Ryse PC release date and system requirements revealed

News
By published

Former Xbox One-exclusive Ryse: Son of Rome is coming to PC , and it will probably look pretty good, what with it being developed by Crytek and everything. But how beastly of a PC will we need in order to a) run it in the first place, and b) make it look halfway decent? These are questions that have answers waiting on the game's newly minted Steam page . Other answers include the release date, which is set for October the 10th.

Here are those system requirements, taken, again, from the Steam page:

Minimum:

  • OS: Windows Vista SP1, Windows 7 or Windows 8 (64bit)

  • Processor: Intel Dual-Core 2.8 GHz/ AMD Dual-Core 3.2 GHz or better

  • Memory: 4 GB RAM

  • Graphics: DirectX 11 graphics card with 1 GB video RAM

  • DirectX: Version 11

  • Hard Drive: 26 GB available space

  • Sound Card: DirectX compatible Sound Card with latest drivers

Recommended:

  • OS: Windows Vista SP1, Windows 7 or Windows 8 (64bit)

  • Processor: Intel Quad-Core or AMD Octo-Core

  • Memory: 8 GB RAM

  • Graphics: DirectX 11 graphics card with 4 GB video RAM

  • DirectX: Version 11

  • Hard Drive: 26 GB available space

  • Sound Card: DirectX compatible Sound Card with latest drivers

If you're looking to take advantage of your shiny 4K resolution monitor, meanwhile, here are the recommended specs for 4K :

  • CPU: Quad Core or Eight Core CPU

  • CPU Details: SSE1-3, 8+ logical processors

  • Memory: 8 GB RAM

  • GPU: DirectX 11 graphics card with 4 GB video RAM

  • OS: 64 bit Windows (Vista, 7, 8)

  • HDD: 26GB

  • Display: 4k Monitor (3840x2160 resolution)

  • Steam Account and Internet Connection

Ta, Eurogamer .

Tom Sykes
Tom Sykes

Tom loves exploring in games, whether it’s going the wrong way in a platformer or burgling an apartment in Deus Ex. His favourite game worlds—Stalker, Dark Souls, Thief—have an atmosphere you could wallop with a blackjack. He enjoys horror, adventure, puzzle games and RPGs, and played the Japanese version of Final Fantasy VIII with a translated script he printed off from the internet. Tom has been writing about free games for PC Gamer since 2012. If he were packing for a desert island, he’d take his giant Columbo boxset and a laptop stuffed with PuzzleScript games.