{"id":86512,"date":"2016-02-24T15:30:21","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T13:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=86512"},"modified":"2016-02-24T15:32:40","modified_gmt":"2016-02-24T13:32:40","slug":"gears-of-war-ultimate-edition-requires-both-windows-10-as-well-as-directx-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/86512-gears-of-war-ultimate-edition-requires-both-windows-10-as-well-as-directx-12","title":{"rendered":"Gears of War: Ultimate Edition requires both Windows 10 as well as DirectX 12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Gears of War: Ultimate Edition<\/em> is the remastered release of the original <em>Gears of War<\/em> for Xbox One and PC, and now its minimum requirements have been released.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Minimum System Requirements <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>OS:<\/strong> 64 bit Windows 10 \u2013 version 1511 &amp; DirectX 12<\/li>\n<li><strong>CPU:<\/strong> Intel Core i5 @ 2.7Ghz or AMD FX 6-core<\/li>\n<li><strong>Memory:<\/strong> 8 GB RAM (2 GB VRAM)<\/li>\n<li><strong>GPU:<\/strong> GeForce GTX 650 Ti or Radeon R7\u00a0260X<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hard Drive:<\/strong> 60 GB available space<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Recommended Specifications @ 1920 x 1080p<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>OS:<\/strong> 64 bit Windows 10 \u2013 version 1511 &amp; DirectX 12<\/li>\n<li><strong>CPU:<\/strong> Intel Core i5 @3.5GHz+ or AMD FX 8-core<\/li>\n<li><strong>Memory:<\/strong> 16 GB RAM (4 GB VRAM)<\/li>\n<li><strong>GPU:<\/strong> GeForce GTX 970 or Radeon R9 290X<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hard Drive:<\/strong> 60 GB available space<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Recommended Specifications @ 4K<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>OS:<\/strong> 64 bit Windows 10 \u2013 version 1511 &amp; DirectX 12<\/li>\n<li><strong>CPU:<\/strong> Intel Core i7 @ 4Ghz or AMD FX 8-core<\/li>\n<li><strong>Memory:<\/strong> 16 GB RAM (6+ GB VRAM)<\/li>\n<li><strong>GPU:<\/strong> GeForce GTX 980 Ti or Radeon R9 390X<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hard Drive:<\/strong> SSD + 60 GB available space<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Note that <em>Gears of War: Ultimate Edition <\/em>will require both Windows 10 as well as a DirectX 12 capable graphics card.<\/p>\n<p>Like with <em>Quantum Break<\/em>, and as was the case with <em>Halo 2<\/em> in the days of Windows Vista, we can guarantee that Microsoft is using <em>Gears of War: Ultimate Edition<\/em> to sell Windows 10.<\/p>\n<p>Our biggest issue with this strategy isn\u2019t the demand for Windows 10 but the express use of the Windows Store, a seriously lacklustre service.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>PC gaming news<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/86466-new-monstrously-powerful-msi-gt80s-laptops-arrives-on-south-african-shores.html\">New monstrously powerful MSI GT80S laptops arrive on South African shores<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/86438-an-affordable-virtual-reality-ready-pc-will-cost-how-much.html\">An affordable virtual reality ready PC will cost how much?!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/86137-origin-access-endless-pc-gaming-for-just-r48-50-a-month-and-kind-of-worth-it.html\">Origin Access: \u201cEndless PC gaming for just R48.50 a month\u201d, and kind of worth it<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gears of War: Ultimate Edition is the remastered release of the original Gears of War for Xbox One and PC, and now its minimum requirements have been released.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":221,"featured_media":86514,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[12079,1415,13830,2666,4541,15397,13970,13009],"class_list":["post-86512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc","tag-directx-12","tag-epic-games","tag-gears-of-war-ultimate-edition","tag-microsoft-game-studios","tag-minimum-requirements","tag-pc","tag-recommended-specifications","tag-windows-10"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/221"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}