Can your PC climb the perilous peaks of Kyrat? Check out Far Cry 4’s system requirements

By Will Fulton November 7, 2014

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Ubisoft has released the minimum and recommended PC system requirements for its upcoming shooter Far Cry 4. Check out below what you’ll need in order to climb the perilous peaks of Kyrat on your Windows gaming machine:

MINIMUM

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

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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

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