Here’s what you need to play Call of Duty Vanguard on PC

Call of Duty: Vanguard’s PC system requirements have been revealed

Alongside a new PC trailer for the game, Activision has released the PC system requirements for Call of Duty: Vanguard, revealing the hardware that you will need to play the latest iteration of the series.   

Like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, Call of Duty: Vanguard will be available on PC exclusively through Battle.net. Additionally, new streaming technologies within Vanguard will dramatically reduce the game’s storage requirements on PC, making Vanguard 50% smaller than Call of Duty: Warzone. 

On PC, Call of Duty: Vanguard’s latest trailer promises improved input latency, support for Nvidia DLSS and AMD FSR, ultrawide displays, and lots of customisable graphics options. Like its predecessors, Call of Duty; Vanguard is a DirectX 12 game that is designed to be played using Windows 10 or Windows 11. 

Storage-wise, Call of Duty: Vanguard can be installed in sections, with the game’s multiplayer and zombies mode taking up 36GB of storage while the full game occupies 61GB of storage. The game also has an optional “Hi-Res assets cache” option that can take up an additional 64GB of storage. 

Below are Call of Duty: Vanguard’s full PC system requirements. 

Call of Duty: Vanguard minimum system requirements

OS: Windows 10 64-bit (latest update)
Processor: Intel Core i3-4340 or AMD FX-6300
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 or AMD Radeon RX 470
RAM: 8GB
VRAM: 2GB
Storage: 36GB at launch (Multiplayer and Zombies only)

Call of Duty: Vanguard recommended system requirements

OS: Windows 10 64-bit (latest update) or Windows 11 64-bit (latest update)
Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K or AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon RX 580
RAM: 12GB
VRAM: 4GB
Storage: 61GB at launch

Call of Duty: Vanguard competitive system requirements

OS: Windows 10 64-bit (latest update) or Windows 11 64-bit (latest update)
Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K or AMD Ryzen 7 1800X
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070/RTX 3060 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 5700XT
RAM: 16GB
VRAM: 8GB
Storage: 61GB at launch

Call of Duty: Vanguard ultra system requirements

OS: Windows 10 64-bit (latest update) or Windows 11 64-bit (latest update)
Processor: Intel Core i9-9900K or AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 or AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
RAM: 16GB
VRAM: 10GB
Storage: 61GB (with an optional “Hi-Rez assets cache” up to 64GB more)

PC Gamers can start pre-loading Call of Duty: Vanguard today at 10 AM PT/5 PM GMT.

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