Crimson Desert PC Performance Review: I Tested All the Recommended Graphics Cards - IGN

System requirements Pearl Abyss listed the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 in minimum GPU requirements, the minimum requirements specify a GTX 1060.

The game requires 16GB of RAM at every recommendation level, crimson Desert's recommendations list 16GB RAM for all tiers.

Performance test method Performance was recorded while walking through Hernand Town, the author used a repeatable walk-through of the first city to log frame rates.

Upscaling performance Enabling FSR on some low-end cards raised performance above 60 fps, example: Radeon RX 6500 XT exceeded 60 fps with FSR enabled.

Test hardware The author's GTX 1060 Founders Edition failed to post during testing, the old GTX 1060 would not post when plugged in.