Can I run Starfield with a Radeon RX 9070?
In Starfield the Radeon RX 9070 sits between two reference points: past the GeForce RTX 4070 that defines high, and 4% short of the GeForce RTX 4080 Super that defines ultra.
The Radeon RX 9070 is the fastest card we track that still stops here in Starfield: everything above it on our index reaches further, and 9 slower cards land in the same place.
Runs at high
Comfortably above the recommended tier, with room for higher settings.
- Headroom
- exactly on the line
- Bottleneck
- GPU
- Confidence
- estimated
Tier ladder
The weakest link is graphics card: this rig brings 43 against the 45 that Starfield asks for at the ultra 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 9070 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: GeForce RTX 4080 Super
The Radeon RX 9070 sits at index 43 and the ultra tier starts at 45.
That is the smallest part in our catalogue that clears the ultra 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 Radeon RX 9070 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 | 43 |
| 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 | - |
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Standing by
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Questions
- Will a Radeon RX 9070 run Starfield?
- In Starfield the Radeon RX 9070 sits between two reference points: past the GeForce RTX 4070 that defines high, and 4% short of the GeForce RTX 4080 Super that defines ultra. 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 9070 runs across every game we track.