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Can I run Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag?

Check your PC against Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag's requirements (2013). If you fall short, we'll point you straight to the upgrade that fixes it — checked for fit, power and bottleneck against your exact PC.

On the GPU side, Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag is a very light game and spreads the load fairly evenly between your GPU and CPU. To match the recommended specs, aim for roughly a GTX 470 / HD 5850 with Core i5-2400S / Phenom II X4 and 4 GB of RAM.

Minimum Recommended
GPU GTX 260 / HD 4870 GTX 470 / HD 5850
CPU Core 2 Quad Q8400 / Athlon II X4 Core i5-2400S / Phenom II X4
RAM 2 GB 4 GB
Storage 30 GB 30 GB

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Requirements cross-checked against the Steam store page. Mapped onto our shared 0–100 performance scale — guidance for a playable experience, not a promise of a specific frame rate or resolution. Check another game →