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Can I run Starfield with a Radeon RX 6700 XT?

In Starfield the Radeon RX 6700 XT sits between two reference points: past the GeForce GTX 1070 that defines minimum, and 6% short of the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti that defines recommended.

The Radeon RX 6700 XT is the fastest card we track that still stops here in Starfield: everything above it on our index reaches further, and 12 slower cards land in the same place.

estimated index 17 · 12 GB · 2021
Ceiling with a Ryzen 7 9800X3D and 32 GB

Runs at minimum

Playable at the lowest supported settings, with nothing in reserve.

Headroom
89% clear - a wide margin on GPU
Bottleneck
GPU
Confidence
estimated

Tier ladder

  1. minimum cleared
  2. recommended blocked by GPU
  3. high blocked by GPU
  4. ultra blocked by GPU + VRAM

The weakest link is graphics card: this rig brings 17 against the 18 that Starfield asks for at the recommended 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 Radeon RX 6700 XT 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 at minimum graphics card
Ryzen 7 9800X3D 95 Runs at minimum graphics card

Cheapest way up one tier

graphics card: Arc A770 16GB

The Radeon RX 6700 XT sits at index 17 and the recommended tier starts at 18.

That is the smallest part in our catalogue that clears the recommended 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".

Where to look: Arc A770 16GB (no store links yet)

Thresholds, against this card

Green means the Radeon RX 6700 XT clears that number, red means it does not. The processor and memory columns are yours to fill in with the checker below.

System requirement thresholds for Starfield, by tier
Requirement minimum recommended high ultra your rig
GPU index 9 18 26 45 17
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 -

The CPU and system memory rows show zero because this page knows the card and nothing else.

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Questions

Will a Radeon RX 6700 XT run Starfield?
In Starfield the Radeon RX 6700 XT sits between two reference points: past the GeForce GTX 1070 that defines minimum, and 6% short of the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti that defines recommended. 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 Radeon RX 6700 XT runs across every game we track.