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Can I run Starfield with a Radeon RX 9070 XT?

The Radeon RX 9070 XT clears every tier Starfield defines, but only just: index 50 against the 45 its ultra tier asks for, 11% of margin and no more.

The Radeon RX 9070 XT arrived 2 years after Starfield shipped, so the game was never designed with it in mind: 7 of the 47 cards we track stop at the same point in Starfield. It sits 4 of 47 on our index.

estimated index 50 · 16 GB · 2025
Ceiling with a Ryzen 7 9800X3D and 32 GB

Runs at ultra

Clears every tier this game defines.

Headroom
exactly on the line on VRAM
Bottleneck
none
Confidence
estimated

Tier ladder

  1. minimum cleared
  2. recommended cleared
  3. high cleared
  4. ultra cleared

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 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

Thresholds, against this card

Green means the Radeon RX 9070 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 50
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 9070 XT run Starfield?
The Radeon RX 9070 XT clears every tier Starfield defines, but only just: index 50 against the 45 its ultra tier asks for, 11% of margin and no more.
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 XT runs across every game we track.