Starfield is being developed with the blessing of AMD

On September 6th, Bethesda opened an airlock for the game’s new world Starfield, which is described as something out of “Skyrim in space.” A few weeks ago, the minimum and recommended system requirements were revealed, but now more information is given on how to run the game better: with the latest AMD hardware for PC and Xbox.

Through a press release and a short video, AMD and Bethesda announced that they are collaborating with Starfield and that the two companies are collaborating on improving hardware and software. This means, among other things, improvements to running Starfield with multi-core processors – something that can be used on both the Xbox Series and PC sides. In addition, special emphasis has been placed on leveraging the Ryzen 7000 and Radeon RX 7000.

System requirements: Starfield

Moreover, the close collaboration around the Creation Engine 2 game engine is mentioned, for good performance and good support for image scaling with FSR2. This means that Nvidia’s DLSS functionality is missing. With a system circuit based on AMD’s older Zen 2 and RDNA 2 architectures, FSR2 is something that can also be used with the latest generation Xbox hardware. Hardware-wise, Sony’s Playstation 5 is very similar, but since Starfield is exclusive to PC and Microsoft consoles, it leaves promises of potential benefits only if more platforms are added in the future.

It is not uncommon for games to be developed with support from hardware manufacturers. It can and has been used as an aid for both new features in games and for new devices bumping up specific features, but the downside can be a less intense gaming experience with different hardware. With Starfield, Nvidia graphics cards and Intel processors end up in the danger zone. Independent testing will reveal if there will be any differences to speak of.

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