Can My PC Run ARK: Survival Ascended?

Game details

Developer

Studio Wildcard

Publisher

Studio Wildcard

Released

25 October 2023

About ARK: Survival Ascended

ARK is reimagined from the ground-up into the next-generation of video game technology with Unreal Engine 5! Form a tribe, tame & breed hundreds of unique dinosaurs and primeval creatures, explore, craft, build, and fight your way to the top of the food-chain. Your new world awaits!

Common questions about running ARK: Survival Ascended

Each link runs a real comparison against the published specification.

• Can a Radeon RX 5600 XT run ARK: Survival Ascended?
• Can a GeForce RTX 3080 run ARK: Survival Ascended?
• Can a Radeon RX 6800 run ARK: Survival Ascended?
• What else runs on 16 GB of RAM?
• Estimate ARK: Survival Ascended performance at your resolution

What PC do I need for ARK: Survival Ascended?

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

Graphics card

AMD Radeon RX 6800, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Processor

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X, Intel i5-10600K

Memory

32 GB RAM

Storage

180 GB

Operating system

Windows 10/11 with updates

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

Can my laptop run ARK: Survival Ascended?

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 AMD Radeon RX 6800 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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