Dragon Age: The Veilguard PC System Requirements, Pre-Load Times Announced

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Dragon
Age:
The
Veilguard
is
set
to
release
across

PC,
PS5
and

Xbox
Series
S/X
on
October
31.

BioWare’s
action-RPG
is
the
fourth
Dragon
Age
title
––
the
first
since
2014’s

Dragon
Age:
Inquisition.
Ahead
of
the
game’s
launch,
publisher
Electronic
Arts
has
revealed
its
PC
system
requirements
and
pre-load
times.

EA
also
shared
details
about
Dragon
Age:
The
Veilguard’s
performance
on
PS5
and
Xbox
Series
S/X.

In
a

blog
post
detailing
PC
specification for
Dragon
Age:
The
Veilguard,
developer
BioWare
said
that
the
upcoming
game
was
designed
to
be
accessible
on
a
wide
range
of
PCs.
However,
it
must
be
noted
that
PC
users
would
require
at
least
16GB
of
RAM
to
play
the
game
across
different
graphical
presets.
Players
would
also
need
100GB
of
storage
(SSD
recommended)
for
the
game.
Dragon
Age:
The
Veilguard’s
PC
system
requirements
are
split
across
Ray
Tracing:
On
and
Ray
Tracing:
Off
options.

Dragon
Age:
The
Veilguard
PC
System
Requirements
(Ray
Tracing:
Off)

Minimum

Average
performance:
1080p
/
30
fps

Graphics
preset:
Low

OS:
64-bit
Windows
10/11
with
DirectX
12

CPU:
Intel
Core
i5-8400
or
AMD
Ryzen
3
3300X

RAM:
16GB

GPU:
Nvidia
Geforce
GTX
970
/
GTX
1650
or
AMD
Radeon
R9
290X

VRAM:
4GB

Storage:
100GB
(SSD
preferred,
HDD
supported)

Ultra

Average
performance:
2160p
/
60
fps

Graphics
preset:
Ultra

OS:
64-bit
Windows
10/11
with
DirectX
12

CPU:
Intel
Core
i9-12900K
or
AMD
Ryzen
9
7950X

RAM:
16GB

GPU:
Nvidia
Geforce
RTX
4080
or
AMD
Radeon
RX
7999
XTX

VRAM:
12GB

Storage:
100GB
(SSD
required)

Dragon
Age:
The
Veilguard
PC
System
Requirements
(Ray
Tracing:
On)

RT
selective

Average
performance:
2160p
/
30
fps
or
1440p
/
60
fps

Graphics
preset:
Ultra

OS:
64-bit
Windows
10/11
with
DirectX
12

CPU:
Intel
Core
i9-9900K
or
AMD
Ryzen
7
3700X

RAM:
16GB

GPU:
Nvidia
Geforce
RTX
3080
or
AMD
Radeon
RX
6800XT

VRAM:
10GB

Storage:
100GB
(SSD
required)

RT
on

1440p
/
30
fps

Graphics
preset:
Ultra

OS:
64-bit
Windows
10/11
with
DirectX
12

CPU:
Intel
Core
i9-9900K
or
AMD
Ryzen
7
3700X

RAM:
16GB

GPU:
Nvidia
Geforce
RTX
3080
or
AMD
Radeon
RX
6800XT

VRAM:
10GB

Storage:
100GB
(SSD
required)

RT
on
+
Ultra
RT

Average
performance:
2160p
/
30
fps

Graphics
preset:
Ultra

OS:
64-bit
Windows
10/11
with
DirectX
12

CPU:
Intel
Core
i9-12900K
or
AMD
Ryzen
9
7950X

RAM:
16GB

GPU:
Nvidia
Geforce
RTX
4080
or
AMD
Radeon
RX
7999
XTX

VRAM:
12GB

Storage:
100GB
(SSD
required)

Dragon
Age:
The
Veilguard
Console
Performance

On

PS5
and
Xbox
Series
S/X,
Dragon
Age:
The
Veilguard
will
come
with
performance
and
fidelity
modes,
targeting
60
fps
and
30
fps,
respectively.
Additionally,
the
game
will
feature
enhancements
specific
to
the
recently
announced
PlayStation
5
Pro.
On
the
console,
the
game
will
feature
improved
resolution
in
both
30
fps
fidelity
and
60
fps
performance
modes,
according
to
BioWare
Studio
Technical
Director
Maciej
Kurowski.

Additionally,
utilising PS5
Pro’s
PSSR
upscaling
technique,
the
game
will
feature
upgraded
image
quality.
On
PS5
Pro,
Dragon
Age:
The
Veilguard
will
come
with
Raytraced
Ambient
Occlusion
(RTAO)
enabled
in
the
60
fps
performance
mode;
this
feature
will
only
be
available
with
30
fps
fidelity
mode
on
the
standard
PS5.

Dragon
Age:
The
Veilguard
Pre-Load
Times

While
the
game
launches
October
31,
it
will
be
available
to
pre-load
from
October
14,
9am
PDT
(9:30pm
IST)
on
Xbox
Series
S/X.
On
PS5,
the
game
can
be
pre-loaded
from
October
29,
9am
PDT
(9:30pm
IST).

Bioware
also
confirmed
that
Dragon
Age:
The
Veilguard
will
not
come
with
any
third-party
DRM
like
Denuvo
on
any
platform.
The
absence
of
DRM,
however,
means
that
pre-loading
will
not
be
available
on
PC,
where
users
can
download
and
play
the
game
when
it
launches
on
October
31,
9am
PDT
(9:30pm
IST).

Dragon Age: The Veilguard PC System Requirements, Pre-Load Times Announced