Can My PC Run Apex Legends?

Game details

Developer

Respawn Entertainment

Publisher

Electronic Arts

Released

4 February 2019

Engine

Source (modified)

About Apex Legends

Apex Legends runs on a heavily modified Source engine and is comparatively light. Competitive players usually run low settings at high refresh rates rather than chasing visual fidelity.

Common questions about running Apex Legends

Each link runs a real comparison against the published specification.

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What PC do I need for Apex Legends?

For a comfortable experience, the publisher's recommended specification asks for the following. This is their figure, not our estimate.

Graphics card

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 or AMD Radeon R9 290

Processor

Ryzen 5 CPU or Equivalent

Memory

8 GB RAM

Storage

75 GB

Operating system

Windows 10 64-bit

Not sure how your parts compare? Run the check above or read what these tiers mean.

Can my laptop run Apex Legends?

The same check applies — enter the parts your laptop actually contains. Be aware that a laptop graphics chip is usually slower than the desktop card it shares a name with, because the manufacturer sets a lower power limit. A laptop advertising the NVIDIA GeF named here may therefore fall somewhat short of it in practice, and sustained performance drops further as the machine heats up. Treat a borderline laptop result as optimistic rather than assured.

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