The launch of the new Assassin’s Creed game is near. With this in mind, Ubisoft released a bunch of news about Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, showed an in-depth gameplay look, and revealed the official system requirements for PC players.
While we were used to getting two sets of numbers for PC hardware options – one for recommended PC specs and one for minimum PC requirements, this time Ubisoft decided to share more – Minimum, Recommended, High, Enthusiast, and Ultra.
Minimum (Low preset, 1080p at 30fps):
- OS: Windows 10 (64-bit only)
- CPU: (AMD / Intel): Ryzen 3 1200 @ 3.1 GHz / i5-4460 @ 3.2 GHz
- RAM: 8GB (Dual-channel mode)
- GPU: AMD R9 380, 4GB VRAM / GeForce GTX 960, 4GB VRAM
- Storage: 50GB HDD (SSD Recommended)
- DirectX Version: DirectX 12
- Additional note: Requires GPU with DirectX 12 (Feature Level 12_0) support
Recommended (High preset, 1080 at 30fps):
- OS: Windows 10 (64-bit only)
- CPU: (AMD / Intel): Ryzen 5 1600 @ 3.2 GHz / i7-4790 @ 3.6 GHz
- RAM: 8GB (Dual-channel mode)
- GPU: AMD RX 570, 8GB VRAM / GeForce GTX 1060, 6GB VRAM
- Storage: 50GB HDD (SSD Recommended)
- DirectX Version: DirectX 12
- Additional note: Requires GPU with DirectX 12 (Feature Level 12_0) support
Recommended (High preset, 1080p at 60fps):
- OS: Windows 10 (64-bit only)
- CPU: (AMD / Intel): Ryzen 7 1700 @ 3.0 GHz / i7-6700 @ 3.4 GHz
- RAM: 8GB (Dual-channel mode)
- GPU: AMD Vega 64, 8GB VRAM / GeForce GTX 1080, 8GB VRAM
- Storage: 50GB HDD (SSD Recommended)
- DirectX Version: DirectX 12
- Additional note: Requires GPU with DirectX 12 (Feature Level 12_0) support
2K (Very high preset, 1440p at 30fps):
- OS: Windows 10 (64-bit only)
- CPU: (AMD / Intel): Ryzen 7 2700X @ 3.7 GHz / i7-7700 @ 3.6 GHz
- RAM: 16GB (Dual-channel mode)
- GPU: AMD Vega 56, 8GB VRAM / GeForce GTX 1070, 8GB VRAM
- Storage: 50GB HDD (SSD Recommended)
- DirectX Version: DirectX 12
- Additional note: Requires GPU with DirectX 12 (Feature Level 12_0) support
2K (Very high preset, 1440p at 60fps):
- OS: Windows 10 (64-bit only)
- CPU: (AMD / Intel): Ryzen 5 3600X @ 3.8 GHz / i7-8700K @ 3.7 GHz
- RAM: 16GB (Dual-channel mode)
- GPU: AMD RX 5700XT, 8GB VRAM / GeForce RTX 2080 S, 8GB VRAM
- Storage: 50GB HDD (SSD Recommended)
- DirectX Version: DirectX 12
- Additional note: Requires GPU with DirectX 12 (Feature Level 12_0) support
4K (Ultra high preset, 2160p at 30fps):
- OS: Windows 10 (64-bit only)
- CPU: (AMD / Intel): Ryzen 7 3700X @ 3.6 GHz / i9-9700K @ 3.6 GHz
- RAM: 16GB (Dual-channel mode)
- GPU: AMD RX 5700XT, 8GB VRAM / GeForce RTX 2080, 8GB VRAM
- Storage: 50GB HDD (SSD Recommended)
- DirectX Version: DirectX 12
- Additional note: Requires GPU with DirectX 12 (Feature Level 12_0) support
If your PC meets at least one of these required specs, you should be able to enjoy Assassin’s Creed Valhalla without any need to upgrade your gaming hardware. If it doesn’t, you still have some time to do it. The game will be out on November 10th for PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One X, including the next-generation console versions that are coming at a later date.