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Can you run Far Cry 4? PC requirements and settings

Far Cry 4, by Ubisoft Montreal, Red Storm, Shanghai, Toronto, Kiev (Action, Adventure), came out on Steam on November 17, 2014. Here are the official specs, and what they mean on the most common graphics cards.

Publisher's recommended cardNVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 or AMD Radeon R9 290X or better (2 GB VRAM)
Minimum cardNVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or AMD Radeon HD5850 (1 GB VRAM)
Recommended RAM8 GB

Estimate per graphics card

No frame-rate estimate for this game

The official page does not name a specific graphics card for both the minimum and the recommended specs. Rather than an invented number, we give none. ORION does the maths on your own PC, with your card, processor and screen, then measures the real frame rate while you play.

Official specs

Minimum and recommended requirements

Minimum

OS
Windows 10 (64-bit)
Processor
2.6 GHz Intel Core i5-750 or 3.2 GHz AMD Phenom II X4 955
Memory
4 GB RAM
Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or AMD Radeon HD5850 (1 GB VRAM)
DirectX
Version 11
Storage
30 GB
Publisher's note
Windows-compatible keyboard, mouse, optional controller (Xbox 360 Controller for Windows recommended)

Recommended

OS
Windows 10 (64-bit)
Processor
2.5 GHz Intel Core i5-2400S or 4.0 GHz AMD FX-8350 or better
Memory
8 GB RAM
Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 or AMD Radeon R9 290X or better (2 GB VRAM)
DirectX
Version 11
Storage
30 GB
Publisher's note
Supported video cards at the time of release: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or better, GeForce GTX 700 series; AMD Radeon HD5850 or better, Radeon R9 series.

Source: the game's Steam page, read on October 7, 2026.

Where to buy

Buy Far Cry 4

The official page first. In ORION, the Store tab compares prices across shops, with the official stores listed before key resellers.

On your PC

The same estimate with your own hardware, and the settings applied for you

ORION is a free game launcher for Windows. It reads your graphics card, processor and screen, estimates every game in your library, then measures the real frame rate while you play and sets the game up with its "Recommended" profile. No account, no ads.

Questions

Far Cry 4 at a glance

Which graphics card do I need for Far Cry 4 at 1080p?

The publisher recommends: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 or AMD Radeon R9 290X or better (2 GB VRAM). Minimum: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or AMD Radeon HD5850 (1 GB VRAM). The official page does not name a specific graphics card for both minimum and recommended specs, so we give no frame-rate estimate for this game. ORION does the maths on your own PC.

How much RAM does Far Cry 4 need?

The publisher recommends 8 GB of RAM (minimum: 4 GB).

How much storage does Far Cry 4 take?

The official page asks for 30 GB of storage.

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