Here's what it takes to run 'Call of Duty: Vanguard' on PC

Call of Duty: Vanguard is coming out this week, and the system requirements for the PC version are finally here.

As always, PC gamers need to know if their rigs are up to snuff. So publisher Activision posted the minimum, recommended, competitive, and Ultra 4K requirements on Call of Duty’s  official website.

Operating System

• Minimum: Windows 10 64-bit (latest update)
• Recommended/Competitive/Ultra 4K: Windows 10 64-bit (latest update) or Windows 11 64-bit (latest update)

CPU

• Minimum: Intel Core i3-4340 or AMD FX-6300
• Recommended: Intel Core i5-2500K or AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
• Competitive: Intel Core i7-8700K or AMD Ryzen 7 1800X
• Ultra 4K: Intel Core i9-9900K or AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

RAM

• Minimum: 8 GB
• Recommended: 12 GB
• Competitive/Ultra 4K: 16 GB

Storage Space**

• Minimum: 36 GB at launch (Multiplayer and Zombies only)
• Recommended/Competitive/Ultra 4K: 61 GB at launch

Hi-Rez Assets Cache

• Minimum/Recommended/Competitive: Up to 32 GB
• Ultra 4K: Up to 64 GB
• Hi-Rez Assets Cache is optional disk space that can be used to stream high resolution assets. (Optional can be turned off in the game’s settings)

Video Card

• Minimum: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 or AMD Radeon RX 470
• Recommended: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon RX 580
• Competitive: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070/RTX 3060 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 5700XT
• Ultra 4K: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 or AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

Video Memory

• Minimum: 2 GB
• Recommended: 4 GB
• Competitive: 8 GB
• Ultra 4K: 10 GB

Recommended Drivers of NVIDIA/AMD

• NVIDIA: 472.12
• AMD: 21.9.1

Take a look at Call of Duty: Vanguard’s PC trailer for yourself below.

#Vanguard on PC

Ultrawide Aspect Ratio
4K Graphics
Customized Performance Options
And much more!

Pre-load on PC begins November 2 at 10AM PT pic.twitter.com/90hSFDd9R5

— Call of Duty (@CallofDuty) November 1, 2021

Interestingly, the storage space sizes are listed as Call of Duty: Warzone is notorious for hideously huge installation sizes. 36 GB being the minimum shouldn’t eat up too much space on your PC’s hard drive, at least.

Call of Duty: Vanguard comes out Nov. 5 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. It’ll sport the new Ricochet anti-cheat system that’s going to hopefully do away with cheaters that have plagued Call of Duty for ages. It’ll have some nifty adaptive trigger support on PS5 if you happen to be playing on that platform too.

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.