What graphics card do I need for 60 FPS in Elite: Dangerous at 1080p?

By our estimate (±30%), the GTX 1650 is the least powerful of our 10 reference cards to reach 60 FPS at 1080p High, at about 74 FPS. No published benchmark of Elite: Dangerous at that setting is in our data to confirm it.

Can a GTX 1650 run Elite: Dangerous?

By our estimate it gets about 116 FPS at 1080p Low (smooth) and 74 FPS at 1080p High (smooth), each ±30%.

What are the minimum system requirements for Elite: Dangerous?

Steam lists Nvidia GTX 470/AMD R7 240 graphics, Quad Core CPU (4 x 2Ghz) and 6 GB of RAM as the minimum.

FPS estimates

Elite: Dangerous FPS

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Elite: Dangerous was released in 2014. No published benchmark of Elite: Dangerous is in our dataset yet, so every FPS figure on this page is an estimate. Steam lists Nvidia GTX 470/AMD R7 240 as the minimum graphics card, about what integrated graphics deliver today.

Frame rate cap: none on record. We have no record of an engine frame limit for Elite: Dangerous, so our estimates assume it runs uncapped. V-Sync, an in-game limiter or your monitor's refresh rate can still hold it lower.

No measured data yet. We have not found a published benchmark of Elite: Dangerous with a source we can link. The figures below come from our model and carry a ±30% band. How the estimate works.

Our estimate on 10 reference GPUs

Estimate ±30%

Model figures, not measurements: dashed bars with their ±30% band. How they are made.

RTX 4090360model max
RTX 5070 Ti360model max
Radeon RX 9070 XT360model max
RTX 4070292204–380
Radeon RX 7800 XT250175–325
RTX 4060 Ti223156–290
RTX 4060178125–231
RTX 3060143100–186
Radeon RX 660012487–161
GTX 16507452–96

Cards that run Elite: Dangerous at 60+ FPS

1080p High · cheapest first

Current cards, by launch price. Solid chips are measured results; dashed ones are our estimate (±30%).

Intel Arc B580launch price $249≈129 FPSAmazon
Radeon RX 7600launch price $269≈137 FPSAmazon
RTX 5060launch price $299≈196 FPSAmazon

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System requirements

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Minimum

GPU: Nvidia GTX 470/AMD R7 240
CPU: Quad Core CPU (4 x 2Ghz)
RAM: 6 GB