Far Cry® 4 PC Requirements
To play it you need at least a NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030-class graphics card ; to play it as the developers intended, aim for a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960. Among the games we track, it is undemanding by current standards.
- Minimum GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030
- Recommended GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
- RAM
- 4–8 GB
- Disk
- 30 GB
Which graphics cards clear it
All 165 desktop cards we track, sorted against the publisher's minimum and recommended card.
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.
| Part | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| Graphics card | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or AMD Radeon HD5850 (1 GB VRAM) matches NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 or AMD Radeon R9 290X or better (2 GB VRAM) matches NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 |
| Processor | 2.6 GHz Intel® Core™ i5-750 or 3.2 GHz AMD Phenom™ II X4 955 matches AMD Phenom II X4 955 | 2.5 GHz Intel® Core™ i5-2400S or 4.0 GHz AMD FX-8350 or better matches AMD FX-8350 |
| Memory | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Video memory | 1 GB | 2 GB |
| Storage | 30 GB | 30 GB |
| Windows | Windows 10 | 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.
| Card | 1080p | 1440p | 4K | Against the specs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 | 74 | 46 | 27 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER | 114 | 82 | 47 | Recommended |
| AMD Radeon RX 6600 | 114 | 100 | 58 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 | 114 | 100 | 58 | Recommended |
| AMD Radeon RX 7600 | 114 | 114 | 68 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 | 114 | 114 | 68 | Recommended |
| Intel Arc B580 | 114 | 114 | 76 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti | 114 | 114 | 85 | Recommended |
| AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT | 114 | 114 | 114 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER | 114 | 114 | 114 | Recommended |
| AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT | 114 | 114 | 114 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 | 114 | 114 | 114 | Recommended |
Answers about Far Cry® 4 on PC
What is the lowest graphics card that runs Far Cry® 4?
The publisher's minimum is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or AMD Radeon HD5850 (1 GB VRAM). The least powerful card we track that matches it is the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030.
How much RAM does Far Cry® 4 need?
4 GB at minimum, 8 GB recommended.
How much storage space does Far Cry® 4 take?
30 GB of free space.
Can a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 run Far Cry® 4?
Yes — it meets the recommended graphics card.
Can a AMD Radeon RX 6600 run Far Cry® 4?
Yes — it meets the recommended graphics card.
If your PC runs Far Cry® 4, it also runs
Released games whose recommended graphics card is no more demanding than this one's.
