Gears 5 is the fifth mainline game in the Gears of War third-person cover-based shooter series. With all-out war descending, Kait Diaz breaks away to uncover her connection to the enemy and discovers the true danger to Sera – herself.

Gears 5 System Requirements

21 Aug 2019 - Specs reviewed

Official Minimum Requirements

OS: Windows 7 SP1 64-bit, Windows 10 64-bit
Processor: AMD FX-6000 series | Intel i3 Skylake
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: AMD Radeon R9 280 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760
DirectX: Version 12
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 80 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX compatible

Official Recommended Requirements

OS: Windows 10 64-bit
Processor: AMD Ryzen 3 | Intel i5 Skylake
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 570 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
DirectX: Version 12
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 80 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX compatible

PC System Analysis For Gears 5 Requirements

You need an Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz or AMD Ryzen 3 2200G processor coupled with a AMD Radeon RX 570 4GB or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB to run Gears 5 system requirements at recommended. Expect to get 60FPS at 1080p screen res on high graphics settings with this PC setup. Dont forget at least 8 GB will also be needed to achieve the Gears 5 rec specs. For min specs Gears 5 needs a graphics card thats at least as powerful as a GeForce GTX 1050/Radeon RX 560 2GB paired with FX-6300/Core i3-7320 2-Core 4.1GHz CPU. This PC setup will deliver 25-35 Frame Per Second at Low graphics setting on 720p resolution. System memory for min is also 8 GB. Your graphics card will need to be capable of running DirectX 12. We suggest a 1 year old PC to play Gears 5 smoothly at recommended system requirements.

FPS System Benchmark

79 FPS

High

Graphics Card

GTX 1060

How well optimised is Gears 5 for PC? Gears 5 is excellently optimized

8.8

Where does Gears 5 rank in the list of the most demanding games?

100+

Genres: Action, Shooter, Sci fi

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Gears 5 System Requirements

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Minimum Requirements

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Core i3-6100 3.7GHz

FX-6100

GeForce GTX 760

Radeon R9 280

2 GB

8 GB

Win 7 64

DX 12

80 GB

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4 GB

8 GB

Win 10 64

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80 GB

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Core i7-8700 6-Core 3.2GHz

Ryzen 7 2700 8-Core 3.2GHz

GeForce RTX 2080

Radeon VII 16GB

8 GB

16 GB

Win 10 64

DX 12

80 GB

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Gears 5 PC Release Date:

10 Sep 2019

Alternative Game Tags: gears 5, gears war 5, Gears4, gears of war V

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Game FPS Benchmarks On Ultra

GeForce RTX 2060 6GB

85.7 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6GB

82.3 FPS

Radeon RX 5500M 4GB

24.1 FPS

Radeon R7 370

20.7 FPS

GeForce RTX 2060 6GB

56.8 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6GB

54.9 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6GB

27.6 FPS

GeForce RTX 2060 6GB

25.7 FPS

Gears 5 vs Avg. AAA Game System Requirements

Avg. AAA Recommended Requirements

CPU

Core I7-5775R 4-Core 3.3GHz

26%

Graphics Card

Radeon RX 480X 4GB

32%

RAM

13GB

19%

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