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Can I run DayZ?

DayZ by Bohemia Interactive: the publisher’s own system requirements, checked against your exact laptop.

Minimum requirements

CPU: Intel Core i5-4430 or AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Six-Core
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 or AMD R9 270X · DirectX 11
RAM: 8 GB
Storage: 25 GB
OS: Windows 10 64-bit

Recommended requirements

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K or AMD R5 1600X
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 or AMD RX 580 · DirectX 11
RAM: 12 GB
Storage: 30 GB
OS: Windows 10 / 11 64-bit

Check your laptop

Laptops that definitively can’t run DayZ

34 of 317 laptops in our database fail DayZ’s minimum requirements outright — either the publisher lists a different operating system than the laptop runs, or the laptop’s RAM is soldered (not upgradeable) and below the requirement. Laptops not listed here are not judged, not incompatible: their CPU, GPU and configuration need checking by you — we don’t guess.

Which laptops can reach 8 GB of RAM?

291 of 317 laptops in our database support at least 8 GB of RAM (the model’s documented maximum). That is capacity, not what ships in the box — check your exact configuration, and see whether your model’s RAM can be upgraded.

Where these requirements come from

Valve (Steam) — DayZ on Steam — System Requirements · retrieved 9/20/2026

minimum: Internet connection
recommended: Internet connection

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