PC Specs Revealed, Pre-Orders Open

Hi everyone,

During the past weeks, we shared more information on stealth, combat, parkour and exploration. We have some news to share today.

Assassin’s Creed Shadows is launching March 20, inviting you to experience the intertwined stories of Naoe, an adept shinobi Assassin, and Yasuke, a powerful African samurai. Today, you can preorder the game on console and PC, and read up on Shadows’ upcoming expansion on our website page, Claws of Awaji, which brings 10 hours of additional content free with your preorder.

Watch the Story Trailer Here:

For those of you playing on PC, we’ve got all of Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ recommended PC specs further down this article. Assassin’s Creed Shadows will support raytraced global illumination and reflections, and will feature an in-game benchmark tool for performance analysis, ultra-wide resolutions, an uncapped framerate, and more.

Check out all the PC specs below.

SELECTIVE RAY TRACING

MINIMUM

• Resolution/FPS Using Dynamic Resolution and Upscaling: 1080P at 30 FPS
• Visual Settings: Low
• CPU: Intel® Core™ i7 8700k/ AMD Ryzen™ 5 3600
• GPU: Nvidia® GeForce GTX™ 1070 8GB/ AMD Radeon™ RX 5700 8GB/ Intel® Arc™ A580 8GB (REBAR ON)

RECOMMENDED

• Resolution/FPS Using Dynamic Resolution and Upscaling: 1080P at 60 FPS
• Visual Settings: High
• CPU: Intel® Core™ i5 11600k/ AMD Ryzen™ 5 5600x
• GPU: Nvidia® GeForce RTX™ 3060Ti 8GB/ AMD Radeon™ RX 6700 XT 12GB/ Intel® Arc™ B580 12GB (REBAR ON)

ENTHUSIAST

• Resolution/FPS Using Dynamic Resolution and Upscaling: 1440P at 60 FPS
• Visual Settings: High
• CPU: Intel® Core™ i5 11600k/ AMD Ryzen™ 5 5600x
• GPU: Nvidia® GeForce RTX™ 2070 8GB/ AMD Radeon™ RX 6700 XT 12GB/ Intel® Arc™ B580 12GB (REBAR ON)
• Resolution/FPS Using Dynamic Resolution and Upscaling: 4K at 60 FPS
• Visual Settings: High
• CPU: Intel® Core™ i7 12700k/ AMD Ryzen™ 7 5800x3D
• GPU: Nvidia® GeForce RTX™ 4070 Ti Super 16GB/ AMD Radeon™ RX 7900 XT 20GB

STANDARD RAY TRACING

MINIMUM

• Resolution/FPS Using Dynamic Resolution and Upscaling: 1080P at 30 FPS
• Visual Settings: High
• CPU: Intel® Core™ i7 8700k/ AMD Ryzen™ 5 3600
• GPU: Nvidia® GeForce RTX™ 2070 8GB/ Nvidia® GeForce RTX™ 2070 8GB/ Intel® Arc™ B580 12GB (REBAR ON)

RECOMMENDED

• Resolution/FPS Using Dynamic Resolution and Upscaling: 1440P at 60 FPS
• Visual Settings: High
• CPU: Intel® Core™ i5 11600k/ AMD Ryzen™ 5 5600x
• GPU: Nvidia® GeForce RTX™ 4070 Super 12GB/ AMD Radeon ™ RX 7800 XT 16GB

EXTENDED RAY TRACING

ENTHUSIAST

• Resolution/FPS Using Dynamic Resolution and Upscaling: 1440p at 60 FPS
• Visual Settings: Ultra
• CPU: Intel® Core™ Intel i7 13700k/ AMD Ryzen™ 7 7800x3D
• GPU: Nvidia® GeForce RTX™ 4080 16GB

EXTREME

• Resolution/FPS Using Dynamic Resolution and Upscaling: 4K at 60 FPS
• Visual Settings: Ultra
• CPU: Intel® Core™ Intel i7 13700k/ AMD Ryzen™ 7 7800x3D
• GPU: Nvidia® GeForce RTX™ 4090 24GB

On PC, Assassin’s Creed Shadows will feature:

• Raytraced Global Illumination and Reflections
• In-Game Benchmark Tool for Performance Analysis
• Ultra-Wide Resolution Support
• Upscaler and Frame Generation: Intel® XeSS 2, NVIDIA® DLSS 3.7, AMD FSR 3.1
• Uncapped Framerate
• In-Depth Customization Options
• Dynamic Resolution Support
• HDR Support
• AMD Eyefinity and NVIDIA® Surround Compatible

Of course, you’ll be able to customize many aspects of your experience: configuration, controller layouts, keyboard and mouse configuration, a large variety of language options and more.

We know you have been patiently waiting, and we’re grateful you’re still on this journey with us. We can’t wait for you to get your hands on Assassin’s Creed Shadows when it launches March 20  on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, Ubisoft+, Amazon Luna, Macs with Apple silicon via the MacApp Store as well as Windows PC through the Ubisoft Store, Steam and the Epic Games Store.