System Requirements of The Bard's Tale 4 The Bard's Tale 4 Guide and Walkthrough
Last update: 04 October 2018
The following section contains information on the minimum and recommended hardware requirements for Bard's Tale IV. You will also find tips here on how to change the game's settings in order to improve the performance.
The Bard's Tale IV has high hardware requirements. Minimum hardware requirements require an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 or Radeon HD 7970 card. This means that at least a medium-budget computer is needed to run Bard's Tale IV. In addition, the game has many minor bugs, as well as optimization issues, which can cause drops in performance on even the best of computers.
- PC - General Information
- System requirements
- Is an Internet connection required to play the game?
- Graphics Options in Bard's Tale IV
PC - General Information
- OS: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10 64-bit
- Internet connection while playing: Not required
- Internet Activation: Yes, via the Steam/GOG platform
- Controllers: Keyboard and mouse
- Achievements: Yes
System requirements
Minimum system requirements
- OS: Windows 7 64-bit
- CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K
- RAM: 8 GB
- GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 or Radeon HD 7970
- VRAM: NVIDIA 2 GB, Radeon 3 GB
- HDD: 50 GB
Recommended system requirements
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit
- CPU: Intel i5-4590
- RAM: 8 GB
- GPU: NVIDIA GTX 970 or AMD 290
- VRAM: 3 GB
- HDD: 50 GB
Is an Internet connection required to play the game?
Bard's Tale IV requires online activation via the Steam or GOG platform. After downloading the game, however, the game will not require an Internet connection.
Graphics Options in Bard's Tale IV
Bard's Tale IV has a quite substantial array of graphics settings that will allow you to adjust the game to your needs. Here you will find a description of all the options along with their impact on the performance and quality of the game.
- Screen Resolution - the option responsible for setting the resolution in the game. By default, it is set to your screen's resolution. Reducing it will reduce the quality of the graphics. Increasing it, on the other hand, can cause performance drops in the game
- Fullscreen - this option allows you to turn on the game in fullscreen mode or in a borderless window. The difference is small, although the fullscreen mode will result in better texture quality
- Gamma Correction - a setting that defines the brightness of the image. No influence on the number of frames per second
- V-Sync - allows you to synchronize the number of frames per second with the maximum amount that can be displayed by your monitor
- Overall Quality - simultaneously modifies all quality options to the same level. The game has an option to automatically detect the overall quality
- Texture Quality - affects the detail of all the textures in the game. The higher the setting the greater the quality, at the same time, it may also cause performance drops
- Effects - determines the quality of the visual effects of the environment. The higher the setting the greater the quality and the likelihood of performance issues
- Foliage - reflects the quality of the foliage. Increasing the setting will result in better quality of the plants that make up the environment. Lowering the setting will increase the number of frames per second
- Shadow Resolution - every object in the game has its own shadow. This setting affects the quality of said shadows. This option does not affect the stability of the game all that much
- View Distance - determines the maximum distance from which you will be able to see a given object. This option has a huge impact on the performance of the game. Setting it too high can drastically reduce the number of frames per second
- Post Processing - contains options which define the quality and appearance of such details as, e.g. reflections in the water. Disabling these options will improve the performance of the game
- Anti-aliasing - smoothens the edges of objects in the game. Turning this option off will deteriorate the quality of the objects, but will improve the performance of the game.