Ark Survival Ascended system requirements and compatible PCs
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As with any modern game release, understanding the system requirements necessary to run the game at optimal settings is crucial for an enjoyable gaming experience. In this article, we'll explore the PC specs required to run Ark Survival Ascended, as well as provide recommendations for Chillblast PCs for those looking to upgrade their current setup.
System requirements
Gaming PCs compatible with Ark Survival Ascended
Discover the best gaming PCs specifically designed to play Ark Survival Ascended at epic settings, providing you with the most realistic prehistoric survival experience possible.
Karve Ryzen 5 RTX 4060 Ti Gaming PC
from £1,519.99
The Vantage Core i7 RTX 5070 Edge Gaming PC
from £2,279.99
The Frontier Ryzen 7 RTX 5070 Ti Edge Gaming PC
from £2,679.95
The Verge Core i9 RTX 5090 Water Cooled Gaming PC
£6,999.99
What you need to play Ark Survival Ascended at 1440p
Playing Ark Survival Ascended at 1440p with graphical settings on max wouldn’t be impossible with the PC we suggested for recommended settings – it’d just perform at lower frame rates. But if you’re looking for an even prettier Ark Survival Ascended experience at a higher resolution, we believe you shouldn’t have to sacrifice the smoothness of gameplay that is only possible at higher frames per second.
To that end, if you want to play Ark Survival Ascended at 1440p, you can enjoy it at ultra detail settings with around 100 FPS with our Chillblast Evolution AMD Ryzen 7 RTX 4070 Small Gaming PC. It raises the bar for CPU and GPU performance by combining the latest generations of Nvidia and Intel hardware for a truly-powerful gaming system.
The AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D processor, packing 8 cores and 16 threads, is one of the best on the market for incredible gaming and multi-tasking performance. Whether you’re scoring goals in Ark Survival Ascended or doing high-resolution video and photo editing, this CPU has the performance and the cores to get the job done extremely fast.
The Nvidia RTX 4070, though, is this build's true powerhouse. It’s a cutting-edge graphics card with the latest Ada Lovelace architecture, an extremely sophisticated process node with astounding efficiency, and all the CUDA cores you need. Better yet, it has full support for DLSS, and in supporting games, frame generation. This isn't really helpful here, however, in games like Hogwarts Legacy, it can significantly increase frame rates.
You also get 1TB of high-speed storage, so no matter how many big games you want to play, this PC has the space to install them all at once.
What you need to play Ark Survival Ascended at 4K
When it comes to playing at 4K, there are many more demanding games than Ark Survival Ascended. But you’ll still need a pretty hefty system to enjoy it at maximum settings without tanking your frame rate. Even more so if you plan on playing on a large 4K monitor or TV screen.
With that in mind, the perfect system for playing Ark Survival Ascended at 4K is the Apex AMD Ryzen 7 X3D RX 7900 XTX Gaming PC. It combines the best gaming processor in the world with one of the top graphics cards for a high-performance gaming PC that can do absolutely anything and everything.
The AMD Ryzen 7800X3D is a super-powered gaming processor that beats even some of the more expensive CPU models with higher core counts thanks to its blazing-fast onboard cache. That pairs perfectly with 32GB of high-speed DDR5 memory, and 2TB of PCIe 4 SSD storage for the most responsive gaming experience. It’s also ready for future games with Direct Storage support for even faster game load times.
To power that 4K experience, however, we need a powerful GPU and in the AMD RX 7900 XTX we have the perfect solution. It’s the most powerful graphics card AMD has ever made and it will find playing Ark Survival Ascended at 4K an absolute cakewalk.
With full support for FSR, it can drive up frame rates in supported games even more, and it even has some impressive ray tracing support in compatible games. Plus, its 24GB of VRAM makes it future-proofed against any advances in gaming technology in the years to come.