Summary
Ghost of Tsushimahas received its official PC system requirements. This crucial information about the PC port of Sucker Punch Productions' critically acclaimed game has arrived one month ahead ofGhost of Tsushima’s Steam launch.
Aside from serving as the PS4’s swan song,Ghost of Tsushimaalso ended up becoming one of the most highly regarded early PS5 games once its Director’s Cut edition hit the market in August 2021. Two and a half years later, Sony announced that thisdefinitive edition ofGhost of Tsushimais also coming to PC, with its Steam debut being scheduled for May 16.
Nixxes Software, a PlayStation subsidiary in charge of the PC port, has now detailed the game’s official system requirements ahead of its release. The spec list is fairly reasonable for a modern AAA game, with the Dutch studio revealing that rigs equipped with GPUs as old as the Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 will be able to runGhost of Tsushima Director’s Cut. Granted, the nine-year-old graphics card will only be able to render 30 frames per second at a 720p resolution; those looking to enjoy 4K gameplay at 60 FPS will still need access to some of thebest gaming GPUsthat money can currently buy.
Average performance
720p at 30 FPS
1080p at 60 FPS
1440p at 60 FPS
4K at 60 FPS
4K at 30 FPS
AMD Ryzen 3 1200
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
AMD Ryzen 5 5600
8 GB
16 GB
75 GB HDD (SSD recommended)
OS
Windows 10 64-bit
The newly announced system requirements also confirm that thePC version ofGhost of Tsushimawon’t be particularly CPU-intensive. Both the six-year-old Intel Core i5-8600 and its year-younger AMD Ryzen 5 3600 rival will be enough to run the game at a 1440p resolution and 60 FPS or 4K resolution at half that frame rate. Its RAM requirements are also reasonable, ranging from 8 GB to 16 GB. While the official spec sheet doesn’t outright state this, the cited amounts likely refer to the latest DDR5 RAM specification, which operates at effective speeds up to double those of its predecessor.
Ghost of Tsushima Resists One PC Gaming Trend
Another takeaway from the newly published system requirements is thatGhost of Tsushimais resisting the trend of AAA PC games mandating SSD use. While a solid-state disk is still recommended, it is not a necessity, with the minimum system requirements revealing that the game should still be able to run from a significantly slower HDD. The same was true of another recent PlayStation PC port, that ofRatchet and Clank: Rift Apart.
How much longer Sony’s PC games may continue supporting HDDs is unclear, but the very fact they are still doing so in 2024 stands in stark contrast to what the majority of other AAA developers are doing; not only have many modern games likeStarfieldlaunched without HDD support, but some older titles such asCyberpunk 2077have even raised their PC system requirements to start insisting on SSDsyears after hitting the market.
Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut
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In the late 13th century, the Mongol empire has laid waste to entire nations along their campaign to conquer the East. Tsushima Island is all that stands between mainland Japan and a massive Mongol invasion fleet led by the ruthless and cunning general, Khotun Khan.As the island burns in the wake of the first wave of the Mongol assault, courageous samurai warrior Jin Sakai stands resolute. As one of the last surviving members of his clan, Jin is resolved to do whatever it takes, at any cost, to protect his people and reclaim his home. He must set aside the traditions that have shaped him as a warrior to forge a new path, the path of the Ghost, and wage an unconventional war for the freedom of Tsushima.
