System Requirements

What are the system requirements for EVE Online?

Windows:

Minimum System Requirements:

• OS: Windows® XP Service Pack 3 / Vista / 7
• CPU: Intel Pentium® or AMD @ 1.5 GHz or greater which supports SSE2
• RAM: XP – 1 GB / Vista – 1.5 GB
• HD space: 20 GB Free Space
• Network: DSL connection or faster
• Video:ATI X1600 or NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT or higher graphics card with 128 MB of Video RAM* which supports Shader Model 3
• Drivers: DirectX® 9.0c (included) and latest video drivers
• DVD-ROM : 2 speed DVD reader or greater required (for the retail box)

*Note that older graphics cards such as the Nvidia 6000 series may work but is not officially supported

Recommended system configuration for running Eve Online:

• OS: Windows® XP Service Pack 3 / Vista / 7
• CPU: Intel Pentium® or AMD dual core @ 2 GHz or greater which supports SSE2
• RAM: 2 GB
• HD space: 20 GB Free Space
• Video: ATi Radeon 5750 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
• Network: ADSL connection or faster
• Drivers: DirectX® 9.0c (included) and latest video drivers
• DVD-ROM : 2 speed DVD reader or greater required (for the retail box)

The minimum screen resolution for Eve is 1024x768.
Audio hardware must be Direct Sound compatible and the CPU must support SSE (for using Audio). For optimum performance, use latest drivers available.
Please note that Windows 95, 98, ME, NT and 2000 are not supported.

Macintosh:

Minimal system requirements

• The client does not run on a PowerPC (G3/G4/G5) based Macintosh Machines (PowerMac), older MacBook laptops nor the pre 2010 MacMini are also not supported.
• Supported hardware is MacBook Pro laptops, Mac Pro machines and iMacs. Recent generations of the MacBook and MacBook Air will work as well, albeit we recommend disabling the „Load Station Environment“ option on those. All these machines have to meet the following minimum requirements below:
• CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo with at least 2.0 Ghz speed
• OS: Mac OS X 10.6.7 or higher
• Video: ATI HD2400, Nvidia 9400GT, or Intel HD 3000 or higher with at least 256 MB VRAM and supports Shader Model 3.
• RAM: 2 GB
• HD Space: 20 GB
• Network: Broadband internet connection

Recommended system configuration

• CPU: Intel Core i Series with at least 2.0 Ghz speed
• OS: Mac OS X 10.6.7 or higher
• Video: ATI 4870, Nvidia 8800GT or higher with at least 512 MB VRAM
• RAM: 4 GB or higher
• HD Space: 20 GB
• Network: Broadband internet connection

Do note that MacPro computers allow changing graphics cards.

Linux:

Linux is not officially supported by CCP since Apocrypha, but it is possible to use Wine for playing EVE on Linux: Install EVE on linux with wine

Links

• More detailed info about supported Video cards
• List of Hardware manufacturers
• Knowledge Base article about system requirements