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Space Engineers is currently in alpha and these are only the preliminary specifications. Hardware requirements could increase or decrease depending on future iterations. As of now, here are the current specs for Space Engineers:
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Space Engineers is currently in alpha and these are only the preliminary specifications. Hardware requirements could increase or decrease depending on future iterations. As of now, here are the current specs for Space Engineers as known of version 01.109:
 
 
 
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* OS: Microsoft Windows XP (latest SP)
 
* OS: Microsoft Windows XP (latest SP)
 
* Processor: Intel Core2 Duo 2.0 GHz (or AMD equivalent)
 
* Processor: Intel Core2 Duo 2.0 GHz (or AMD equivalent)
* Memory: 2 GB RAM
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* Memory: 8 GB RAM
 
* Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT / ATI Radeon HD 3870 / Intel HD Graphics 4000
 
* Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT / ATI Radeon HD 3870 / Intel HD Graphics 4000
* DirectX: 9.0c
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* DirectX: 9.0c (DX11 required for planets)
* Hard Drive: 2 GB free HDD space
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* Hard Drive: 10 GB free HDD space
 
* Audio: DirectX® compatible on-board
 
* Audio: DirectX® compatible on-board
  
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* OS: Microsoft Windows 7 (latest SP)
 
* OS: Microsoft Windows 7 (latest SP)
 
* Processor: Intel Quad Core i5 @ 2.5 GHz (or AMD equivalent)
 
* Processor: Intel Quad Core i5 @ 2.5 GHz (or AMD equivalent)
* Memory: 3 GB RAM
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* Memory: 8 GB RAM (players recommend 16 GB for planets)
* Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460/AMD Radeon HD 7800 series * DirectX: 9.0c
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* Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 660 Ti 2GB / AMD HD7870 2GB series
* Hard Drive: 5 GB free HDD space
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* DirectX: 11
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* Hard Drive: 10 GB free HDD space
 
* Audio: DirectX® compatible on-board
 
* Audio: DirectX® compatible on-board
 
 

Revision as of 19:39, 22 November 2015

Space Engineers is currently in alpha and these are only the preliminary specifications. Hardware requirements could increase or decrease depending on future iterations. As of now, here are the current specs for Space Engineers as known of version 01.109:

Minimum Requirements Recommended Requirements
  • OS: Microsoft Windows XP (latest SP)
  • Processor: Intel Core2 Duo 2.0 GHz (or AMD equivalent)
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT / ATI Radeon HD 3870 / Intel HD Graphics 4000
  • DirectX: 9.0c (DX11 required for planets)
  • Hard Drive: 10 GB free HDD space
  • Audio: DirectX® compatible on-board
  • OS: Microsoft Windows 7 (latest SP)
  • Processor: Intel Quad Core i5 @ 2.5 GHz (or AMD equivalent)
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM (players recommend 16 GB for planets)
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 660 Ti 2GB / AMD HD7870 2GB series
  • DirectX: 11
  • Hard Drive: 10 GB free HDD space
  • Audio: DirectX® compatible on-board

Steam account and internet connection to install the game. No internet connection required to play the game.

Recommendation from a user concerning choice of PC components [1.069] / Feb 2015:
Space Engineers is very CPU heavy. A quadcore with a high frequency is currently performing better than a hexacore with a lower CPU frequency. The performance of the graphics card is not as important as the CPU power.

In the users' case:

Old system New system
  • i7-2700 @ 3.5 GHz
  • GTX 580
  • 8GB RAM
  • SSD
  • Windows 7 Home Premium
  • i7-5820 @ 3.3 GHz
  • GTX 980
  • 32GB RAM
  • SSD
  • Windows 7 Professional

The FPS and UPS are slightly better with the old system ! The only "noticeable" advantage of the GTX 980 over the GTX 580 is the render capacity. At 6.5 million triangles the GTX 580 can't update all objects in a frame anymore frequently showing the interior of objects whereas the GTX 980 still manages to display all triangles in a frame.

So if you already have a high-performance quadcore and a good graphics card there won't be much benefit from replacing it with a "better" system.