first- action shooter . These games are known to consume resources. GEARS 5 game provides stunning picture with realistic effects, stunning lighting effects and highly immersive gaming environment. It is based on the Unreal Engine 4 . This title is compatible with DirectX 12 and certain AMD features such as FidelityFX. Nvidia cards are nevertheless compatible. If you want to install this game, we advise you to read the following article which informs you about the minimum and recommended configurations for this game. We will also test this title with different graphics cards. Let's go!
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PC configurations for GEARS 5 game
As a minimum configuration (at 1080p), this game requires a computer with the following configurations:
- Operating system: Windows 7 SP1 64-bit, Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor: AMD FX-6000 series or Intel i3 Skylake
- RAM: 8 GB
- Graphics: AMD Radeon R9 280 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760
- DirectX: version 12
- Network: High-speed Internet connection (in online multiplayer)
- Storage: 80 GB of available space
- Sound card: DirectX compatible
If you want to play at 1440p, the recommended configurations are:
- Operating system: Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor: AMD Ryzen 3 or Intel i5 Skylake
- RAM: 8 GB
- Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 570 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
- DirectX: version 12
- Network: High-speed Internet connection (in online multiplayer)
- Storage: 80 GB of available space
- Sound card: DirectX compatible
To be able to run Gears 5, you must have a PC with a Core i3 Skylake or AMD FX-6000 processor with 8 GB of RAM. The ideal would be to have a core i5 Skylake processor or an AMD Ryzen 3 with 8 GB of memory. With these configurations, you can run this game in UltraHD without problem. The frame rate will nevertheless depend on the graphics card you are going to use.
AMD technology . This allows you to have an image with more accentuated details at high frame rate (high FPS). This setting is adjustable at the game level whether you use an AMD or Nvidia graphics card.
Gear 5 benchmarking
We will test this game with different graphics cards. We will choose 3 test resolutions: 1080p (FullHD), 1440p (UltraHD) and 2160p (4K).
On FullHD 1080p resolution, the following cards provide an average frame rate above 60 FPS: the RX 580 at 63 FPS, the GTX 1660 at 67 FPS, the RTX 2060 at 92 FPS, the RX 5600 at 94 FPS, the RX 5600 XT at 109 FPS, the RX 2070 at 96 FPS, the RTX 2080 at 118 FPS, the RTX 2080 Super at 122 FPS, the RTX 2080 Ti at 136 FPS. Only the RX 570 is below 60 FPS. It is at 53 FPS. So, with FullHD resolution, most of our graphics cards will do the job. The RTX 2080 Ti is nevertheless the most efficient because it allows you to have 136 FPS.
On UltraHD 1440p resolution, the following cards offer a frequency below 60 FPS: the RX 570 at 35 FPS, the RX 580 at 38 FPS, the GTX 1660 at 38 FPS, the RTX 2060 at 56 FPS. If you want a card that can deliver a frame rate above 60 FPS, you can choose one of the following cards: RX 5700 at 66 FPS, RX 5700 XT at 75 FPS, RX 2070 at 67 FPS, RTX 2080 at 82 FPS, the RTX 2080 Super at 86 FPS, the RTX 2080 Ti at 101 FPS.
On the 4K 2060p resolution, only the RTX 2080 Ti card manages to obtain the 60 FPS frequency. The others are well below: the RX 570 at 16 FPS, the RX 580 at 20 FPS, the GTX 1660 at 19 FPS, the RTX 2060 at 28 FPS, the RX 5700 at 35 FPS, the RX 5700 XT at 40 FPS, the RX 2070 at 35 FPS, the RTX 2080 at 45 FPS, the RTX 2080 Super at 48 FPS.
So to play GEARS 5 in 4K 2060p with a frame rate higher than 60 FPS, here are the recommended configurations:
- Operating system: Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 or Intel core i7 Skylake
- VRAM: 4 GB
- RAM: 8 GB
- Graphics: RTX 2080 Ti or an AMD RX 6800 XT card
- DirectX: version 12
- Network: High-speed Internet connection (in online multiplayer)
- Storage: 80 GB of available space
- Sound card: DirectX compatible
About Gear 5
Gear 5 is an action shooter. It was developed by The Coalition and published by Xbox Game Studios. This game was released on PC on September 10, 19. The Xbox Series version was launched on November 10, 2020. It is the 6th installment in the Gears of War saga. The first version was developed by EPIC for Microsoft's Xbox platform. This title has the main character: Kait Diaz . It also includes JD Fenix, JD's father, Delmont Walker and Marcus Fenix. This game can be played in single player, local multiplayer and online.
The game takes place on Sera, Kait Diaz accompanied by Delmont Walker no longer follows the orders issued by JD Fenix. She will therefore try to solve different mysteries: origin of her family, her links with the enemy etc. While searching for the truth, she prevents the Locust invasion. JD Fenix, for his part, gets closer to Prime Minister Jinn while Marcus continues his fight despite his frustration with authority and his family. When it comes to image quality, this game provides hyper realistic and highly immersive gameplay scenes. Even though this game is not Ray Tracing compatible, we have no complaints about the graphics. The playing environment: water, snow, sand, etc. is of very high quality. The details have been well considered to provide you with unforgettable and unparalleled gaming experiences.
In short, AAA games eat up a lot of resources. It's not just Gears 5 that's at fault. This is the case with Borderlands 3 and other similar titles. These resource requirements are nevertheless justified because the gameplay scenes of Gears 5 are truly breathtaking. Nothing was left to chance. Even the cutscenes are high quality with more polished expressions and more elaborate shots. For 4K image quality, you can use the RTX 2080 Ti graphics card or another even more efficient one. RTX 3080 card manages to have a frame rate of 86 FPS in 4K resolution. RX 6800 XT card also gets 67 FPS.
