 run Dying Light?

Yes — it meets the recommended graphics card.

If your PC runs Dying Light, it also runs

Released games whose recommended graphics card is no more demanding than this one's.