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Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag cover
Release date: 2013. November 19.
Genre: Action, Adventure
Developer: Ubisoft Montreal
Publisher: Ubisoft

Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag System Requirements

Minimum system requirements:

CPU:
Intel Core2Quad Q8400 @ 2.6 GHz or AMD Athlon II X4 620 @ 2.6 GHz
RAM:
2 GB RAM
GPU:
Nvidia Geforce GTX 260 or AMD Radeon HD 4870 (512MB VRAM with shader Model 4.0 or higher)
DX:
DirectX 10
OS:
Windows Vista SP or Windows 7 SP1 or Windows 8 (both 32/64bit versions)
STO:
30 GB available space
Sound:
DirectX Compatible Sound Card with latest drivers

Recommended system requirements:

CPU:
Intel Core i5 2400S @ 2.5 GHz or better or AMD Phenom II x4 940 @ 3.0 GHz
RAM:
4 GB RAM
GPU:
Nvidia GeForce GTX 470 or AMD Radeon HD 5850 (1024MB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0) or better
DX:
DirectX 11
OS:
Windows Vista SP2 or Windows 7 SP1 or Windows 8 (both 32/64bit versions)
STO:
30 GB available space
Sound:
DirectX Compatible Sound Card with latest drivers
Recommended peripheral: Windows-Compatible keyboard and mouse required, optional controller
NOTE: Supported video cards at the time of release: Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 or better and GeForce GTX 400, GTX 500, GTX 600 and GTX 700 series. AMD Radeon HD4870 or better and Radeon HD5000, HD6000 and HD7000 series. Note: Latest GeForce drivers tested: 327.23 for all series. Latest Radeon drivers tested: 13.1 for Radeon HD4000, 13.4 for Radeon HD5000, HD6000 and HD7000 series on Vista and 13.9 for Radeon HD5000, HD6000 and HD7000 series on Win7 and Win8. Laptop versions of these cards may work but are NOT officially supported.
There are only official system requirements on the site which are released by developers or an official publisher.
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potatos avatar
i have old laptop with intel hd graphics 👇🏾

if lagy even on the lowest graphics, this might help
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Benchmark test. CPU: i5-2300 2.8 GHz. GPU: Radeon HD 6770. Memory: 16 GB. Resolution: 1080p. Settings: Maximum.

Although the benchmark estimate says 35fps, it runs near 20fps throughout most of the initial sequence. Minimum settings didn't bring it above 30fps consistently even though my GPU is above the recommended requirements.
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@SpectraNocturne: U r a poor piece of shit
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@Shdh: Leave him alone my dude.

Also @SpectraNocturne 6770 is actually slower than HD 5850 in my own exp. as I've had both of them.
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@Necrofyl: That makes sense. I wasn't familiar with GPU shopping back then and hadn't learned that the difference caused by low/mid/high card tiers is often greater than between card generations.
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Here it says I should have 60fps on high settings at 1080p with my specs, but I barely get 40fps on low to medium settings.
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@iamthedancingspider: I have a laptop so I guess this has somethng to do with it.

i5-8250U
8 gb ram
GeForce MX150 2GB
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@angelkal: the specs seem fine to me, main issue is the gpu you must try to test it at a low resolution like 720p low with low shadows and see what happens .
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can i run

Intel core i5-3230m 2.6ghz
Nvidia geforce 710m 2gb
8gb ram ddr3

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I played it and completed it , my graphics card is very weak GeForce 820m I played at 20-25 fps, I didn't get lag I put graphics settings on low 😆
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Can I run

Intel Pentium G2030 3.00ghz
Intel HD Graphics 620
6gb ram (5.90 usable) ddr3

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@dhanushpk: Sry for the late reply yes med sett try 900p
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Can I run
Intel i3-5005U
8 gb ram
R5 M330 2 gb vram
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Behnam_AK73 avatar
Guys, i have :
Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83Ghz
4Gb RAM
GT 730 2Gb
Windows 7 64bit
But i have problems running this game, with everything off, low texture and environment quality, still so laggy.
It's driving me crazy
Please.....HELP!
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@Behnam_AK73: your gpu is about 30% worse than minimum requirementes
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@Behnam_AK73: there are games that 30 fps won't be playable like ac Iv . so u need to get 60 fps
PLUS, this game is not optimized
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Can i run it?

CPU: Intel core 2 duo e8400
RAM;2GB
GPU:Nvidia Geforce GTS 450 1GB
OS :Windows 7 64-bit
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@Desaa: YES, i'd say give it a try, i'll deffenetly run
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Ram 4 gb ddr3

Ati radeon hd 4200 gpu

Amd Athlon x2 ii 24B 3.00 ghz cpu

Can i run it ???
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@The ghost: I don't think you can
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If its bad optimized buy a new pc i have full HD 1080 p and i have 144 fps all the time
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can i play this game with following features?
Intel pentuim g630 2.70Ghz
Ram 4Gb
Nvidia Geforce 210
windows7 32 bit
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How is it going on these features?

