Assassin’s Creed Unity Minimum PC Requirements Revealed

Assassin’s Creed Unity is the next grand entry in the annual series from Ubisoft, this time not being held back by the last-gen consoles as an exclusive to Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC. As a result, the requirements to play the game on PC will be a good bit higher than past entries in the series. Yesterday, the distributor for Ubisoft Korea leaked the specs, but now Ubisoft has confirmed them.

You may want to pay special attention to the following information if you plan on getting the PC version of Assassin’s Creed Unity, because it is definitely going to require a high powered rig to play at the best quality.

• 64-bit operating system
  Required
• Supported OS
  Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8/8.1 (64bit versions only)
• Processor
  Minimum
  Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.3 GHz or AMD FX-8350 @ 4.0 GHz or AMD Phenom II x4 940 @ 3.0 GHz
• Recommended
  Intel Core i7-3770 @ 3.4 GHz or AMD FX-8350 @ 4.0 GHz or better
• RAM
  Minimum
  6 GB
• Recommended
  8GB
• Video Card
  Minimum
  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 or AMD Radeon HD 7970 (2 GB VRAM)
• Recommended
  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 or AMD Radeon R9 290X (3 GB VRAM)
• DirectX
  Version 11
• Sound Card
  DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card with latest drivers
• Hard Drive Space
  50 GB available space
• Peripherals Supported
  Windows-compatible keyboard and mouse required, optional controller
• Multiplayer
  256 kbps or faster broadband connection
• Supported Video Cards at Time of Release
  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 or better, GeForce GTX 700 series; AMD Radeon HD7970 or better, Radeon R9 200 series
  Note: Laptop versions of these cards may work but are NOT officially supported.

The requirements given really make it sound like Ubisoft is pushing this game to the limits, which is a good sign for the franchise. Assassin’s Creed Unity is set to release on November 11 for PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4.