Call of Duty: Vanguard PC requirements, can your PC run it?
Last Updated on: 6th November 2021, 05:40 pm
Call of Duty: Vanguard is one of the most visually impressive games that have been released, with the game helping to showcase how far gaming has come with the next-gen PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, as well as being able to push the Nvidia RTX 30 series and AMD RX 6000 series of GPUs to their limits with high FPS and 4K gameplay.
With the game being capable of 4K resolution with ray tracing, Call of Duty: Vanguard takes advantage of the latest hardware, while also being very open to players with older builds who just want to play the game at a lower graphics level.
Here are the PC requirements for Call of Duty: Vanguard, can your PC run it?
Call of Duty: Vanguard PC requirements
| MINIMUM The minimum specs needed to play Call of Duty: Vanguard | RECOMMENDED The recommended specs to run at 60FPS in most situations with all options set to high | COMPETITIVE The competitive specs to run at a high FPS for use with a high refresh monitor | ULTRA RTX The ultra specs to run the game at a high FPS in 4K resolution | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 10 64 Bit (latest update) | Windows 10 64 Bit (latest update) or Windows 11 64 Bit (latest update) | Windows 10 64 Bit (latest update) or Windows 11 64 Bit (latest update) | Windows 10 64 Bit (latest update) or Windows 11 64 Bit (latest update) |
| CPU | Intel Core i3-4340 or AMD FX-6300 | Intel Core i5-2500K or AMD Ryzen 5 1600X | Intel Core i7-8700K or AMD Ryzen 7 1800X | Intel Core i9-9900K or AMD Ryzen 9 3900X |
| RAM | 8GB RAM | 12GB RAM | 16GB RAM | 16GB RAM |
| STORAGE SPACE | 36GB at launch (Multiplayer and Zombies only) | 61GB at launch | 61GB at launch | 61GB at launch |
| HI-REZ ASSETS CACHE | Up to 32GB | Up to 32GB | Up to 32GB | Up to 64GB |
| VIDEO CARD | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 or AMD Radeon RX 470 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon RX 580 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070/RTX 3060 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070/RTX 3080 or AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT |
| VIDEO MEMORY | 2GB | 4GB | 8GB | 10GB |
Overall, the requirements are very fair with the minimum requirements, with the i3-4340 and AMD FX-6300, with the CPUs being released in 2013 and 2012.
According to Steam’s hardware stats, the most popular GPU is the GTX 1060, which means that most players should at least be able to reach the recommended requirements, to be able to play the game at 1080p/60fps at high settings.
READ MORE: Call of Duty Vanguard Wiki Guide
For those that want to play at a more competitive level or with a better resolution, the game does get a lot more demanding, with it starting to require an RTX GPU, we’re not sure why the RTX 2070 shows up in the box for the Ultra RTX settings as it only had 8GB Vram and doesn’t compare to the RTX 3080, so we can only assume it is a typo.
Call of Duty: Vanguard is available now on PC via Battle.net, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S.
