Can I run Starfield with a Arc B580?
In Starfield the Arc B580 sits between two reference points: past the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti that defines recommended, and 19% short of the GeForce RTX 4070 that defines high.
Ranked 25 of the 47 cards we track, with 17 of them carrying more video memory - and 12 of the 47 cards we track stop at the same point in Starfield.
Runs well
Clears the recommended tier, which is the target the publisher designs against.
- Headroom
- 17% clear
- Bottleneck
- GPU
- Confidence
- estimated
Tier ladder
The weakest link is graphics card: this rig brings 21 against the 26 that Starfield asks for at the high tier. Everything else in the rig is already past that line.
That readout is the best this card can do in Starfield: it assumes nothing else in the machine holds it back. Your own processor and memory can only lower it, never raise it.
The same card with three different processors
In Starfield the processor beside a Arc B580 changes the answer, which is why a card-only verdict is not worth much here. Each row assumes 16 GB of system memory.
| Processor | Index | Verdict | Bottleneck |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ryzen 5 1600 | 30 | Will not run | processor |
| Ryzen 9 5900X | 70 | Runs well | system memory |
| Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 95 | Runs well | system memory |
Cheapest way up one tier
graphics card: Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB
The Arc B580 sits at index 21 and the high tier starts at 26.
That is the smallest part in our catalogue that clears the high tier - not the fastest one, and not a price claim: we hold no price data, so "cheapest" here means "least upgrade that does the job".
Thresholds, against this card
Green means the Arc B580 clears that number, red means it does not. The processor and memory columns are yours to fill in with the checker below.
| Requirement | minimum | recommended | high | ultra | your rig |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPU index | 9 | 18 | 26 | 45 | 21 |
| CPU index | 35 | 45 | 65 | 85 | 0 |
| Video memory | 6 GB | 8 GB | 12 GB | 16 GB | 12 GB |
| System memory | 16 GB | 16 GB | 32 GB | 32 GB | 0 GB |
| Storage | 125 GB | 125 GB | 125 GB | 125 GB | - |
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Standing by
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Questions
- Will a Arc B580 run Starfield?
- In Starfield the Arc B580 sits between two reference points: past the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti that defines recommended, and 19% short of the GeForce RTX 4070 that defines high. Above that the graphics card is what stops it.
- Is 12 GB of video memory enough for Starfield?
- Yes for the tiers this card can reach anyway - its core speed runs out before its 12 GB of video memory does in Starfield.
More on this card: what the Arc B580 runs across every game we track.