A Plague Tale Requiem is one of the most anticipated games of the moment, and it is also going to become one of the most demanding of this generation. Asobo Studio, the developer of this title, has made a significant leap both technicallysomething that has been possible thanks to its conception as an exclusive game of the current generation, and that is that it will only come to Xbox Series XS, PS5 and PC.
as you could have imagined that jump has been noted in the graphic section, in the animations of the characters and in the breadth of the scenarios, but obviously it has also affected the requirements of the game, which will be much higher than those of the original, which was conceived as a title of the previous generation. It’s funny because, despite this, its design and artistic direction were so good that the game ended up being a graphic delight.
We knew that in order to play A Plague Tale Requiem we were going to need a powerful PC, but we were not sure where the minimum would be and where the recommended level would be. Today, finally, we have been able to get rid of doubts, we already have confirmed the minimum and recommended requirements and the level of quality, resolution and fluency to which we can aspire if we comply with one or the other.
A Plague Tale Requiem Minimum Requirements
- Windows 10 20H1 as the operating system.
- Core i5-4690K or AMD FX 8300 (quad-core) processor.
- 16 GB of RAM.
- GeForce GTX 970 or Radeon RX 590 graphics card.
- 4 GB of graphics memory.
- DirectX 12.
- 55 GB of free space.
With this configuration we can play in 1080p with low quality and keep 30 FPS stable. There is no serious error in the equivalences at the CPU level, although it would have been more correct to list a Ryzen 3 1300X as a direct equivalence to the Core i5-4690K.
On the GPU side, the equivalence is not correct. The closest thing to the GeForce GTX 970 is a Radeon RX 570 4GB.
A Plague Tale Requiem Recommended Requirements
- Windows 10 20H1 as the operating system.
- Core i7-8700K or AMD Ryzen 5 3600 processor (six cores and twelve threads).
- 16 GB of RAM.
- GeForce RTX 3070 or Radeon RX 6800 XT graphics card.
- 8 GB of graphics memory.
- DirectX 12.
- 55 GB of free space. SSD recommended.
If we fulfill this configuration we can play in 1080p with maximum quality and maintain a stable 60 FPS. In this case, the CPU equivalencies are well tuned, although we cannot say the same about the GPU equivalencies, since the GeForce RTX 3070 positions itself between the Radeon RX 6700 XT and the Radeon RX 6800.
I remind you that A Plague Tale Requiem will arrive on PC and consoles on October 18. The compatible version will have ray tracing and DLSS, according to the latest information. This may be why the requirements that Asobo Studios has given have indicated a higher requirement in AMD Radeon graphics, but until we test the game it will be impossible for us to confirm it, or rule it out.
To play in higher resolutions we will need a more powerful graphics card. We do not have concrete data, but based on the requirements that we have seen, I dare to think that with a GeForce RTX 3080 we can play in 1440p with maximum quality and 60 FPS or in 4K with maximum quality and 30 FPSwithout pulling DLSS.
