The First Descendant System Requirements

To run The First Descendant system requirements, you will need an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti GPU, an Intel Core i5-3570 CPU, 8GB of RAM, and 50GB of space.

Alternatively, you can meet The First Descendant minimum requirements if you have the equivalent of an AMD Radeon RX 570 graphics card, an AMD FX-8350 processor, and 8GB of RAM.

If you want to get the most out of the game, you'll want to aim for The First Descendant recommended specs. The developer NEXON recommends an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 GPU, an Intel i7-7700K CPU, and 16GB of RAM to get the best frame rates when playing the game.

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The First Descendant size

The First Descendant download size on PC is 50GB of drive space, but only requiring 37.25GB of space on Xbox, and less than 37GB on PlayStation. 

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The First Descendant release date

With the developer NEXON having a reputation for launching their games a few months after a game's open beta concludes, it seems very likely that The First Descendant release date will see a February 2024 release window. 

The First Descendant will run on PC system with Windows 10 x64 and upwards.

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The First Descendant FPS - what frame rate can you expect?

How many FPS will I get on The First Descendant? We reference thousands of reports from PCGameBenchmark users running our FPS tracking app to tell you exactly how The First Descendant performs across a range of different settings and resolutions on the most popular PC gaming setups.

What frame rate does The First Descendant run at?

Here are the typical frame rate samples

Avg FPS	CPU	GPU	RAM
81	Intel Core i5-9600K	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti	16 GB
78	Intel Core i9-10900K	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	32 GB
57	Intel Core i5-10400F	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060	16 GB
48	Intel Core i7-14700F	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060	32 GB
39	Intel Core i7-3770	Intel HD 4000	16 GB

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