Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 Requires DirectX 12, According To Steam Listing

Jun 12, 2018 at 11:38am EDT

Tom Clancy's The Division 2, sequel to the shared world online third person shooter/RPG hybrid launched in March 2016, now has an official page on Steam.

Interestingly, the listing mentions DirectX 12 compatible hardware (GPU) as a minimum requirement to run the game on PC.

Related Story The Division 2 Ray Tracing Update Possibly Inbound, New Ubisoft Job Ads Suggest

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

MINIMUM:
    • DirectX: Version 12
RECOMMENDED:
    • DirectX: Version 12

Hopefully, that means the folks at Ubisoft Massive were able to successfully use DirectX 12 to improve performance across the board without having to raise the CPU/GPU requirements too much. It shouldn't be an issue for anyone serious about PC gaming, anyway, as the first cards with DirectX 12 launched in 2012 (NVIDIA's GTX 600 series and AMD's Radeon HD 7000 series).

There's now a lot of gameplay footage of The Division 2 available on YouTube. Below you can find an official one, captured at 4K and 60frames per second, on the new specializations available at the endgame.

The Division 2 is out March 15th, 2019 for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, three years and one week after the previous entry.

About the author: With over two decades of experience in gaming journalism, Alessio Palumbo has led the gaming vertical at Wccftech since August 2015. He started working at a young age for Italian websites like Everyeye.it, Gamestar.it, Nextgame.it, and Multiplayer.it before kickstarting the indie English-language publication Worlds Factory as its founder and Editor in Chief. In the last decade, he has coordinated the overall output of Wccftech's gaming section, managed PR relations, assigned reviews, produced daily news coverage, edited gaming content as needed, and delivered game reviews. Arguably, his trademark content is the long series of exclusive developer interviews that have been cited by Wikipedia and by the biggest news media and gaming publications. His passion for technology also makes him knowledgeable when it comes to gaming hardware and tech. His favorite genres include RPGs, MMORPGs, and action/adventure games.

Follow Wccftech on Google to get more of our news coverage in your feeds.

Deal of the Day