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Can I Run Elsword?

KOG · 2014

Our verdict

Runs well on any recent graphics card

A budget GTX 1650 or RX 6500 XT averages about 101 FPS at 1080p.

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Estimated FPS at 1080p

GAMERSPECS ESTIMATE

On a mid-range RTX 4060 or RX 7600, Elsword averages about 259 FPS at 1080p; a budget GTX 1650 or RX 6500 XT averages about 101 FPS, and a high-end RTX 4080 or RX 7900 XTX averages 300+ FPS. It's also free to play, so testing it on your hardware costs nothing.

The publisher states no target settings for Elsword, so figures assume High, the usual target of a recommended spec.

Budget GPU

GTX 1650 / RX 6500 XT

~90–110 FPS

High (assumed from the recommended spec) · native

Great

Mid-range GPU

RTX 4060 / RX 7600

~235–285 FPS

High (assumed from the recommended spec) · native

Excellent

High-end GPU

RTX 4080 / RX 7900 XTX

300+ FPS

Graphics card's limit

High (assumed from the recommended spec) · native

Excellent

300+ FPS: This is the graphics card's limit. The game's own frame cap or your CPU will often set the real number.

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What limits performance in Elsword

The graphics card, but only on older or budget hardware: any recent card holds 60 FPS at 1080p.

Graphics card (GPU)

Not a limit on most PCs

Even a budget GTX 1650 or RX 6500 XT averages about 101 FPS at 1080p.

Processor (CPU)

No measured limit

We couldn't place the publisher's processor requirement ("Intel Core i5 or higher") on our scale. We have no measured processor limit for Elsword, so the frame rates on this page assume your processor isn't holding the graphics card back.

Video memory (VRAM)

Not stated

The publisher doesn't state a video memory requirement, so we don't estimate one.

Settings to lower first in Elsword

  1. 1Nothing, on a dedicated graphics card: even a budget card holds 60 FPS at 1080p.
  2. 2On integrated graphics, lower the resolution or render scale first. Intel Iris Xe averages about 46 FPS at 1080p.

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Elsword System Requirements

The official minimum and recommended PC specs for Elsword, component by component.

ComponentMinimumRecommended
OS—Windows 10 64-bit or higher
Processor—Intel Core i5 or higher
Memory—8GB or higher Graphic Card: NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1050 or higher
Storage—30GB or more free space
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Recommended

Operating System: Windows 10 64-bit or higher CPU: Intel Core i5 or higher Memory: 8GB or higher Graphic Card: NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1050 or higher DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0C or higher Hard Drive: 30GB or more free space

Source: Steam

Elsword — FAQ

Can I run Elsword?+

Runs well on any recent graphics card. A budget GTX 1650 or RX 6500 XT averages about 101 FPS at 1080p. Use the checker on this page to test your exact CPU, GPU, RAM and OS against the official requirements.

Can Elsword run without a graphics card?+

Yes. Even Intel Iris Xe integrated graphics averages about 46 FPS at 1080p, and AMD's Radeon 780M averages about 74 FPS.

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FPS values displayed on GamerSpecs are estimates. Actual game performance may vary depending on hardware configuration, drivers, cooling, power limits, background applications, and game updates.