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Call of Duty: Vanguard goes wide-screen for new PC trailer, plus specs are out

If you’re a PC gamer looking to dig into the new Call of Duty: Vanguard when it launches this week, there are a few things you need to check out.

But first, a trailer

The new trailer for Call of Duty: Vanguard is epic. Not only is this launch look massive in scale, but it’s massive in screen too. Yep, Vanguard is going wide-screen for it’s PC gaming debut.

And it’s a stunner.

Okay, now for the nuts and bolts

Along with that gorgeous new look at the game in action, Activision also delivered the facts when it comes to just what kind of a rig you’ll need to get the game looking that good.

As you might imagine, to get the best-possible visuals, you’ll need a pretty great system. But if you just want to run it, then you’ll find that Vanguard isn’t all that demanding.

The minimum specs are:

  • 8GB RAM
  • 36 GB at launch (Multiplayer and Zombies only) of storage
  • An NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 or AMD Radeon RX 470 video card
  • 2GB video memory
  • An Intel Core i3-4340 or AMD FX-6300 CPU
  • and Windows 10 64-bit with the latest update

As for the Ultra settings, well they’re ever-so-slightly higher. To run the game in that state will require:

  • An Intel Core i9-9900K or AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
  • 16gigs of RAM
  • 61GB of storage at launch, with an extra 64gigs for hi-res storage
  • An NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 or AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
  • 10GB of vid memory
  • and of course that Win10 64-bit, updated

In-between there are a few more levels though, so your mileage may vary as to what you’ll actually be running with when Call of Duty: Vanguard arrives. On that note too, it’s hitting on the 5th of November (remember, remember), which is this Friday.

Pre-loading for those who’ve pre-ordered the game digitally begins tomorrow. So at 10am Pacific time, on November 2nd, you can hit that download and be ready to play on the 5th.

About Jason Micciche

Jason's been knee deep in videogames since he was but a lad. Cutting his teeth on the pixely glory that was the Atari 2600, he's been hack'n'slashing and shoot'em'uping ever since. Mainly an FPS and action guy, Jason enjoys the occasional well crafted title from every genre.

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