{"id":436647,"date":"2025-11-07T04:54:40","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T04:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/god-of-war-pc-specs-revealed-ahead-of-january-release\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T04:54:40","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T04:54:40","slug":"god-of-war-pc-specs-revealed-ahead-of-january-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/god-of-war-pc-specs-revealed-ahead-of-january-release\/","title":{"rendered":"God Of War PC Specs Revealed Ahead Of January Release"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/god-of-war-pc-specs-revealed-ahead-of-january-release.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" typeof=\"Image\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Boy \u2013 you\u2019re going to need a really powerful PC to run God of War at 4K\/60FPS.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sony Santa Monica has released the specifications and requirements needed to play its 2018 hit title, God of War, on PC, and as expected, you\u2019ll need quite a beefy machine. To even hit 4K\/60FPS on PC, SMS recommends an Nvidia RTX 3080, which is the highly sought-after GPU that\u2019s basically impossible to purchase at the moment. However, the recommended PC specs for God of War are a lot less taxing, needing only an Nvidia GTX 1060 GPU and an Intel i5-6600K, amongst the usual requirements such as Windows 10.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a full look at what you\u2019ll need in your machine to play God of War at various visual fidelities, including minimum, recommended, high, performance, and ultra.\u00a0<\/p>\n<article class=\"embedded-entity\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/god-of-war-pc-specs-revealed-ahead-of-january-release-1.jpg\" typeof=\"Image\" alt=\"\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/> <\/article>\n<p>The studio also released a new trailer showcasing some of what players can expect in the PC version of God of War, too.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2021\/12\/08\/god-of-war-pc-specs-revealed-ahead-of-january-release\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to watch embedded media<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some PC-specific features include Nvidia DLSS AI Performance Boost, Nvidia Reflex, AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution, enhanced graphics, and more.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHigher-resolution shadows, improved screen space reflections, enhanced Ground Truth Ambient Occlusion (GTAO) and Screen Space Directional Occlusion (SSDO), alongside highly detailed assets and rendering solutions means God of War on PC will be a beautiful, crisp visual experience,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/sms.playstation.com\/stories\/god-war-2018-pc-system-requirements\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SMS\u2019 blog post<\/a> reads.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2021\/10\/20\/god-of-war-coming-to-pc-in-january-with-4k-resolution-unlocked-framerates-and-ultra-wide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PC version of God of War was announced in October<\/a>, just over half a year after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2021\/02\/01\/god-of-war-ps5-update-drops-tomorrow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PlayStation 5 update for God of War<\/a> was revealed. That update brought 60 FPS, 4K Checkerboard Resolution, and 2160p resolutions to the game, and if you aren\u2019t able to play it there, you can get similar performances soon when it hits PC on January 14 next year. For more, read about how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2021\/06\/02\/new-god-of-war-release-date-window-delayed-confirmed-for-ps5-and-ps4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">God of War Ragnarok was delayed to 2022<\/a> earlier this year and then check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/games\/god_of_war\/b\/playstation4\/archive\/2018\/04\/12\/god-of-war-ps4-review-game-informer.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Game Informer\u2019s<\/em> God of War review<\/a> after that.\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Are you excited to play through God of War on PC? Let us know in the comments below!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2021\/12\/08\/god-of-war-pc-specs-revealed-ahead-of-january-release\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boy \u2013 you\u2019re going to need a really powerful PC to run God of War at 4K\/60FPS.\u00a0 Sony Santa Monica has released the specifications and requirements needed to play its 2018 hit title, God of War, on PC, and as expected, you\u2019ll need quite a beefy machine. To even hit 4K\/60FPS on PC, SMS recommends an Nvidia RTX 3080, which is the highly sought-after GPU that\u2019s basically impossible to purchase at the moment. However, the recommended PC specs for God of War are a lot less taxing, needing only an Nvidia GTX 1060 GPU and an Intel i5-6600K, amongst the usual requirements such as Windows 10.\u00a0 Here\u2019s a full look at what you\u2019ll need in your machine to play God of War at various visual&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/god-of-war-pc-specs-revealed-ahead-of-january-release\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":436648,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-436647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-informer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>God Of War PC Specs Revealed Ahead 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