In a nutshell

• Ubisoft has revealed the PC system requirements for Assassin’s Creed Shadows, launching on March 20, 2025.
• The game features raytraced global illumination and reflections, ultra-wide resolution support, and uncapped framerate, among other enhancements.
• Pre-orders are now open, with options for standard, deluxe, and collector’s editions, each offering exclusive content and bonuses.

Ubisoft has revealed the PC System Requirements for Assassin’s Creed Shadows ahead of its March 20, 2025 launch.

The system requirements are divided into sections that focus on certain levels of ray tracing, but overall, the game seems to be well-optimized. It only needs a GTX1070 for the minimum setting to run at 1080p at 30fps.

The PC version of the Assassin’s Creed Shadows will have the following features:

• Raytraced Global Illumination and Reflections
• In-Game Benchmark Tool for Performance Analysis
• Ultra-Wide Resolution Support
• Upscaler and Frame Generation: Intel XeSS 2, NVIDIA DLSS 3.7, AMD FSR 3.1
• Uncapped Framerate
• In-Depth Customization Options
• Dynamic Resolution Support
• HDR Support
• AMD Eyefinity and NVIDIA Surround Compatible

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Assassin’s Creed Shadows PC System Requirements

Selective Ray Tracing

Minimum

• Resolution/FPS Using Dynamic Resolution and Upscaling: 1080P at 30 FPS
• Visual Settings: Low
• CPU: Intel Core i7 8700k/ AMD Ryzen 5 3600
• GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 8GB/ AMD Radeon RX 5700 8GB/ Intel Arc A580 8GB (REBAR ON)

Recommended

• Resolution/FPS Using Dynamic Resolution and Upscaling: 1080P at 60 FPS
• Visual Settings: High
• CPU: Intel Core i5 11600k/ AMD Ryzen 5 5600x
• GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060Ti 8GB/ AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB/ Intel Arc B580 12GB (REBAR ON)

Enthusiast

• Resolution/FPS Using Dynamic Resolution and Upscaling: 1440P at 60 FPS
• Visual Settings: High
• CPU: Intel Core i5 11600k/ AMD Ryzen 5 5600x
• GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 8GB/ AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB/ Intel Arc B580 12GB (REBAR ON)
• Resolution/FPS Using Dynamic Resolution and Upscaling: 4K at 60 FPS
• Visual Settings: High
• CPU: Intel Core i7 12700k/ AMD Ryzen 7 5800x3D
• GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super 16GB/ AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT 20GB

Standard Ray Tracing

Minimum

• Resolution/FPS Using Dynamic Resolution and Upscaling: 1080P at 30 FPS
• Visual Settings: High
• CPU: Intel Core i7 8700k/ AMD Ryzen 5 3600
• GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 8GB/ Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 8GB/ Intel Arc B580 12GB (REBAR ON)

Recommended

• Resolution/FPS Using Dynamic Resolution and Upscaling: 1440P at 60 FPS
• Visual Settings: High
• CPU: Intel Core i5 11600k/ AMD Ryzen 5 5600x
• GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB/ AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT 16GB

Extended Ray Tracing

Enthusiast

• Resolution/FPS Using Dynamic Resolution and Upscaling: 1440p at 60 FPS
• Visual Settings: Ultra
• CPU: Intel Core Intel i7 13700k/ AMD Ryzen 7 7800x3D
• GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 16GB

Extreme

• Resolution/FPS Using Dynamic Resolution and Upscaling: 4K at 60 FPS
• Visual Settings: Ultra
• CPU: Intel Core Intel i7 13700k/ AMD Ryzen 7 7800x3D
• GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 24GB

Assassin’s Creed Shadows Pre-orders

Additionally, Ubisoft has announced that pre-orders for Assassin’s Creed Shadows are now open, and interested players can choose between standard, deluxe, and collector’s editions.

The Digital Deluxe and Collector’s Editions of the game, both offering exclusive content, are also available for pre-order:

• The Digital Deluxe Edition will include the base game, the “Sekiryu Dual Pack” which contains gear, and weapons for both Naoe and Yasuke, the “Sekiryu Hideout Pack” containing hideout cosmetics, and “Mastery Points”.
• The Collector’s Edition will include the base game, the “Sekiryu Dual Pack”, the “Sekiryu Hideout Pack”, “Mastery Points”, and physical content. The physical content will be a Steelbook, the World map, Naoe & Yasuke figurine, Naoe’s life-sized Katana Tsuba, a Wall Creed Scroll, a 76-paged collector’s artbook and 2 sumi-e lithographs.

Pre-orders for any edition of Assassin’s Creed Shadows will gain free access to the ‘Claws of Awaji’ expansion, launching later in 2025. This expansion will introduce a brand-new open-world region with over 10 hours of additional content, plus new skills, gear, abilities, and a new weapon for Naoe, the Bō.

Additionally, players who pre-order will gain access to the exclusive “Thrown to the Dogs” bonus quest, which will be available at launch.

Assassin’s Creed Shadows is launching on March 20, 2025 for PS5, Xbox Series, and PC.