God of War finally comes to gaming PCs on January 14, 2022, just short of four years after its release on PS4, and now developer Sony Santa Monica has revealed what your rig needs to pack in order to play it. It seems like the wait might even be worth it, too, this PC port granting you access to plenty of graphics settings and exclusive features.
We've known since its announcement that the Nordic epic will feature Nvidia DLSS and AMD FSR upscaling technology, so you can boost fps, which truly makes use of God of War's uncapped frame rate. Nvidia Reflex is also no surprise, and should make the game more responsive when you're stringing combos together. DLSS uses Tensor Cores, so you won't be able to enjoy it if you're running anything less than an RTX graphics card, but Reflex is available to anyone using a GeForce 900 series GPU or later, and FSR is ready for everyone - regardless of hardware.
There's also a wealth of PC-specific features, such as higher detail assets and rendering resolutions, enhanced Ground Truth Ambient Occlusion (GTAO), and Screen Space Directional Occlusion (SSDO) effects. Even more impressive, storage requirements are actually 10GB lower than initial estimates, at a lean 70GB.
Your PC will need DirectX 12 support and a 64-bit Windows 10 at version 1809 or above to run God of War. The developers also recommend you store the game on a gaming SSD to make area transitions seamless.
Minimum720p/30fps Recommended
1080p/30fps High
1080p/60fps Settings Low Original Original CPU Intel Core i5-2500K
AMD Ryzen 3 1200 Intel Core i5-6600K
AMD Ryzen 5 2400G Intel Core i7-4770K
AMD Ryzen 7 2700 RAM 8GB 8GB 8GB GPU Nvidia GTX 960
AMD R9 290X Nvidia GTX 1060
AMD RX 570 Nvidia GTX 1070
AMD RX 5600XT VRAM 4GB 4-6GB 6-8GB Storage 70GB 70GB 70GB
The bar is set pretty low with GPUs that will be seven years old when God of War releases, but pushing higher resolutions and frame rates won't be as forgiving. You can take a peek at what the top settings will look like in God of War's PC features trailer.
Performance1440p/60fps Ultra
4K/60fps Settings High Ultra CPU Intel Core i7-7700K
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Intel Core i9-9900K
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X RAM 16GB 16GB GPU Nvidia RTX 2070
AMD RX 5700 XT Nvidia RTX 3080
AMD RX 6800 XT VRAM 8GB 10-16GB Storage 70GB 70GB
You will be able to play the game your way, though, with HDR, 21:9 ultrawide gaming monitor support, and robust controller integration that naturally includes Sony's DualShock and DualSense gamepads.
Take our God of War system requirements PC benchmark test to answer the question… Can I run God of War?
