Assassin’s Creed Shadows is almost here, and Ubisoft is ramping up the marketing engine for the game. And with that, comes the breakdown of the Assassin’s Creed: Shadows system requirements for those PC gamers looking to hop into the lands of ancient Japan.
One thing I’m noticing with many modern releases is how bad optimization is getting. You’ve got some games, like Doom The Dark Ages, that REQUIRE ray-tracing GPUs to play them at all. That’s insane. It’s getting wild at this point, honestly. The PC gaming scene in 2025 is looking to be a real rough time for those of us on more budget-oriented rigs. Ubisoft has been no stranger to controversy recently, so it stands to reason the company will get more pushback for these requirements.
DLSS 3.7, AMD FSR 3.1 support is included, for the next-gen GPUs that will likely rely on DLSS 4 from NVIDIA, you will have to wait a while until you see the full benefit from that technology. And it’s not any easier for those of you with high-end rigs. The top-end performance spec relies on a 4090 for full ray-tracing support and 4K resolution. Sure, the game will look amazing on Ultra, but the cost to run it at this level with 60 FPS targets seems less than worth it to me.
Here are the Assassin’s Creed: Shadows system requirements in their full glory. Ubisoft also published a full rundown of the requirements in image form.
Assassin’s Creed: Shadows – Minimum PC System Requirements (settings “low”, 1080p, 30 fps)
Processor: Intel Core i7 8700K / AMD Ryzen 5 3600Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 8 GB / AMD Radeon RX 5700 8 GB / Intel Arc A580 8 GBRAM: 16 GB (dual-channel)Operating system: Windows 10 / Windows 11DirectX version: 12Disk: SSD
Assassin’s Creed: Shadows – Recommended PC System Requirements (medium, 1080p, 60 fps)
Processor: Intel Core i5 11600K / AMD Ryzen 5 5600XGraphics: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB / AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB / Intel Arc B580 12 GBRAM: 16 GB (dual-channel)Operating system: Windows 10 / Windows 11DirectX version: 12Disk: SSD
Assassin’s Creed: Shadows – recommended PC system requirements (high, 1440p, 60 fps)
Processor: Intel Core i5 11600K / AMD Ryzen 5 5600XGraphics: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 10 GB / AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT 16 GBRAM: 16 GB (dual-channel)Operating system: Windows 10 / Windows 11DirectX version: 12Disk: SSD
Assassin’s Creed: Shadows – recommended PC system requirements (high, 4K, 60 fps)
Processor: Intel Core i7 12700K / AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 3DGraphics: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super 16 GB / AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT 20 GBRAM: 16 GB (dual-channel)Operating system: Windows 10 / Windows 11DirectX version: 12Disk: SSD
Assassin’s Creed: Shadows – recommended PC system requirements for PC (high, ray tracing minimum, 1080p, 30 fps)
Processor: Intel Core i7 8700K / AMD Ryzen 5 3600Graphics: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB / AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB / Intel Arc B580 12 GBRAM: 16 GB (dual-channel)Operating system: Windows 10 / Windows 11DirectX version: 12Disk: SSD
Assassin’s Creed: Shadows – recommended PC system requirements (High settings, 1440p, 60 fps)
Processor: Intel Core i7 11600K / AMD Ryzen 5 5600XGraphics: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12 GB / AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT 16 GBRAM: 16 GB (dual-channel)Operating system: Windows 10 / Windows 11DirectX version: 12Disk: SSD
Assassin’s Creed: Shadows – Recommended PC System Requirements (Ultra settings, 1440p, 60 fps)
Processor: Intel Core i7 13700K / AMD Ryzen 7 7800X 3DGraphics: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 16 GBRAM: 16 GB (dual-channel)Operating system: Windows 10 / Windows 11DirectX version: 12Disk: SSD
Assassin’s Creed: Shadows – recommended PC system requirements (Ultra settings, full Ray-Tracing, 4K, 60 fps)
Processor: Intel Core i7 13700K / AMD Ryzen 7 7800X 3DGraphics: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 24 GBRAM: 16 GB (dual-channel)Operating system: Windows 10 / Windows 11DirectX version: 12Disk: SSD
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