Your PC may be capable of running games at 4K resolutions and can deliver on fancy terms like ambient delusion and aunty alias, but can it give you un-jaggy farts and the full high definition horror of Man-Bear-Pig? CAN IT? I certainly hope so, because Ubisoft is finally ready to unleash the next South Park game in around two and half month’s time. Or you’ll boot that game up and be presented with a screen for Terrance and Phillip’s Treasure Hunt. Well played Ubisoft, well played.
South Park: The Stick of Truth wasn’t exactly the Crysis of demanding PC specs, and neither is its upcoming sequel The Fractured But Whole (giggity). Here’s what you’ll need to have running if you want your PC to respect your authoritah:
Minimum:
- Resolution: 720p @~60FPS
- Video Preset: Low
- V-Sync: Off
- OS: Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 (64-bit versions only)
- PROCESSOR: Intel Core i5 2400 | AMD FX 4320 or equivalent
- VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560Ti / GTX 650 / GTX 750 / GTX 950 / GTX 1050 AMD Radeon HD 7850 / R9 270 / R9 370 / RX 460 (2GB VRAM or above: See supported list below)
- SYSTEM RAM: 6 GB
Recommended:
- Resolution: 1080p @~60FPS
- Video Preset: High
- V-Sync: Off
- OS: Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 (64-bit versions only)
- PROCESSOR: Intel Core i5-4690K | AMD FX-8350 or equivalent
- VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 / GTX 750ti / GTX 960 / GTX 1060 AMD Radeon R9 280X / R9 380 / RX 470 (2 GB VRAM or above: See supported list below)
- SYSTEM RAM: 8 GB
According to Ubisoft, the following graphics cards will be supported. Surprisingly, a Voodoo 3000 graphics accelerator isn’t on the list:
Nvidia:
- GeForce GTX500 series: (minimum) GeForce GTX560Ti or better, (recommended) none
- GeForce GTX600 series: (minimum) GeForce GTX650 or better, (recommended) GeForce GTX670 or better
- GeForce GTX700 series: (minimum) GeForce GTX750 or better, (recommended) GeForce GTX760 or better
- GeForce GTX900 series: (minimum) GeForce GTX950 or better, (recommended) GeForce GTX960 or better
- GeForce GTX1000 series: (minimum) any GeForce GTX10 card, (recommended) GeForce GTX1050Ti or better
AMD:
- Radeon HD7000 series: (minimum) Radeon HD7850 or better, (recommended) 7970 or better
- Radeon 200 series: (minimum) Radeon R9 270 or better, (recommended) Radeon R9 280X or better
- Radeon 300/Fury X series: (minimum) Radeon R9 370 or better, (recommended) Radeon R9 380 or better
- Radeon 400 series: (minimum) Radeon RX460 or better, (recommended) Radeon RX470 or better
South Park: The Fractured But Whole is finally out on October 27. Hopefully, because I don’t know if I can handle another delay.
Last Updated: August 11, 2017
Kapitan Balalaika
August 11, 2017 at 12:54
So much computing power for what?
VampyreSquirrel
August 11, 2017 at 13:49
That’s the day before my sisters wedding… guess I’m going to have to let her know I can’t make it anymore.
Sock-puppet
August 11, 2017 at 16:13
Or, you could always just take the game with you to the reception. See who is truly the fart master of your family.
Luciano Rodrigez
September 12, 2017 at 23:33
an i5 for a 2D game? Do they know what optimization means?
Fionn Murphy
September 25, 2017 at 00:38
Yeah I can’t play it since it requires an i5. Pentium – i5 is a pretty big jump in processing power
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June 12, 2018 at 18:22
It requires an Intel i5, there’s not such thing as a Pentium 5, the highest of that series was the Pentium 4 and that is so old that you can’t even find it anymore