Nvidia Gameworks video for The Crew accompanies PC system requirements confirmation + Console Beta dates revealed

Ubisoft has posted the system requirements for those looking forward to tacking The Crew on a PC, while a new video for the open-world racing title showing off some visual enhancements exclusive to the platform, arrived at by working with Nvidia. HBAO+ enables more detailed and realistic shadows, while TXAA is a form of anti-aliasing that helps to notably smoothen images.

There’s also some good news for console owners; the second closed Beta will take place from 6 to 10 November for the Xbox One and PS4, allowing access to the Midwest and East Coast (two of five regions in the game) and Street and Dirt spec classes. While this Beta will be accessible to all Xbox Live and PlayStation Network members, some online features will be exclusive to those who have Xbox Live Gold or PlayStation Plus.

Now onto the system requirements, with an important note that the game requires 64-bit operating systems to run.

“MINIMUM:

Operating System: Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8/8.1 (64bit)

Processor: Intel Core2 Quad Q9300 @ 2.5 GHz or AMD Athlon II X4 620 @ 2.6 GHz (or better)

RAM: 4GB

Video card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX260 or AMD Radeon HD4870 (512MB VRAM with Shader Model 4.0 or higher)

DirectX: DirectX June 2010 Redistributable

Sound: DirectX Compatible Sound Card with latest drivers

Peripherals: Keyboard required, XBOX 360 controller optional (or compatible controller)

RECOMMENDED:

Operating System: Windows 8/8.1 (64bit)

Processor: Intel Core i5-750 @ 2.66 GHz or AMD Phenom II X4 940 @ 3.0 GHz (or better)

RAM: 8GB

Video card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX580 or AMD Radeon 6870 (1024MB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0 or higher)

DirectX: DirectX June 2010 Redistributable

Sound: DirectX Compatible Sound Card with latest drivers

Peripherals: Keyboard required, XBOX 360 controller optional (or compatible controller)

OPTIMAL:

Operating System: Windows 8/8.1 (64bit)

Processor: Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.4 GHz or AMD FX-8150 @ 3.6 GHz (or better)

RAM: 8GB

Video card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX670 or AMD Radeon 7870 (2048MB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0 or higher)

DirectX: DirectX June 2010 Redistributable

Sound: DirectX Compatible Sound Card with latest drivers

Peripherals: Keyboard required, XBOX 360 controller optional (or compatible controller)

Supported Video Cards at Release Time:

NVIDIA GeForce GTX260 or better, GTX400, GTX500, GTX600, GTX700, GTX900 series;

AMD Radeon HD4870 or better, HD5000, HD6000, HD7000, R7 and R9 series;

Latest tested driver: GeForce 340.52 for all DX10 NVIDIA cards (GTX200) and 344.48 for all DX11 NVIDIA cards (GTX400 – GTX900).

Latest tested driver: Catalyst 13.1 for HD4000 series and Catalyst 14.9 for all other Radeon cards.

Supported Video Cards at Release Time:

NVIDIA GeForce GTX260 or better, GTX400, GTX500, GTX600, GTX700, GTX900 series; AMD Radeon HD4870 or better, HD5000, HD6000, HD7000, R7 and R9 series;

The Crew requires that a driver more recent than 14.6 is installed for Windows 7 and 8/8.1. Performance issues may arise when using inferior versions of the video driver (14.4 and below) on these operating systems.

Laptop correspondent models of the above desktop specifications, as well as newer CPU and Video Cards, may work but have not been exhaustively tested.”

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