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God of War is set to release on the PC platform on January 14, 2022. Read on to learn more about the game and its PC port as well as its system requirements!

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God of War PC Release Date

Releases on January 14, 2022

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Game Release Countdown
January 22, 2022

God of War will release on January 14, 2022 on PC – 4 years away from its original 2018 run on its home platform, the Playstation. The game will launch featuring largely the same content as that of its console counterpart, featuring only unique differences in its graphical quality and settings as the game looks to take advantage of the powerful hardware available to the PC.

PC System Requirements

Requires Up-to-Date Hardware

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God of War on the PC will require, at minimum, decent hardware to run at its lowest settings. As per Santa Monica Studios, the PC Port of the game will feature enhancements not present in the original release of the game, including higher resolution shadows, improved screen space reflections, and enhanced Ambient Occlusion amongst others new features.

The recommended specs released by Santa Monica are based on 5 presets – it is currently unknown if these presets can further be tweaked through in-game settings.

Minimum Specs

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Minimum System Requirements
Average Performance 720p, 30 FPS
Graphics Settings Low Preset
GPU Nvidia GTX 960 (4 GB)
AMD R9 290X (4 GB)
CPU Intel i5-2500k (4 core 3.3 GHz)
AMD Ryzen 3 1200 (4 Core 3.1 GHz)
RAM 8 GB DDR
OS Windows 10 64-bit (ver 1809)
Storage 70 GB HDD (SSD Recommended)

Recommended Specs

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Recommended System Requirements
Average Performance 1080p, 30 FPS
Graphics Settings Original
GPU Nvidia GTX 1060 (6 GB)
AMD RX 570 (4 GB)
CPU Intel i5-6600k (4 core 3.5 GHz)
AMD Ryzen 5 2400 G (4 core 3.6 GHz)
RAM 8 GB DDR
OS Windows 10 64-bit (ver 1809)
Storage 70 GB SSD

High Graphics Requirements

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System Requirements
Average Performance 1080p, 60 FPS
Graphics Settings Original
GPU Nvidia GTX 1070 (8 GB)
AMD RX 5600 XT (6 GB)
CPU Intel i7-4770k (4 core 3.5 GHz)
AMD Ryzen 7 2700 (8 core 3.2 GHz)
RAM 8 GB DDR
OS Windows 10 64-bit (ver 1809)
Storage 70 GB SSD

Performance Graphics Requirements

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Minimum System Requirements
Average Performance 1440p, 60 FPS
Graphics Settings High Preset
GPU Nvidia RTX 2070 (8 GB)
AMD RX 5700 XT (8 GB)
CPU Intel i7-7700k (4 core 4.2 GHz)
AMD Ryzen 7 3700x (8 core 3.6 GHz)
RAM 16 GB DDR
OS Windows 10 64-bit (ver 1809)
Storage 70 GB SSD

Ultra Graphics Requirements

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Minimum System Requirements
Average Performance 4k, 60 FPS
Graphics Settings Ultra Preset
GPU Nvidia RTX 3080 (10 GB)
AMD RX 6800 XT (16 GB)
CPU Intel i9-9900k (8 core 3.6 GHz)
AMD Ryzen 3950X (16 core 3.5 GHz)
RAM 16 GB DDR
OS Windows 10 64-bit (ver 1809)
Storage 70 GB SSD

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