We're only weeks away from what has felt like an eternal wait for Watch Dogs. Aiden Pearce's adventure felt like it was nearly upon us late last year, until it was delayed just weeks before release.
Watch Dogs will be arriving in stores worldwide come May 27th, nearly seven months after its intended release. We brought you Watch Dogs system requirements way back then, and you may remember how mind-blowingly they were. The final Watch Dogs system requirements are now with us, so check out the specs below to see if your gaming rig is up to the task...
Watch Dogs Minimum System Requirements
OS: Win Vista SP2 64bit / Win 7 SP1 64bit / Win 8 64bit
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 2.66Ghz / AMD Phenom II X4 940 3.0Ghz
RAM: 6GB of System Memory
Hard Drive: 25GB
GPU RAM: 1024 VRAM and DX 11 capable GFX with Shader Model 5.0 capable tech
GPU: NVidia GTX 460 or AMD Radeon HD 5770
DirectX: DirectX Version 11
Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c Compatible Sound Card
Supported Cards At Time Of Release: nVidia GeForce GTX460 or better, GT500, GT600, GT700 series; AMD Radeon HD5850 or better, HD6000, HD7000, R7 and R9 series Intel Iris Pro HD 5200
Watch Dogs Recommended System Requirements
OS: Win Vista SP2 64bit / Win 7 SP1 64bit / Win 8 64bit
CPU: Eight-core Core i7 3770 3.5Ghz / AMD FX-8350 X8 4.0Ghz
RAM: 8GB of System Memory
GPU RAM: 2048 VRAM and DX 11 capable GFX with Shader Model 5.0 capable tech
GPU: NVidia GTX 560 ti or AMD Radeon HD 7850
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Whats changed between the last requirements and the current requirements?
Not a whole lot to be honest, much of the requirements remain identical to increase requirements listed late last year. We are almost always right first time, and this pretty much looks to be the case here. Those hoping that the additional development time would go to optimisation of Watch Dogs will be left feeling disappointed.
As system requirements go, these Watch Dogs recommended requirements at about as high as we've yet seen, with some pretty staggering demands across the board. 6GB of memory is required as an absolute minimum, as well as some pretty beefy GPU and CPU demands.
We now know the amount of space Watch Dogs will take up on your hard drive, being a pretty hefty 25GB install. For those looking to jump into Ubisoft's dystopian vision of near-future Chicago as soon as possible, you'd best get pre-loading.
If you are not sure then pop over to our Watch Dogs system requirements tool and see if you can run it on your PC.
To have a gander at how the Watch Dogs requirements have changed over the months, be sure to check out our previous two Watch Dogs system requirements articles here and here.
What do you make of these recommended specs for Watch Dogs?
Were you expecting there to be Watch Dogs optimisation with the additional development time?
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Can i play this game on my current rig and if i can,on what settings can i play it ?
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how about me?????
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tweaked high settings
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how is my settings according to these new req?
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high settings buddy...good luck with your rig :)
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Medium or High settings for me? Thanks in advance.
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medium-high settings...good luck with your rig buddy :)
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Settings for me? Thanks :)
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high settings mate...good luck with that rig :)
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Lol thanks, do you think I should upgrade my rig a bit?
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your cpu if you can...for ultra settings :)
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Which setting can i run it???? Please reply me :D
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tweaked ultra
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Can I run it on Ultra?
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yes, ultra settings...good luck :)
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With no aa
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True Ultra requirement specs released.
i7-4770k with GTX 780
http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php/869505-quot-Ultra-Specs-quot-revealed-for-Watch-Dogs-from-Mr-Morin-AMD-clarity?s=7d8a47c4af44a9a0ba70f1327e97cb11
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It would be running on the crytek engine...
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Idk? All I know is that a Ubisoft dev tweeted the i7-4770k & GTX 780 as Ultra Requirements. He also said that the new Watch Dogs nVidia tech trailer was running on an i7-3930k with GTX Titan.
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I wonder why they'd up them....
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They didn't up them. They just added Ultra to the list. The other requirements were Minimum & Recommended. Now we have all three. I am just barely there at Ultra myself...
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Hmm but would the recommend be for ultra? Maybe it needs a 780 to turn on AA and stuff?
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I think Recommended will be for Full High settings with low AA @ 1080p with 60fps. Ultra will probably be for Maxed Out settings with highest AA @ 1080p with 60fps.
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Probs for txaa n stuff. Do you think you'd have a option to turn on HBOA+?
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I would think so. You can change SSAO/HBAO+ & MSAA/CSAA/TXAA settings on AC4. I imagine Watch Dogs will be the same.
I think we are having the same conversation on two pages. ;)
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Yes I noticed that... :P
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can i run it with more 4gb of ram? on lowest settings and resolution.
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yes, if do you mean 6gb...low settings at that res buddy...good luck :)
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thanks man!!!
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You could try but I cant say anything your cpu is very outdated and according to the requirements you could have a hard time
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hmm....
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no problem :) ...
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Hey experts, any tips for my settings? thanks! :D
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medium-high settings if optimized well...good luck :)
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that was fast :) thanks dude!
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Medium for smooth fps. Have a nice day. :D
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High at that res but keep the cpu intensive settings low like shadow quality
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Thank you guys! :D
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no problem buddy :)
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can i run this on lowest?
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Dude, I doubt it. Sorry. Time for an upgrade buddy.
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I don't know what would be the optimization but I know they have added lots of content in this development time and tweaked the graphics pretty well. It is going to be a big hit of this year for PC. BTW is there any chance I can run it on my pc on 800x600 resolution with lowest settings :D
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I don't think a dual-core can run it. Sorry.
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Dont think there is buddy....i am truly sorry :(
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lowest if you are lucky with 15+ if it is ubisofts best optimized game
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settings for me?
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i hope i can play this with 60 fps with no aa
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If it optimized and that rig is real,for sure.
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of course...hope for good optimization buddy...good luck :)
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guys do you believe that this game will be optimized well ?
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for me...no :(
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https://twitter.com/SebViard/status/454319896495939584 But, that doesn't mean this game will not need an i7 for ultra...
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yeah, but i still doubt about optimization...because, why ask about optimization? of course they said for good reason...well, i hope it's true :)
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low settings for me at 1366x768? (GPU issue?)
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no, sorry...lowest settings under 720p...good luck :)
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What are the settings for me? Medium or High?
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Tweaked high bro. Smooth fps. Have a nice day. :D
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Firstly your resolution should be 1366 x 768p...
Secondly,i would say that for your resolution you can go medium and infact high if optimisation is as promised by Ubisoft :)
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Thanks guys. I was pretending on pre-purchasing the game, but didn't know if it was going to run it. Now i think i'm going to buy it, thanks :)
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hope for optimization mate...good luck with your rig
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tweaked high
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Okay I have asked this a few times but what do you guys think I can get with this rig?? Medium to high tweaked ultra maybe?? Hehe
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high settings
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upgrade the cpu
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The Cpu is new? ;)
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Thanks guys :)
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High-Ultra settings buddy,good luck. '
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Thanks :)
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Np. '
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Settings for me? Medium-High?
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medium with 720p
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Medium settings will do buddy. '
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medium at 1080p...good luck :)
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Will i be able to may this game without AA? This game looks really amazing but my processor is coming up short by just 16%, will it really matter that much?
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High settings buddy,have a nice day. '
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Thanks, you too :)
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Np :) '
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Maybe, depends, you may need an 8 core/thread cpu for ultra, but we dont know yet, and aa is for the gpu, so high settings with aa
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Thanks for the help :)
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So hopefully this game will only need 4 cores for ultra