Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, the twelfth release in the best-selling Assassin’s Creed franchise by Ubisoft, is an action RPG with familiar AC stealth elements set in the turbulent era of the Vikings’ takeover.
Taking control of Eivor, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is a rich open world game for gamers to explore, boasting challenging combat mechanics, open-ended character customization, and countless unique encounters offering over 100 hours of gameplay.
Needless to say, like all Assassin’s Creed games, a competent gaming PC is needed to play AC Valhalla. Ubisoft has provided a range of system requirements for running Assassin’s Creed Valhalla at different specs, all of which you can find below.
Minimum Configuration – Low Preset 1080p 30 FPS
- Processor (AMD / INTEL): Ryzen 3 1200 – 3.1 Ghz / i5-4460 – 3.2 Ghz
- RAM: 8 GB (Dual-channel mode)
- Video Card: AMD R9 380 – 4GB / GeForce GTX 960 4GB
- Storage: 50 GB HDD (SSD Recommended)
- Operating system: Windows 10 (64-bit only)
- DirectX Version: DirectX 12
- Additional note: Requires GPU with DirectX 12 (Feature Level 12_0) support
- Recommended Configuration – High Preset 1080p 30 FPS
- Processor (AMD / INTEL): Ryzen 5 1600 – 3.2 Ghz / i7-4790 – 3.6 Ghz
- RAM: 8 GB (Dual-channel mode)
- Video Card: AMD RX 570 – 8GB / GeForce GTX 1060 – 6GB
- Storage: SSD (50 GB)
- Operating system: Windows 10 (64-bit only)
- DirectX Version: DirectX 12
- Additional note: Requires GPU with DirectX 12 (Feature Level 12_0) support
Recommended Configuration – High Preset 1080p 60 FPS
- Processor (AMD / INTEL): Ryzen 7 1700 – 3.0 Ghz / i7-6700 – 3.4 Ghz
- RAM: 8 GB (Dual-channel mode)
- Video Card: AMD Vega 64 – 8GB / GeForce GTX 1080- 8GB
- Storage: SSD (50 GB)
- Operating system: Windows 10 (64-bit only)
- DirectX Version: DirectX 12
- Additional note: Requires GPU with DirectX 12 (Feature Level 12_0) support
- 2K Configuration – Very High Preset 1440p 30 FPS
- Processor (AMD / INTEL): Ryzen 7 2700X – 3.7 Ghz / i7 – 7700 – 3.6 Ghz
- RAM: 16 GB (Dual-channel mode)
- Video Card: AMD Vega 56 – 8GB / GeForce GTX 1070 – 8GB
- Storage: SSD (50 GB)
- Operating system: Windows 10 (64-bit only)
- DirectX Version: DirectX 12
- Additional note: Requires GPU with DirectX 12 (Feature Level 12_0) support
2K Configuration – Very High Preset 1440p 60 FPS
- Processor (AMD / INTEL): Ryzen 5 3600X – 3.8 Ghz / i7 – 8700K – 3.7 Ghz
- RAM: 16 GB (Dual-channel mode)
- Video Card: AMD RX 5700XT – 8GB / GeForce RTX 2080 S – 8GB
- Storage: SSD (50 GB)
- Operating system: Windows 10 (64-bit only)
- DirectX Version: DirectX 12
- Additional note: Requires GPU with DirectX 12 (Feature Level 12_0) support
- 4K Configuration – Ultra High Preset 2160p (4K) 30 FPS
- Processor (AMD / INTEL): Ryzen 7 3700X – 3.6 Ghz / i7 – 9700K – 3.6 Ghz
- RAM: 16 GB (Dual-channel mode)
- Video Card: AMD RX 5700XT – 8GB / GeForce RTX 2080 – 8GB
- Storage: SSD (50 GB)
- Operating system: Windows 10 (64-bit only)
- DirectX Version: DirectX 12
- Additional note: Requires GPU with DirectX 12 (Feature Level 12_0) support
Conclusion
Due to the open world and graphical scope of the game, an up-to-date PC that’s relatively powerful is recommended to play Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. Thankfully, the above system requirements offer different configurations that will cater to most gaming PCs.
At the least, you will need a Ryzen 3 or Intel i3 processor, 8 GB of RAM, an AMD RX/GeForce RTX graphics card, and 50 GB of free storage space to install AC Valhalla. To improve game performance, it’s possible to change the in-game graphic settings to reduce CPU usage.
