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Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™ System Requirements
Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™ is very light on modern hardware by 2026 standards. It wants 4GB of memory and 1GB of VRAM for a comfortable experience. Set aside 30GB of free space.
Check my PC against this gameFull system requirements
| Component | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| Operating system | Windows | Windows |
| DirectX | — | — |
| Processor | Intel Core2Quad Q8400 @ 2.6 GHz or AMD Athlon II X4 620 @ 2.6 GHz | Intel Core i5 2400S @ 2.5 GHz or better or AMD Phenom II x4 940 @ 3.0 GHz |
| Graphics card | Nvidia Geforce GTX 260 or AMD Radeon HD 4870 (512MB VRAM with shader Model 4.0 or higher)≈ Intel UHD Graphics 630 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 470 or AMD Radeon HD 5850 (1024MB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0) or better≈ Intel UHD Graphics 630 |
| Video memory | 1 GB | 1 GB |
| System memory | 2 GB | 4 GB |
| Storage | 30 GB | 30 GB |
Estimated performance by graphics card
High preset, upscaling off, paired with a AMD Ryzen 5 5600X-class processor.
| Graphics card | Tier | 1080p | 1440p | 4K | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 | S | 2810 | 1742 | 1012 | Recommended spec |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 | S | 2509 | 1555 | 903 | Recommended spec |
| AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX | A | 2396 | 1485 | 862 | Recommended spec |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER | A | 2358 | 1462 | 849 | Recommended spec |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 | A | 2283 | 1416 | 822 | Recommended spec |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | A | 2171 | 1346 | 782 | Recommended spec |
| AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT | A | 2134 | 1323 | 768 | Recommended spec |
| AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT | A | 2096 | 1300 | 755 | Recommended spec |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER | A | 2059 | 1277 | 741 | Recommended spec |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti | A | 2022 | 1254 | 728 | Recommended spec |
Modelled estimates rather than captured runs — see our methodology.
Frequently asked questions
What are the minimum requirements for Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™?
At least 2GB of system memory, a graphics card with 1GB of VRAM (roughly a Intel UHD Graphics 630 or better), 30GB of free storage, Windows and .
What are the recommended specs?
For a comfortable experience: 4GB of memory and a card with 1GB of VRAM — around a Intel UHD Graphics 630.
Is Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™ demanding on PC?
It is very light on modern hardware by 2026 standards, with a recommended GPU score of 2/100. It is primarily CPU-bound.
