September 14, 2026: Xbox has since updated its specs to include mention of upscaling support, and clarified to PC Gamer that the targeted resolutions are achieved without upscaling. That's good news, and should mean you will get better performance with a hand from your upscaler of choice.
With Fable (it's just called Fable, but it's technically Fable 4) set to release on February 23 next year, we finally have its system requirements. And for a big budget game launching in 2027, they're not too bad.
That's according to the newly updated Fable FAQ, which says you will need an Intel i7 6850K or an AMD Ryzen 5 2600, paired with either an RTX 5050 / RTX 2060, a Radeon RX 6600, or an Intel A580 to run the game on a minimum. Minimum in this case means running the game at 1080p at 30 fps.
With the RTX 2060 being a budget-to-mid-range graphics card from 2019, and both suggested CPUs being nearly a decade old, these are reasonably unintensive requirements, assuming you can stomach 30 fps. Especially for what looks to be a very good-looking game.
The recommended specs (which in this case means running the game on Medium) are an Intel i5 11600KF or AMD Ryzen 5 5600 paired with an RTX 5060 / RTX 3060 TI, or an AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT / RX 7600 XT. There's no Intel GPU mention on this one, and 'recommended' entails playing the game on 1440p at 30 fps or at 1200p at 60 fps.
| Row 0 - Cell 0 | Minimum |
Recommended |
CPU |
Intel Core i7 6850K / AMD Ryzen 5 2600 |
Intel Core i5 11600KF / AMD Ryzen 5 5600 |
Graphics card |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 / RTX 2060 or AMD Radeon RX 6600 or Intel A580 |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 / 3060 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT / RX 7600 XT |
Memory |
12 GB |
16 GB |
Storage |
135 GB |
135 GB |
Extras |
SSD required |
SSD required |
Fable supports DLSS 4.5, FSR 3 and 4, and XeSS 2.1, though Xbox tells us the fps targets don't include any upscaling. That's good news, and should mean you will get more out of your rig if you're willing to do a bit of upscaling.
With the game still a good few months out, these may not be the absolute final requirements, but they paint a good picture of what you could roughly expect out of your rig.
Still, early signs are decent here, and the 12 GB memory requirement isn't too bad, even with the memory crisis in full swing. In fact, with the memory crisis also taking the price of SSDs with it, its 135 GB of storage requirement may be the hardest for me to make room for. Hey, maybe you've got a few hundred GB in your recycle bin, like I did a buddy of mine did.
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