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Can I run Starfield with a Radeon RX 6800 XT?

In Starfield the Radeon RX 6800 XT sits between two reference points: past the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti that defines recommended, and 4% short of the GeForce RTX 4070 that defines high.

Ranked 20 of the 47 cards we track, with 5 of them carrying more video memory - and 12 of the 47 cards we track stop at the same point in Starfield.

estimated index 25 · 16 GB · 2020
Ceiling with a Ryzen 7 9800X3D and 32 GB

Runs well

Clears the recommended tier, which is the target the publisher designs against.

Headroom
39% clear on GPU
Bottleneck
GPU
Confidence
estimated

Tier ladder

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

The weakest link is graphics card: this rig brings 25 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 Radeon RX 6800 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 well system memory
Ryzen 7 9800X3D 95 Runs well system memory

Cheapest way up one tier

graphics card: Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB

The Radeon RX 6800 XT sits at index 25 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".

Where to look: Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB (no store links yet)

Thresholds, against this card

Green means the Radeon RX 6800 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 25
CPU index 35 45 65 85 0
Video memory 6 GB 8 GB 12 GB 16 GB 16 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 6800 XT run Starfield?
In Starfield the Radeon RX 6800 XT sits between two reference points: past the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti that defines recommended, and 4% short of the GeForce RTX 4070 that defines high. Above that the graphics card is what stops it.
Is 16 GB of video memory enough for Starfield?
Yes for the tiers this card can reach anyway - its core speed runs out before its 16 GB of video memory does in Starfield.

More on this card: what the Radeon RX 6800 XT runs across every game we track.