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Can you run Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut Edition? PC requirements and settings

Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut Edition, by Ubisoft Montreal (Action, Adventure), came out on Steam on April 9, 2008. Here are the official specs, and what they mean on the most common graphics cards.

Minimum card256 MB DirectX 10.0-compliant video card or DirectX 9.0-compliant card with Shader Model 3.0 or higher (*see supported list)
Recommended RAM1 GB

Estimate per graphics card

No frame-rate estimate for this game

The official page does not name a specific graphics card for both the minimum and the recommended specs. Rather than an invented number, we give none. ORION does the maths on your own PC, with your card, processor and screen, then measures the real frame rate while you play.

Official specs

Minimum and recommended requirements

Minimum

Processor
Dual core processor 2.6 GHz Intel Pentium D or AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ or better recommended)
Graphics
256 MB DirectX 10.0-compliant video card or DirectX 9.0-compliant card with Shader Model 3.0 or higher (*see supported list)
DirectX
Direct X 9.0 (Windows XP) or 10.0 (Windows Vista) libraries

Source: the game's Steam page, read on October 7, 2026.

Where to buy

Buy Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut Edition

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On your PC

The same estimate with your own hardware, and the settings applied for you

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Questions

Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut Edition at a glance

Which graphics card do I need for Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut Edition at 1080p?

Minimum: 256 MB DirectX 10.0-compliant video card or DirectX 9.0-compliant card with Shader Model 3.0 or higher (*see supported list). The official page does not name a specific graphics card for both minimum and recommended specs, so we give no frame-rate estimate for this game. ORION does the maths on your own PC.

How much RAM does Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut Edition need?

The publisher recommends 1 GB of RAM.

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