God of War is yet another great PlayStation exclusive that got ported to PC a few days ago. The port plays like a dream, and the experience is still as immersive as it was on the PlayStation. The developers have done a great job in optimizing the entire gameplay to suit mouse and keyboard players. Playing with an Xbox controller feels satisfying, too. Moreover, the PC port also comes with native support for the PlayStation controller for people who want to experience the game the way the developers originally meant it to be.
The lower bar of entry into God of War is quite low. Santa Monica Studio asks you to have at least an Intel Core i5 2500K or a Ryzen 3 1200 coupled with a GTX 960 or an R9 290X to play the game at 720p 30 FPS using the lowest settings. This is pretty acceptable as all of this hardware is over 5 years old.
The recommended system requirements for playing the game at 4K 60 FPS demand you have a hefty system. Santa Monica Studio lists at least a Core i9 9900K or a Ryzen 9 3950X coupled with an RTX 3080 10 GB or an RX 6800 XT 16 GB to play the game at Ultra settings. This is a bit on the higher end, but 4K 60 FPS isn’t quite the standard yet.
God of War PC Minimum System Requirements
If you just want to run the PC version of God of War, you don’t need a system that’s worth thousands of dollars. All you need is a pretty good graphics card such as the GTX 960 and an i5 processor. These are the minimum system requirements of the GOW PC –
1. 720p / 30 fps / Low Settings
| OS | Windows 10 (64-bit versions only) -version 1809 or higher |
| CPU | Intel Core i5 2500K @ 3.3 GHz or better | AMD Ryzen 3 1200 @ 3.1 GHz or better |
| Memory | 8 GB in a dual-channel setup |
| Video Card | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 or better | AMD R9 290X or better |
| Video Memory | 4 GB |
| API | DirectX 11 or equivalent |
| Internet Connection | No internet connection is required |
| Storage | 70 GB (HDD) |
God of War PC Recommended System Requirements
It is recommended to use at least a GTX 1060 graphics card if you want to play the game smoothly. While different settings will require different hardware requirements to run at a smooth FPS, these are the recommended system requirements –
1. 1080p / 30 fps / Original Settings
| OS | Windows 10 (64-bit versions only) -version 1809 or higher |
| CPU | Intel Core i5 6600K @ 3.5 GHz or better | AMD Ryzen 5 2400G @ 3.6 GHz or better |
| Memory | 8 GB in a dual-channel setup |
| Video Card | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 or better | AMD RX 570 or better |
| Video Memory | 4 GB (RX 570), 6 GB (GTX 1060) |
| API | DirectX 11 or equivalent |
| Internet Connection | No internet connection is required |
| Storage | 70 GB (SSD) |
2. 1080p / 60 fps / Original Settings
| OS | Windows 10 (64-bit versions only) -version 1809 or higher |
| CPU | Intel Core i7 4770K @ 3.5 GHz or better | AMD Ryzen 7 2700 @ 3.2 GHz or better |
| Memory | 8 GB in a dual-channel setup |
| Video Card | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 or better | AMD RX 5600 XT or better |
| Video Memory | 6 GB (RX 5600 XT), 8 GB (GTX 1070) |
| API | DirectX 11 or equivalent |
| Internet Connection | No internet connection is required |
| Storage | 70 GB (SSD) |
3. 1440p / 30 fps / High Settings
| OS | Windows 10 (64-bit versions only) -version 1809 or higher |
| CPU | Intel Core i7 6700 @ 3.4 GHz or better | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 @ 3.6 GHz or better |
| Memory | 16 GB in a dual-channel setup |
| Video Card | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 or better | AMD RX 5700 or better |
| Video Memory | 6 GB (RTX 2060), 8 GB (RX 5700) |
| API | DirectX 11 or equivalent |
| Internet Connection | No internet connection is required |
| Storage | 70 GB (SSD) |
4. 1440p / 60 fps / High Settings
| OS | Windows 10 (64-bit versions only) -version 1809 or higher |
| CPU | Intel Core i7 7700K @ 4.2 GHz or better | AMD Ryzen 7 3700X @ 3.6 GHz or better |
| Memory | 16 GB in a dual-channel setup |
| Video Card | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 or better | AMD RX 5700 XT or better |
| Video Memory | 8 GB |
| API | DirectX 11 or equivalent |
| Internet Connection | No internet connection is required |
| Storage | 70 GB (SSD) |
5. 2160p (4K) / 30 fps / Ultra Settings
| OS | Windows 10 (64-bit versions only) -version 1809 or higher |
| CPU | Intel Core i7 9700K @ 3.6 GHz or better | AMD Ryzen 7 3700X @ 3.6 GHz or better |
| Memory | 16 GB in a dual-channel setup |
| Video Card | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti or better | AMD RX 6700 XT or better |
| Video Memory | 8 GB (RTX 3060 Ti), 12 GB (RX 6700 XT) |
| API | DirectX 11 or equivalent |
| Internet Connection | No internet connection is required |
| Storage | 70 GB (SSD) |
6. 2160p (4K) / 60 fps / Ultra Settings
| OS | Windows 10 (64-bit versions only) -version 1809 or higher |
| CPU | Intel Core i9 9900K @ 3.6 GHz or better | AMD Ryzen 9 3950X @ 3.5 GHz or better |
| Memory | 16 GB in a dual-channel setup |
| Video Card | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 or better | AMD RX 6800 XT or better |
| Video Memory | 10 GB (RTX 3080), 16 GB (RX 6800 XT) |
| API | DirectX 11 or equivalent |
| Internet Connection | No internet connection is required |
| Storage | 70 GB (SSD) |
God of War on PC is a bit demanding compared to some other games, but you don’t need the latest hardware to enjoy it. The game runs fine on some older hardware, and even the GTX 700 series cards manage to pull off a playable frame rate at lower resolutions. Although Nvidia dropped support for their GTX 700 series of cards a few months back, those cards are still quite capable of 720p gaming, and this game will work just fine.
God of War is now available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and Microsoft Windows.