Ubisoft has published the official PC minimum and recommended specifications for PC gamers wishing to enjoy playing Assassin's Creed: Syndicate. While in general the specs are as you might expect, for a modern graphically detailed game, a slightly raised eyebrow resulted from the comment which read "For a recommended experience, the game requires a video card with at least 3GB of VRAM when playing at a full HD resolution."
I've tabulated the official minimum and recommended PC specs below
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Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows 10(64bit versions) Intel Core i5 2400s @ 2.5 GHz or AMD FX 6350 @ 3.9 GHz 6GB or more RAM for Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or AMD Radeon R9 270 (2GB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0) DirectX June 2010 Redistributable DirectX compatible sound card with latest drivers |
Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 (64bit versions only) Intel Core i7-3770 @ 3.5 GHz or AMD FX-8350 @ 4.0 GHz 8GB RAM NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 (4GB) or the newer GTX 970 (4GB) or AMD Radeon R9 280X (3GB) or better DirectX June 2010 Redistributable DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card with latest drivers 50 GB available space |
As a footnote to the recommended specs Ubisoft added the following blurb regarding available VRAM:
"Technical note from the developer: For a recommended experience, the game requires a video card with at least 3GB of VRAM when playing at a full HD resolution. While we encourage you to fiddle with the advanced options to fully customize your gaming experience, please keep an eye out for the VRAM meter usage when you adjust these settings."
In addition to the above there are a number of Nvidia promoted enhancements which include G-GYNC support, GeForce Experience profiles, TXAA (Nvidia exclusive tech), the HBAO+ ambient occlusion algorithm and PCSS soft shadows. If you have a high-end system you will, in addition, be able to enjoy Assassin's Creed: Syndicate with MSAA, AMD Eyefinity / NVIDIA Surround monitor 3:1 configurations, and performance scaling with AMD CrossFire / NVIDIA SLI multi-GPU setups.
Assassin's Creed: Syndicate will be released for Windows PCs on 19th November.
In related news Ubisoft recently published its H1 2015 financials. Unhappily it recorded a 57.2 per cent dip in revenues resulting in a net loss of $100.5 million. The firm traditionally makes most of its money in H2, which includes the run up to Xmas.
