Ubisoft has finally unveiled the system requirements on PC for the company’s upcoming action-adventure title Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag. The game is currently set to arrive on PC on Nov. 19.
As revealed by the game’s official UPLAY page, players on PC will at least need a quad-core and a 64-bit system to run the game successfully. The requirement for the game on PC is as follows:
Minimum configuration:
Operating System: Windows Vista SP or Windows 7 SP1 or Windows 8 (both 32/64bit versions)
Note that we only support 64 bit OSs.
Processor: Intel Core2Quad Q8400 @ 2.6 GHz or AMD Athlon II X4 620 @ 2.6 GHz
RAM: 2GB for Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8
Video card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 or AMD Radeon HD 4870 (512MB VRAM with Shader Model 4.0 or higher)
DirectX: DirectX June 2010 Redistributable
Disk Space: 30 Gb
Sound: DirectX Compatible Sound Card with latest drivers
Peripherals: Windows-compatible keyboard and mouse required, optional controller
Recommended configuration:
Operating System: Windows Vista SP2 or Windows 7 SP1 or Windows 8 (both 32/64bit versions)
Note that we only support 64 bit OSs.
Processor: Intel Core i5 2400S @ 2.5 GHz or AMD Phenom II x4 940 @ 3.0 GHz or better
RAM: 4GB or more
Video card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 470 or AMD Radeon HD 5850 (1024MB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0) or better
The company has also stated that the list of supported video cards for Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag include Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 or better, GT400, GT500, GT600, GT700 series or AMD Radeon HD4870 or better, HD5000, HD6000, HD7000 series.
And also, “Note: Latest GeForce drivers tested: 320.49 for all series. Latest Radeon drivers tested: 13.1 for Radeon HD4000, 13.4 for Radeon HD5000 and above.” However, Laptop versions of these cards may work but are still not officially supported.
The new PC requirements for Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag has arrived after game's Lead Designer, Jean-Sebasiten Decant recently explained to Polygon why the PC version always arrives last, compared to its console counterparts.
“It all depends on what is the master version," Decant stated. "If for instance, the [Xbox 360] version was the master version, or the PlayStation 3 version was the master version, then we'd need a little bit more time to adapt it for the PC. But we need to finish that other version first."
Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag is currently scheduled to release this October for Xbox 360, Wii U and PS3, with versions for PS4 and Xbox One arriving later. The PC version will arrive a month later.
