System requirements
Visual Image Quality
Earlier this year Microsoft released the DX12-powered Gears of War: Ultimate Edition on PC, and it not exactly the best release we can all agree too. Microsoft and developer The Coalition learned a thing or two from that moment in time, as this DX12 Windows 10 version of Gears of War 4 runs like a proper PC game with extras:
- Dynamic resolution support (any resolution will be supported with a sensible dynamic field of view - including ultra-wide).
- Increased texture resolution (up to 4K resolution for select texture groups).
- A benchmark mode.
- Full keyboard/mouse input remapping (including cover/run and roll split).
- Far more comprehensive video settings.
| Gears of War 4 System Requirements | Minimum | Recommended | Heck yeah! | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMD | Nvidia | AMD | Nvidia | AMD | Nvidia | |
| CPU | AMD FX-6300 (Vishera, 3.5 GHz) | Intel i5-3470 (Ivy Bridge, 3.2 GHz) | AMD FX-8350 (Vishera, 4.0 GHz) | Intel i5-4690 (Haswell, 3.5 GHz) | AMD FX-9590 (Vishera, 4.7 GHz) | Intel i7-4790 (Haswell, 3.6 GHz) |
| GPU | Radeon R7 260X | GeForce GTX 750 Ti | Radeon R9 290X or Radeon RX 480 | GeForce GTX 970 or GeForce GTX 1060 | Radeon R9 Fury X | GeForce 980 Ti or GeForce GTX 1080 |
| RAM | 8 GB | 8 GB | 8 GB | 8 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| Storage | 80 GB | 80 GB | 80 GB | 80 GB | 80 GB (SSD) | 80 GB (SSD) |
| OS | Windows 10 (Anniversary Update) | Windows 10 (Anniversary Update) | Windows 10 (Anniversary Update) | Windows 10 (Anniversary Update) | Windows 10 (Anniversary Update) | Windows 10 (Anniversary Update) |
The game allows you to tweak all a lot of graphics settings, but has your typical presets ranging from the lowest to the best image quality settings. With a mainstream graphics card, as our tests will show you we are going to recommend the High quality settings mode. The presets make full use of all the available settings – the 'Ultra' preset is the highest on everything which while the 'Low' preset is the absolute lowest settings on all counts.
