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Rainbow Six Siege PC system requirements revealed

Rainbows have nothing to hide.

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Ubisoft has released the following PC system requirements for Rainbow Six Siege, due 1st December along with its PS4 and Xbox One brethren:

Minimum:

  • Supported OS: Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 (64bit versions required).
  • Processor: Intel Core i3 560 @ 3.3 GHz or AMD Phenom II X4 945 @ 3.0 GHz.
  • RAM: 6GB.
  • Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or AMD Radeon HD 5870 (DirectX-11 compliant with 1GB of VRAM) [See list of supported video cards down below].
  • DVD ROM Drive: DVD-ROM Dual Layer.
  • Sound: DirectX® 9.0c compatible sound card with latest drivers.
  • Hard Drive: 30GB.
  • Multiplayer: Broadband connection with 256kbps upstream or faster.

Recommended:

  • Supported OS: Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 (64bit versions required).
  • Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.3 GHz or better or AMD FX-8120 @ 3.1 Ghz or better.
  • RAM: 8GB.
  • Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 (or GTX760 / GTX960) or AMD Radeon HD 7970 (or R9 280x [2GB VRAM] / R9 380 / Fury X) [See list of supported video cards down below].
  • DVD ROM Drive: DVD-ROM Dual Layer.
  • Sound: DirectX® 9.0c compatible sound card 5.1 with latest drivers.
  • Hard Drive: 47GB.
  • Multiplayer: Broadband connection with 512kbps upstream or faster.

Supported video cards at time of release:

  • NVIDIA: GeForce GTX460 or better, GTX560 or better, GTX650 or better, GTX750 or better, or any card from the GT900 and Titan Series.
  • AMD: Radeon HD5870 or better, HD6870 or better, HD7770 or better, R7 260X or better, or any card from the R-300 series and Fury X.
  • Note: Laptop models of these cards may work but are not supported. These chipsets are the only ones that will run this game. Additional chipsets may be supported after release. For an up-to-date list of supported chipsets, please visit the FAQ for this game on our support website: http://support.ubi.com

Ubisoft recently outlined its post-launch plans for Rainbow Six Siege, in which it will add free maps and modes to the tactical multiplayer shooter over the course of the next year. There will also be new operatives and weapon skins that can be earned with either in-game currency or purchased via microtransactions.

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