Your 10-year-old graphics card can run Dragon Age: The Veilguard
Veilguard's minimum specs are just the latest to show the workmanlike endurance of the humble GTX 970, which is currently available used on Newegg for as low as $140. Relatively recent big-budget PC releases like Baldur's Gate 3 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 both use the old card (or the less powerful follow-up variant, the GTX 960) as their "minimum requirement" benchmark.
Not every big-budget PC game these days is so forgiving with its minimum specs, though. When Cyberpunk 2077 and Doom: Eternal launched in 2020, they both asked players to be sporting at least a GTX 1060, which had come out around four years prior.
For a bit of context, the GTX 970 was used as the "recommended" baseline spec for the mid-range "Oculus Ready" PCs needed to power the then-new Rift VR headset when it launched in 2016. Today, a $500 Meta Quest 3 headset gives you much better graphical performance in a self-contained portable package, no gaming PC required.
Veilguard players sticking with a GTX 970 shouldn't expect to get the best graphical experience, of course. EA suggests an RTX 2070 (circa 2018) or a Radeon RX 5700Xt (circa 2019) to run the game at "recommended" specs. And you'll need at least 16 GB of RAM and 100 GB of storage space.
Further ReadingDragon Age: Dreadwolf loses another veteran BioWare producerSince work on Veilguard began in earnest in 2015, the game has suffered a string of high-profile staff departures: Creative Director Mike Laidlaw left in 2017; Executive Producer Mark Darrah and BioWare General Manager Casey Hudson left in late 2020; Senior Creative Director Matt Goldman left in late 2021; replacement Executive Producer Christian Daley left in early 2022; and producer Mac Walters left in early 2023.The full requirements for Dragon Age: The Veilguard are as follows.
Minimum Requirements
OS: Windows 10/11 64-bit
Processor: Intel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 3 3300X* (see notes)
Memory: 16GB
Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 970/1650 / AMD Radeon R9 290X
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: 100GB available space
Additional Notes: SSD preferred, HDD supported; AMD CPUs on Windows 11 require AGESA V2 1.2.0.7
Recommended Requirements
OS: Windows 10/11 64-bit
Processor: Intel Core i9-9900K / AMD Ryzen 7 3700X (see notes)
Memory: 16GB
Graphics: NVIDIA RTX 2070 / AMD Radeon RX 5700XT
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: 100GB SSD available space
Additional Notes: SSD required; AMD CPUs on Windows 11 require AGESA V2 1.2.0.7
Your 10-year-old graphics card can run Dragon Age: The Veilguard
Your 10-year-old graphics card can run Dragon Age: The Veilguard
Your 10-year-old graphics card can run Dragon Age: The Veilguard
Your 10-year-old graphics card can run Dragon Age: The Veilguard
Your 10-year-old graphics card can run Dragon Age: The Veilguard
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