At minimum they say Watch Dogs needs a Quad Core processor and a DirectX11 graphics card with 1GB VRAM, whereas the ‘Ultra’ recommendation is the latest eight core chipsets.
The PC community has long trumpeted its horn on being the best in terms of fidelity, and now Ubisoft is letting us prove our mettle by skipping ‘low spec’ machines.
The system specifications for Watch Dogs were found on the Uplay website, spotted by NeoGAF, but have since been pulled down by Ubisoft. Thankfully there’s a little something called copy/paste - it’s a PC exclusive feature… Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag requirements are out and they’re 64-bit only as well.
Watch Dogs releases on PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 November 19th in the US, 22nd in EU. Xbox One and PS4 at launch.
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