Dragon Age: The Veilguard is scheduled to release on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series S/X on October 31st. BioWare’s action RPG is the fourth Dragon Age game, the first since 2014’s Dragon Age: Inquisition. Ahead of the game’s launch, publisher Electronic Arts has released PC system requirements and preload times. EA also shared performance details for Dragon Age: The Veilguard on PS5 and Xbox Series S/X.
In a blog post detailing the PC spec for Dragon Age: The Veilguard, developer BioWare said the upcoming game was designed to be available on a wide range of PCs. However, it should be noted that PC users will need at least 16GB of RAM to play the game at various graphics settings. Players will also need 100GB of storage (SSD recommended) to play the game. Dragon Age: Veilguard PC system requirements are split between raytracing: enabled and raytracing: disabled.
System Requirements Dragon Age: The Veilguard for PC (Ray Tracing: Disabled)
minimum
Average performance: 1080p / 30 frames per second
Graphics Preset: Low
OS: 64-bit Windows 10/11 with DirectX 12
Processor: Intel Core i5-8400 or AMD Ryzen 3 3300X
RAM: 16 GB
Graphics processor: Nvidia Geforce GTX 970 / GTX 1650 or AMD Radeon R9 290X
VRAM: 4 GB
Memory: 100 GB (SSD preferred, HDD supported)
Recommended
Average performance: 1440p / 30fps or 1080p / 60fps
Graphics Preset: High
OS: 64-bit Windows 10/11 with DirectX 12
Processor: Intel Core i9-9900K or AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
RAM: 16 GB
Graphics processor: Nvidia Geforce RTX 2070 or AMD Radeon RX 5700XT
VRAM: 8GB
Memory: 100 GB (requires SSD)
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: 16 GB
GPU: Nvidia Geforce RTX 4080 or AMD Radeon RX 7999 XTX
VRAM: 12 GB
Memory: 100 GB (requires SSD)
Dragon Age: The Veilguard PC system requirements (Tracing Ray: On)
RT is selective
Average performance: 2160p / 30fps or 1440p / 60fps
Graphics preset: Ultra
OS: 64-bit Windows 10/11 with DirectX 12
Processor: Intel Core i9-9900K or AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
RAM: 16 GB
Graphics processor: Nvidia Geforce RTX 3080 or AMD Radeon RX 6800XT
VRAM: 10 GB
Memory: 100 GB (requires SSD)
RT is on
1440p / 30 frames per second
Graphics preset: Ultra
OS: 64-bit Windows 10/11 with DirectX 12
Processor: Intel Core i9-9900K or AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
RAM: 16 GB
Graphics processor: Nvidia Geforce RTX 3080 or AMD Radeon RX 6800XT
VRAM: 10 GB
Memory: 100 GB (requires SSD)
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: 16 GB
GPU: Nvidia Geforce RTX 4080 or AMD Radeon RX 7999 XTX
VRAM: 12 GB
Memory: 100 GB (requires SSD)
Dragon Age: The Veilguard Console Performance
On PS5 and Xbox Series S/X, Dragon Age: The Veilguard will feature performance and accuracy modes targeting 60fps and 30fps respectively. In addition, the game will feature improvements specific to the recently announced PlayStation 5 Pro. According to BioWare Studio CTO Machei Kurowski, the game will feature an enhanced resolution on console in both 30fps precision modes and 60fps performance modes.
In addition, using PSSR scaling technique from PS5 Pro, the game will have improved image quality. On PS5 Pro, Dragon Age: The Veilguard will ship with Raytraced Ambient Occlusion (RTAO) at 60fps performance mode; this feature will only be available in 30fps mode on standard PS5.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard Preload Time
Although the game releases on October 31st, it will be available for pre-download starting October 14th at 9am PDT (9:30pm EST) on Xbox Series S/X. PS5 will be able to pre-download the game starting October 29th at 9am PDT (9:30pm EST).
Bioware has also confirmed that Dragon Age: The Veilguard will not ship with any third-party DRM like Denuvo on any platform. However, the lack of DRM means that the pre-download will not be available on PC, where users will be able to download and play the game after it launches on October 31st at 9am PT (9:30pm IST).