Intel i7-5500u 2,4 Ghz
Ram 8GB
Nvidia Geforce 920M (2GB VRAM)
Windows 10 64bit
Directx 11-12
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@Axel0689: lowest settings, this game is badly optimized!
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can i run GTA 5 on,
cpu- amd a9-9420 at 3.00 ghz up to 3.60 ghz
vga- amd radeon 520 2 gb
ram- 8 gb ram
directx- directx12
0s- windows 10 64 bit.....😂😂(GTA 5)
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i can run ?
RYZEN 3 2200G
4GB RAM
1336x768
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How far up or what settings can I use on this game?
i7 6700 @ 4,0Ghz
32GB RAM
GTX 1070sc
And that's in 1080, my monitor resolution
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@terrannz: Ultra settings.
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@SamX: I tried and then had to do a bit of stepping down with some stuttering in Havana. I thought it was weird with the age of this game.
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@terrannz: Is this a joke please?
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Can i run it on:
Core i3 6006u
Intel hd 520
4 gb ram
Windows 10 pro 64bit
even in low settings?
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@CauliffaCrisis: yes... but i dont know if its going to lag out or not.. my best guess is around 15-35fps..
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can i run dis on
intel i3 5005u
intel hd 5500
4 gb ram
win 10
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@niteshrana: it would lag..
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Everybody's always complaining about the bad optimization of this game, I don't really get why .. In AC3 I got like 20fps in Boston (low settings) but with black flags I get constant 60 fps everywhere (ultra, just disabled AA) ... Maybe a bug idk but at least it's working like a charm on my modest PC

>> AMD FX-4300 4.20 Ghz (3.80 without overclock)
>> Radeon R7 360 (8% overclock)
>> 16 Gb RAM 1600 Mhz
>> Windows 10 Home x64
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@Patjasmo: something is wrong with your AC 3.. or your configuration... i run AC 3 at High settings.. 40-55fps.. while AC black flag.. medium-high 35-40fps..
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@bagusprs: I don't know, maybe .. :/
It's the same PC, downloaded both games on Uplay, I actually got the same bug with Far Cry 3, it was just locked at a stupidly low fps.. Weirdly AC4 works very fine.

I only got those bugs on Ubisoft games, I also play Fallout 4, Nier Automata, GTA5 and Dragon Age Inquisition without facing any big issue (Nier and DAI are both running +/- 40 fps on high/bit ultra)

I think something is wrong between Ubisoft's 2012/13 games and my computer
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Spoiler!
This will be Ubisoft's next free game after world in conflict 😃
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Can I run and which settings?

i5-6200U CPU @2.30 GHz 2.40Ghz
8GB Ram
Radeon R5 M335
W10 64bit

Thanks in advance! 😃
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@bronson420: yes medium to high settings
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Can I run ? Which Setting for me?

AMD PHENOM II x2 555 BLACK EDITION 3.2 GhZ
Nvidia KFA GeForce® GTX 1050 Ti EXOC, 4GB GDDR5, 128-bit
4096 RAM
DX 12.1/WINDOWS 10 64 BIT. THANKS !!
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edward27855 avatar
Hey what sett can i do (i know it a dumb question but still...)
Gtx 1050
8gb ddr4-2400mhz ram
W10 64bit
Core I5 7300HQ
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no u cant.. it would lag so bad
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Amd a8-6410
4gb ram
Radeon r5 graphic 512 mb
Can i run it?
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hey can i run this game
cpu : intel celeron n3060
ram : 2gb
gpu : intel hd 400
os : win 8.1 64bt
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Well I cannot try it anymore because i deleted the game, but i think i did something about V-Sync and this didn't really helped ^^
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i have no idea... maybe you can change a different settings at AMD catalyst
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have an idea what it could be? I searched for a while but didn't found anything :/
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so something on your device locked all ubisoft games at 30fps..
hmm...
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well my driver is already up to date, it always was, i'm checking that all months but i think it's more a problem with the ubisoft games ^^ Far Cry 3 is doing 30 FPS on minimum, even there, i don't know why x) the only ubi game doing perfectly fine is TrackMania Turbo 😀

Thanks for help friend 😀
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yeah.. that must be something.. have you tried to update the driver.?.
you should've run AC 4 at very high settings.. without probs.. but thats just odd..
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well I was playing on ultra (all settings maxed, only Anti-aliasing off) and got bad fps only in boston, completely egal what settings I put, it always were 20/25 fps in boston, even in minimum on 400x600 resolution, always the same, didn't understood why :/ I got the game on the UBI30 so it was a legal copy..... i don't even could run Beyond Good And Evil decently, and it's a god damn old game :/

Think it was the Ubisoft games that don't work because i'm playing Tomb Raider, Battlefield 3, Need For Speed Rivals, DragonAge Inquisition and even Ryse: Son of Rome at constant 50/60 fps on ultra without any problem.
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what setting you run AC 3? with that settings you should've played with decent fps

this game has more worst optimization than ac 3..
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hi, what settings with a FX4300 quadcore 3.8GhZ, 16Go Ram, R7 360 (8% OC) and W10 64bits ?

I should be abble to launch it but at Assassins Creed 3 i had like 20 fps in boston so i'm not sure about this one 😀
thanks a lot!
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sorry dude.. it would be unplayable..
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Ammar avatar
frndz can i run this game my pc is hp elitebook 8570p 3rd gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3210M CPU @ 2.50GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.5GHz. System memory : 6144MB RAM. Graphic Card name: Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000 2 gb and Shared Memory: 1760 MB
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bagusprs avatar
yes it was because this game has the worst optimized assassins creed game ever.. its crazily awful
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I have core i3 with 512mb vedio card
4gb ram but still in my laptop the
Assassin creed black flag runs slow
Please give me any sugession
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oh look the most horribly optimised game ever
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I've tried ac4 companion, it's an android app for this game.. it was awesome, you can see a world map without pausing the game, lol, it's like gps, it tracked your position in game.. and you can send a mission to your fleet that you captured, secure routs and collect the reward without going to your ship, I can even play it while I'm not in the game.. lol
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can i run on high
i7 3670QM 2.6GHz
10gb RAM
GTX 670M
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