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Far Cry 4 PC Specs Revealed

Ubisoft have announced the hardware and software requirements for the PC release of the upcoming Far Cry 4. They've also announced a limited offer on purchases of select GeForce video cards. Customers who buy the GTX 980, 980, 780 Ti and 780 will receive a free copy of the game. This offer is also for purchases of 980M and 970M-powered notebooks.

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Ubisoft have announced the hardware and software requirements for the PC release of the upcoming Far Cry 4. They’ve also announced a limited offer on purchases of select GeForce video cards. Customers who buy the GTX 980, 980, 780 Ti and 780 will receive a free copy of the game. The offer also extends to purchases of 980M and 970M-powered notebooks.

The minimum and recommended specifications are as follows:

MINIMUM

Supported OS
Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8/8.1 (64bit versions only)

Processor
Intel Core i5-750 @ 2.6 GHz or AMD Phenom II X4 955 @ 3.2 GHz

Memory
4GB

Video Card
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or AMD Radeon HD5850 (1GB VRAM)

Direct X
Version 11

Hard Drive
30 GB available space

Sound Card
DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card with latest drivers

OPTIMAL

Supported OS
MS Windows 7 SP1, MS Windows 8/8.1 (64bit versions only)
Processor
Intel Core i5-2400S @ 2.5 GHz or AMD FX-8350 @ 4.0 GHz or better

Memory
8GB

Video Card
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 or AMD Radeon R9 290X or better (2GB VRAM)

Direct X
Version 11

Hard Drive
30 GB available space

Sound Card
DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card with latest drivers

To get a better idea of how the game will look on PC, Ubisoft and Nvidia (the company that makes GeForce graphics cards) have released a new trailer which showcases how Far Cry 4 looks when played on high-spec systems. If you’re not sure whether your set-up can run the game, you can use this handy tool to check if your PC is up to speed.

Far Cry 4 will be available to US gamers on November 18th and for European customers on November 21st. Will you be picking it up? Let us know in the comments section below.