The Crew’s PC Specs Reveal What You Need Under the Hood

Ubisoft has confirmed the minimum and recommended specs for The Crew, their open world racer which releases on December 2nd. The game will only run on 64 bit operating systems and you'll need the specs listed below to play. 

Minimum specs:

• OS: Windows 7 SP1 or Windows 8/8.1 (64-bit)
• Processor: Intel Core2 Quad Q9300 @ 2.5 GHz or AMD Athlon II X4 620 @ 2.6 GHz
• Memory: 4GB
• Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX260 or AMD Radeon HD4870 (512MB VRAM with Shader Model 4.0 or higher)
• DirectX: DirectX 10 June Redistributable
• Sound: DirectX compatible sound card with latest drivers
• Peripherals: Keyboard required, Xbox 360 or other compatible controller optional

Recommended configuration

• OS: Windows 8/8.1 (64-bit)
• Processor: Intel Core i5-750 @ 2.66 GHz or AMD Phenom II X4 940 @ 3.0 GHz
• Memory: 8GB
• Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX580 or AMD Radeon 6870 (1024MB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0 or higher)
• DirectX/sound/peripherals: Same as above

Optimal configuration:

• OS: Windows 8/8.1 (64-bit)
• Processor: Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.4 GHz or AMD FX-8150 @ 3.6 GHz
• Memory: 8GB
• Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX670 or AMD Radeon 7870 (2048MB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0 or higher)
• DirectX/sound/peripherals: Same as above

Ubisoft also revealed the supported graphics cards:

• Nvidia GeForce GTX260 or better, GTX400, GTX500, GTX600, GTX700, GTX900 series
• Drivers: GeForce 340.52 for all DX10 Nvidia cards (GTX200) and 344.48 for all DX11 NVIDIA cards (GTX400 – GTX900)
• AMD Radeon HD4870 or better, HD5000, HD6000, HD7000, R7 and R9 series
• Drivers: Catalyst 13.1 for HD4000 series and Catalyst 14.9 for all other Radeon cards

The publisher has also released a trailer demonstrating how The Crew takes advantage of Nvidia's HBAO+ full-resolution ambient occlusion and TXAA to remove jagged edges, pixel crawl, and create more realistic shadows. A closed beta for The Crew will run from November 6th to 10th on PS4 and Xbox One.