Control should be released before the month of August ends, so it's just proper that Remedy informed PC players the kind of specs their devices need. But if you've been following the game for quite a while now, you know for a fact that they already did about two weeks ago.
In July, Remedy released Control's PC requirements, but something was definitely not right. To get the game running, a GTX 1060 was listed as the minimum GPU requirement. A GTX 1080 Ti or Radeon Vega VII was the recommended GPUs. An Intel i5-7500 was the minimum CPU, and an Intel i5-8600 was recommended.
Now all these may sound confusing to some players, but these requirements were just too much that the guys over at Game Debate called it the most demanding PC game yet. Well, all of that is in the past now as Remedy has made changes to the previous system requirements. Taking a look at it now, it's a lot more reasonable and attainable.
Here's what your PC needs to get Control up and running:
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CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 / AMD FX 4350
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GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 / AMD Radeon R9 280X
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RAM: 8GB
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OS: Windows 7, 64-bit
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DirectX: DX11
It ramps up for the optimal experience (especially for anyone who's chasing raytracing), but it's still perfectly attainable:
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CPU: Intel Core i5-7600K / AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
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GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 or 1060 / AMD Radeon RX 580; Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 for raytracing
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RAM: 16GB
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OS: Windows 10, 64-bit
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DirectX: DX11 or DX12
Even the recommended graphics card for real-time ray tracing is now the GeForce RTX 2060 instead of the original GeForce RTX 2080. Remedy has worked with NVIDIA to implement the three ray tracing features in the PC version of Control. According to the developers, the implementation was pretty straightforward.
We're assuming these specs are not at maxed setting but only for 1080p gaming. If you want to try the game at 1440p or above, you'll need a beefier hardware. Of course, we'll find out more once the game is released.
But we're already excited because Control supports port G-Synch and Freesync monitors, has an uncapped framerate, and includes ultrawide screen support. As gamers go, there's no going back once you start playing games at 21:9.
Catch Control on August 27 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC via the Epic Games Store. Check out the trailer below.
