Gears of War: E-Day PC requirements detailed ahead of launch

The Coalition and Xbox published PC system requirements for Gears of War: E-Day on 17 September 2026, ahead of the game’s release. The list defines three performance tiers — Minimum, Recommended and Ultra — and requires 115GB of free SSD storage for every configuration.

Minimum targets 1080p at 60 frames per second. The listed processors include AMD Ryzen 5 2600X or Intel Core i7-6850K or Core i5-10400. Compatible graphics cards noted include NVIDIA RTX 5050 or RTX 2060 and AMD RX 6600 or RX 9060 with at least 6GB of video memory. The minimum system RAM is 12GB.

Recommended targets 1440p at 60+ frames per second. The specs name AMD Ryzen 5 5600 or Intel Core i5-11600K paired with GPUs such as NVIDIA RTX 5060, RTX 3060 Ti, AMD RX 6700 XT or RX 9060 XT with 8GB of VRAM. Recommended system memory is 16GB.

Ultra targets 4K at 60+ frames per second. The published examples include AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D or Intel Core i7-14700K and graphics like NVIDIA RTX 5070 Ti or AMD RX 7900 XT with 12GB of VRAM. Ultra also lists 16GB of system memory.

The published requirements list support for NVIDIA DLSS 5, AMD FSR 4, Intel XeSS 3.0 and temporal super-resolution (TSR). Ray tracing and high dynamic range (HDR) are supported, and the game accommodates ultrawide monitor formats. A built-in benchmark mode lets players test performance and adjust visual settings.

Gears of War: E-Day is described as a prequel in the series. The PC requirements were posted to inform players of the hardware and storage needed to run the game on different settings.