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Can you run Tribes: Ascend? PC requirements and settings

Tribes: Ascend, by Hi-Rez Studios (Action), came out on Steam on June 27, 2012. Here are the official specs, and what they mean on the most common graphics cards.

Publisher's recommended cardATI or Nvidia graphics card with 1GB video ram or better and Shader Model 3.0+ support (Nvidia GeForce GTX 560+ or ATI Radeon 6950+).
Minimum cardATI or Nvidia graphics card with 512MB video ram or better and Shader Model 3.0+ support. (ATI Radeon 3870 or higher, Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT or higher).
Recommended RAM4 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 XP SP2, Windows Vista or Windows 7
Processor
Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or Althon X2 2.7 GHz
Memory
2GB (XP), 3GB (Vista, Win7)
Graphics
ATI or Nvidia graphics card with 512MB video ram or better and Shader Model 3.0+ support. (ATI Radeon 3870 or higher, Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT or higher).
DirectX
9.0c
Storage
10 GB free

Recommended

OS
Windows 7 64-bit
Processor
Quad-core Intel or AMD CPU
Memory
4GB
Graphics
ATI or Nvidia graphics card with 1GB video ram or better and Shader Model 3.0+ support (Nvidia GeForce GTX 560+ or ATI Radeon 6950+).

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

Where to buy

Buy Tribes: Ascend

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

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Questions

Tribes: Ascend at a glance

Which graphics card do I need for Tribes: Ascend at 1080p?

The publisher recommends: ATI or Nvidia graphics card with 1GB video ram or better and Shader Model 3.0+ support (Nvidia GeForce GTX 560+ or ATI Radeon 6950+). Minimum: ATI or Nvidia graphics card with 512MB video ram or better and Shader Model 3.0+ support. (ATI Radeon 3870 or higher, Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT or higher). 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 Tribes: Ascend need?

The publisher recommends 4 GB of RAM (minimum: 2 GB).

How much storage does Tribes: Ascend take?

The official page asks for 10 GB free of storage.

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