Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™ PC Requirements
To play it you need at least a Intel UHD Graphics 630-class graphics card ; to play it as the developers intended, aim for a Intel UHD Graphics 630. Among the games we track, it is very light on modern hardware.
- Minimum GPU
- Intel UHD Graphics 630
- Recommended GPU
- Intel UHD Graphics 630
- RAM
- 2–4 GB
- Disk
- 30 GB
Which graphics cards clear it
All 165 desktop cards we track, sorted against the publisher's minimum and recommended card.
What the publisher lists
Quoted from the Steam store page — see the original. Where we could place a named part, our closest match is underneath.
| Part | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| Graphics card | Nvidia Geforce GTX 260 or AMD Radeon HD 4870 (512MB VRAM with shader Model 4.0 or higher) matches Intel UHD Graphics 630 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 470 or AMD Radeon HD 5850 (1024MB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0) or better matches Intel UHD Graphics 630 |
| 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 |
| Memory | 2 GB | 4 GB |
| Video memory | 1 GB | 1 GB |
| Storage | 30 GB | 30 GB |
| Windows | Windows | Same as minimum |
| DirectX | Publisher didn't say | Same as minimum |
Frame-rate outlook, weakest card to strongest
Modelled at the High preset without upscaling, next to a Intel Core i7-10700K-class processor. Estimates, not recorded benchmarks — how the model works.
| Card | 1080p | 1440p | 4K | Against the specs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 | 300+ | 223 | 129 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER | 300+ | 300+ | 230 | Recommended |
| AMD Radeon RX 6600 | 300+ | 300+ | 281 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 | 300+ | 300+ | 281 | Recommended |
| AMD Radeon RX 7600 | 300+ | 300+ | 300+ | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 | 300+ | 300+ | 300+ | Recommended |
| Intel Arc B580 | 300+ | 300+ | 300+ | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti | 300+ | 300+ | 300+ | Recommended |
| AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT | 300+ | 300+ | 300+ | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER | 300+ | 300+ | 300+ | Recommended |
| AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT | 300+ | 300+ | 300+ | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 | 300+ | 300+ | 300+ | Recommended |
Answers about Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™ on PC
What is the lowest graphics card that runs Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™?
The publisher's minimum is Nvidia Geforce GTX 260 or AMD Radeon HD 4870 (512MB VRAM with shader Model 4.0 or higher). The least powerful card we track that matches it is the Intel UHD Graphics 630.
How much RAM does Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™ need?
2 GB at minimum, 4 GB recommended.
How much storage space does Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™ take?
30 GB of free space.
Can a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 run Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™?
Yes — it meets the recommended graphics card.
Can a AMD Radeon RX 6600 run Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™?
Yes — it meets the recommended graphics card.
If your PC runs Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™, it also runs
Released games whose recommended graphics card is no more demanding than this one's.
