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Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate – Official PC Requirements Revealed, NVIDIA Exclusive Features Unveiled

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Ubisoft revealed today the official PC requirements for Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate. According to the French company, PC gamers will need at least 6GB of RAM, a 64bit operating system, an Intel Core i5 2400s or AMD FX 6350 and an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or AMD Radeon R9 270.

Ubisoft claimed that 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.”

Ubisoft also revealed the NVIDIA exclusive graphical features that will be featured in Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate (do note that some of them will be supported by AMD’s GPUs). These are:

TXAA
NVIDIA algorithm for Temporal Anti-Aliasing
Works only on NVIDIA hardware

HBAO+
NVIDIA algorithm for Ambient Occlusion
Works on both NVIDIA and AMD hardware

PCSS
NVIDIA algorithm for Soft Shadows
Works on both NVIDIA and AMD hardware

GeForce Experience
Player with GFE can have adjusted graphics options for smoother performance experience

G-Sync Support
Support of special monitor with NVIDIA G-Sync chip

And here are the game’s PC requirements:

MINIMUM

  • Supported OS: Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows 10(64bit versions)
  • Processor: Intel Core i5 2400s @ 2.5 GHz or AMD FX 6350 @ 3.9 GHz
  • RAM: 6GB or more for Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10
  • Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or AMD Radeon R9 270 (2GB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0)
  • DirectX: DirectX June 2010 Redistributable
  • Sound: DirectX compatible sound card with latest drivers

RECOMMENDED

  • Supported OS: Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 (64bit versions only)
  • Processor: Intel Core i7-3770 @ 3.5 GHz or AMD FX-8350 @ 4.0 GHz
  • RAM: 8GB
  • Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 (4GB) or the newer GTX 970 (4GB) or AMD Radeon R9 280X (3GB) or better
  • DirectX: DirectX June 2010 Redistributable
  • Sound: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card with latest drivers
  • Hard Drive: 50 GB available space