The system requirements for Dragon Age: The Veilguard are now known.
Update from October 16, 2024: Bioware has subsequently submitted the requirements for Dragon Age: The Veilguard with ray tracing – we have supplemented the article with a corresponding table. There is also surprising news about Denuvo.
Dragon Age fans have been waiting a long time for the next part of the series. Now details about the release and system requirements have finally been announced.
After EA announced the official release date yesterday – the game will be released on October 31, 2024 – the official page on Steam was then updated.
On this You can now see the system requirements for Dragon Age: The Veilguard:
Im Detail:
- You definitely need a 64-bit Windows 10 or 11 computer.
- This should have at least 16 GB of RAM and 100 GB of available storage space.
- EA specifies an Intel Core i5-8400 or an AMD Ryzen 3 3300X as the minimum processor.
- It starts with an NVIDIA GTX 970 / 1650, or an AMD Radeon R9 290X graphics card.
The system requirements of Dragon Age: The Veilguard – without ray tracing
| Minimum requirements | Recommended | »Ultra« | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graphics Preset | Low at 1080p / 30 FPS | Up at 1440p / 30 FPS or 1080p / 60 FPS | Ultra at 4K / 60 FPS |
| Operating system | Windows 10/11 64-Bit | Windows 10/11 64-Bit | Windows 10/11 64-Bit |
| processor | Intel Core i5-8400 AMD Ryzen 3 3300X |
Intel Core i9-9900K AMD Ryzen 7 3700X |
Intel Core i9-12900K AMD Ryzen 9 7950X |
| RAM | 16GB RAM | 16GB RAM | 16GB RAM |
| Chart | NVIDIA GTX 970/1650 AMD Radeon R9 290X |
NVIDIA RTX 2070 AMD Radeon RX 5700XT |
NVIDIA RTX 4080 AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX |
| DirectX | Version 12 | Version 12 | Version 12 |
| Storage space | 100GB available storage (SSD preferred, HDD supported) | 100 GB available storage space (SSD requirement) | 100 GB available storage space (SSD requirement) |
As Bioware explains in the additional notes, the graphics preset in the table is “an approximate estimate, taking optional upscaling into account.”
- Nvidia confirmed that DLSS 3 is supported last August. The same also applies to AMD FSR 2.2 and Intel XeSS as well as the full support of 21:9-Ultrawide-Monitors.
- For those of you who rely on an AM4 motherboard under Windows 11, the following also applies: Make sure that yours AGESA version (at least) at 1.2.0.7 lies – this is also explicitly stated by Bioware as a requirement for AMD CPUs. However, there is no justification for this.
The two notes also apply to the PC requirements for Dragon Age: The Veilguard that Bioware lists for enabled ray tracing:
Dragon Age: The Veilguard system requirements – with ray tracing
| »Selected RT« | RT On | »RT On + Ultra RT« | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graphics Preset | Ultra at 4K / 30 FPS or 1440p / 60 FPS | Ultra at 1440p / 30 FPS | Ultra at 4K / 30 FPS |
| Operating system | Windows 10/11 64-Bit | Windows 10/11 64-Bit | Windows 10/11 64-Bit |
| processor | Intel Core i9-9900K AMD Ryzen 7 3700X |
Intel Core i9-9900K AMD Ryzen 7 3700X |
Intel Core i9-12900K AMD Ryzen 9 7950X |
| RAM | 16GB RAM | 16GB RAM | 16GB RAM |
| Chart | NVIDIA RTX 3080 AMD Radeon RX 6800 XTX |
NVIDIA RTX 3080 AMD Radeon RX 6800 XTX |
NVIDIA RTX 4080 AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX |
| DirectX | Version 12 | Version 12 | Version 12 |
| Storage space | 100 GB available storage space (SSD requirement) | 100 GB available storage space (SSD requirement) | 100 GB available storage space (SSD requirement) |
At “selected raytracingAccording to the developers, these are “RT features that are activated in specific areas that can get the most out of ray tracing.”
Bioware won’t be more specific, but perhaps the recently released trailer can sweeten your time until the release on October 31, 2024.
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Dragon Age: The Veilguard finally reveals the release date in the latest trailer
If you buy Dragon Age: The Veilguard on Steam, you don’t need the EA app to play. EA also doesn’t mention the Denuvo copy protection – and now we know why.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard comes without Denuvo DRM
The above system requirements were published as a result of a post on the official X/Twitter account for Dragon Age: The Veilguard. In addition to the detailed specifications, the developers explicitly stated that the new game »not via third-party DRM (for example Denuvo)« will have.
Link to Twitter content
However, you have to do without a dedicated preload time; The Veilguard will be activated for everyone in Europey on October 31, 2024 at 5 p.m. local time.
Nevertheless, after the announcement of the ray tracing specifications, the first users are rejoicing that »real bioware is back” – after all, “the system requirements are appropriate, the damned DRM has been abolished and there is no online compulsion” in The Veilguard.
Do you agree with this assessment? Or does Bioware have to deliver good games again before the development studio can claim a “successful comeback”?
