Watch Dogs: Legion PC system requirements announced

Watch Dogs: Legion is coming out in just over a month and as one of the biggest ray-tracing supported games of the year, we're expecting big things from the PC version. What hardware will it take to run the game at low, medium, high or ultra settings? Ubisoft answered that question for us today with the unveiling of the PC system requirements. 

The Watch Dogs Legion team has done a good job of providing detailed system requirements, spanning from 1080p/low all the way up to 4K/ultra. There is also a separate spec listing to cover those looking to play with RTX features.

Here is the full list:

1080p / Low Settings

• CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 / AMD Ryzen 5 1400
• GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 or AMD Radeon R9 290X
• VRAM: 4 GB
• RAM: 8 GB
• Storage Space: 45 GB
• Operating System: Windows 10 (x64)

1080p / High Settings

• CPU: Intel Core i7-4790 / AMD Ryzen 5 1600
• GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon RX 480
• VRAM: 6 GB
• RAM: 8 GB (Dual-channel setup)
• Storage Space: 45 GB
• Operating System: Windows 10 (x64)

1440p / High Settings

• CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K / AMD Ryzen 5 2600
• GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060S or AMD Radeon RX 5700
• VRAM: 8GB
• RAM: 16 GB (Dual-channel setup)
• Storage Space: 45 GB
• Operating System: Windows 10 (x64)

4K / Ultra Settings

• CPU: Intel Core i7-9700K / AMD Ryzen 7 3700
• GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti or AMD Radeon VII
• VRAM: 11 GB
• RAM: 16 GB (Dual-channel setup)
• Storage Space: 45 GB (+ 20 GB HD Textures Pack)
• Operating System: Windows 10 (x64)

RTX ON – 1080p / High Settings

• CPU: Intel Core i5-9600K / AMD Ryzen 5 3600
• GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
• VRAM: 8 GB
• RAM: 16 GB (Dual-channel setup)
• Storage Space: 45 GB
• Operating System: Windows 10 (x64)

RTX ON – 4K / Ultra Settings

• CPU: Intel Core i7-9700K / AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
• GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
• VRAM: 11 GB
• RAM: 16 GB (Dual-channel setup)
• Storage Space: 45GB (+20 GB HD Textures Pack)
• Operating System: Windows 10 (x64)

Watch  Dogs Legion is launching on the 29th of October. Anyone upgrading to a new RTX 30 series graphics card will get a copy of the game included with the GPU for a limited time.

KitGuru Says: Watch Dogs Legion looks set to be quite the graphical showcase. Will many of you be playing this on release? 

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