FIFA 18 PC Specifications Revealed; DirectX 12 Supported

Sep 12, 2017 at 05:04pm EDT

The official FIFA 18 PC system requirements have been revealed by Electronic Arts. What's interesting is that the game will support Microsoft's DirectX 12 low-level API.

We'll have to see what kind of performance improvements FIFA 18 PC will be able to get from DirectX 12. Previous installments already ran very smoothly even on DirectX 11.

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The game will debut on September 29th, but subscribers to Origin Access (PC) and EA Access (Xbox One) will be able to start playing for a few hours on September 21st.

The demo, though, is available now on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One and contains the following teams:

DIRECTX 12

MINIMUM SPECIFICATION
OS: Windows 10 - 64-Bit **
CPU: Intel i3 6300T or equivalent benchmark (5,199) - Intel i3 4340 (5,226), and Intel i3 4350 (5,302) as alternatives.
AMD equivalent is AMD Athlon X4 870K (5,219) - AMD FX-4350 (5,272) and FX-4330 (5,297) as alternatives.
RAM: 8GB
Hard Drive Space Required: 50.0 GB
Minimum Supported Video Cards: NVidia GeForce GTX 660 (4,116) 2GB or equivalent * AMD equivalent is Radeon RX 460 (4,218)/R9 270 (4,258)/R7 370 (4,258)
DirectX: 12

RECOMMENDED SPECIFICATION
OS: Windows 10 - 64-Bit
CPU: Intel i3 6300T or equivalent benchmark (5,199) - Intel i3 4340 (5,226), and Intel i3 4350 (5,302) as alternatives.
AMD equivalent is AMD Athlon X4 870K (5,219) - AMD FX-4350 (5,272) and FX-4330 (5,297) as alternatives.
RAM: 8GB
Hard Drive Space Required: 50.0 GB
Minimum Supported Video Cards: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 or AMD Radeon R9 270X
DirectX: 12.0

DIRECTX 11

MINIMUM SPECIFICATION
OS: Windows 7/8.1/10 - 64-Bit
CPU: Intel Core i3-2100 @ 3.1GHz or AMD Phenom II X4 965 @ 3.4 GHz
RAM: 8GB
Hard Drive Space Required: 50.0 GB
Minimum Supported Video Cards: NVIDIA GTX 460 or AMD Radeon R7 260
DirectX: 11.0

RECOMMENDED SPECIFICATION
OS: Windows 7/8.1/10 - 64-Bit
CPU: Intel i5-3550K @ 3.40GHz or AMD FX 8150 @ 3.6GHz
RAM: 8GB
Hard Drive Space Required: 50.0 GB
Minimum Supported Video Cards: NVIDIA GTX 660 or AMD Radeon R9 270
DirectX: 11.0

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