Gears 5: PC Specs And Steam Requirements To Play Online Multiplayer


The Gears 5 PC specs have been released off the back of the Gamescom 2019 announcement during Inside Xbox's livestream; they also discussed what you will need to play online via Steam. The Gears 5 release date is set for the 10th September but can be played 4 days earlier with the Ultimate Edition.

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What Are The PC Specs For Gears 5?

Gears 5 minimum PC requirements

  • OS: Windows 10 May 2019 update
  • CPU: Intel i3 Skylake, AMD FX-6000 series
  • GPU: Geforce GTX 760, or GTX 1050. Radeon R9 280, or RX 560
  • VRAM: 2GB
  • RAM: 8GB
  • HDD: 80GB free

Gears 5 recommended PC requirements

  • OS: Windows 10 May 2019 update
  • CPU: Intel i5 Skylake, or AMD Ryzen 3
  • GPU: Geforce GTX 970, or GTX 1660 Ti. Radeon RX 570, or RX 5700
  • VRAM: 4GB
  • RAM: 8GB
  • HDD: 80GB free

Gears 5 ideal PC requirements

  • OS: Windows 10 May 2019 update
  • CPU: Intel i7 Skylake, or AMD Ryzen 7
  • GPU: Geforce RTX 2080, or AMD Radeon 7
  • VRAM: 8GB
  • RAM: 16GB
  • HDD: SSD + 100GB free

What Do You Need To Play On Steam?

To play Gears 5 on Steam you will need an Xbox Live account, whhich can be easily set up on the Xbox website, but you do not need to Gold to play online.

The Steam version supports cross-play with the Windows store version, as well as Xbox One. It is important to remember that by buying the game on one platform does not mean it is available on another platform.

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Written ByChris Trout@TheTrout91

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