The recommended PC specs for Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs appeared on the official site recently but were pulled shortly thereafter. The removed list included base, minimum, recommended and ‘ultra’ specs. Then a Ubisoft exec Tweeted that the “real specs” would be out soon and would be less demanding. Now a new link on the official Ubisoft web site has specs listed that are still pretty demanding but this time only detail a minimum and recommended PC specification.
A watchful internet user managed to cut and paste the first set of official specs for Watch Dogs on PC into a computer forum. The list revealed quite high demands for the upcoming game, as follows:
- Minimum Specification
GPU: DirectX 11 graphics card with 1 GB Video RAM CPU: Quad core RAM: 4GB
example 1 - GPU: NVidia GTX 460 CPU: Intel Core2 Quad Q6600
example 2 - GPU: AMD Radeon HD 5770 CPU: AMD Phenom X4 9750
- Recommended Specification
GPU: DirectX 11 graphics card with 2 GB Video RAM CPU: Eight core RAM: 8GB
example 1 - GPU: NVidia GTX 560 ti CPU: Intel Core i7-3770
example 2 - GPU: AMD Radeon HD 7850 CPU: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core
- "Ultra" Specification
GPU: Latest DirectX 11 graphics card with 2 GB Video RAM or more CPU: Latest Eight core or more RAM: 8GB or more
example 1 - GPU: Nvidia GTX 670 CPU: Intel Core i7-3930K
example 2 - GPU: AMD Radeon HD 7970 CPU: AMD FX-9370 Eight-Core
Shortly after the proliferation of the above list, the graphics technical director on Watch Dogs, Sebastien Viard, Tweeted in response to a PC gamer’s “shock” regarding the high hardware demands of the upcoming game; “Hello. These are not official configs. The real specs out soon and will be lower than one :)” (translated from French via Google).
Now we have a new list of PC specs for Watch Dogs online at Ubisoft (link may redirect you depending upon your region). The new spec list is still pretty demanding including a minimum of a quad-core CPU, DirectX 11 GPU (with 1GB VRAM), 6GB of system RAM and a 64-bit Windows OS required. Actually the new minimum spec requires more system RAM than the previously seen list.
- MINIMUM:
OS: Windows Vista SP2 64bit, Windows 7 SP1 64bit, Windows 8 64bit
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 @ 2.66Ghz or AMD Phenom II X4 940 @ 3.0Ghz.
RAM: 6 GB.
Video Card: 1024 VRAM DirectX 11 with Shader Model 5.0 (see supported list, below)
Sound Card: DirectX 9 compatible Sound Card
- RECOMMENDED:
Processor: Core i7 3770 @ 3.5Ghz or AMD FX-8350 @ 4.0Ghz.
RAM: 8 GB.
Video Card: 2048 VRAM DirectX 11 with Shader Model 5.0 or higher (see supported list, below)
Sound Card: Surround Sound 5.1 capable sound card
- Supported Video Cards at Time of Release:
nVidia GeForce GTX460 or better, GT500, GT600, GT700 series;
AMD Radeon HD5850 or better, HD6000, HD7000, R7 and R9 series
Intel® Iris™ Pro HD 5200
Nvidia features Watch Dogs extensively in its technology pages and blogs due to the PC gaming alliance with Ubisoft and the game will receive PC enhancements specially tailored for the green team. If you are interested in Watch Dogs, the game is due to be released on PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii U on 19th November. The game will also be available on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 when those consoles start shipping.
