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Call of Duty: Vanguard gets revised PC system requirements ahead of launch

Matthew Wilson November 1, 2021 Featured Tech News, Software & Gaming

In September ahead of Call of Duty: Vanguard's open beta, the developers released an early set of PC system requirements. Now, a few days away from the official release, Vanguard's PC requirements have been revised and re-announced, with the recommended spec lowering the bar for entry compared to the beta. 

Call of Duty: Vanguard is releasing on the 5th of November on PC via Battle.net, this will also be the first Call of Duty title to utilise kernel-level anti-cheat, with a new system called ‘Ricochet'. Like most recent years, Vanguard will continue to trend of supporting the latest PC technologies, so expect ray-tracing, DLSS and AMD's FSR.

You can see the full PC system requirements for Call of Duty: Vanguard below, split into minimum, recommended, ‘Competitive' and ‘Ultra' segments. Competitive should net you enough performance for 144Hz, while the Ultra spec is aimed at those that want to turn all the graphical effects up.

Minimum:

  • OS: Windows 10 64-bit (latest update)
  • CPU: Intel Core i3-4340 or AMD FX-6300
  • RAM: 8GB
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 or AMD Radeon RX 470

Recommended:

  • OS: Windows 10 64-bit or Windows 11 64-bit (latest update)
  • CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K or AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
  • RAM: 12GB
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon RX 580

Competitive:

  • OS: Windows 10 64-bit or Windows 11 64-bit (latest update)
  • CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K or AMD Ryzen 7 1800X
  • RAM: 16GB
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070/RTX 3060 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 5700XT

Ultra:

  • OS: Windows 10 64-bit or Windows 11 64-bit (latest update)
  • CPU: Intel Core i9-9900K or AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
  • RAM: 16GB
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 or AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

Call of Duty: Vanguard will be available on the 5th of November. The full base game will take up 61GB of storage space at launch. High resolution textures and assets will be available as a separate download, requiring up to 32GB additional storage space.

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