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Here’s What You’ll Need To Run Watch Dogs on PC

October 3, 2013 by Ian Miles Cheong

You’ll want to upgrade your computer to play Watch Dogs on its ultra-high ‘Ultra’ setting. Beyond that, the basic requirements aren’t too bad.

Ubisoft has just revealed the PC specs for the upcoming open-world set-in-the-modern-day title Watch Dogs, with the requirements and recommended specifications to get the game running. 

Unlike the usual lineup of minimum requirements and recommended requirements, Ubisoft has opted instead to detail an additional "ultra" specification for those with really beefy computers.

Base Specification

Operating System: Windows Vista (SP2), Windows 7 (SP1) or Windows 8
Note that we only support 64 bit OSs.
DVD-ROM: DVD-ROM Dual Layer
Hard Drive Space: 20 GB
Sound: DirectX 9.0c Compatible Sound Card with Latest Drivers
Internet: Broadband connection and service required for multiplayer mode

Minimum Specification

GPU: DirectX 11 graphics card with 1 GB Video RAM
CPU: Quad core
RAM: 4GB

example 1
GPU: NVidia GTX 460
CPU: Intel Core2 Quad Q6600

example 2
GPU: AMD Radeon HD 5770
CPU: AMD Phenom X4 9750

Recommended Specification

GPU: DirectX 11 graphics card with 2 GB Video RAM
CPU: Eight core
RAM: 8GB

example 1
GPU: NVidia GTX 560 ti
CPU: Intel Core i7-3770

example 2
GPU: AMD Radeon HD 7850
CPU: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core

"Ultra" Specification

GPU: Latest DirectX 11 graphics card with 2 GB Video RAM or more
CPU: Latest Eight core or more
RAM: 8GB or more

example 1
GPU: Nvidia GTX 670
CPU: Intel Core i7-3930K

example 2
GPU: AMD Radeon HD 7970
CPU: AMD FX-9370 Eight-Core

Watch Dogs wil be out on November 19 in the US, and on November 22 in Europe. 

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