Gears of War E-Day System Requirements (Minimum and Recommended)

The Coalition and People Can Fly Studios’ Gears of War E-Day takes us back to the day when it all began. Since the gameplay reveal at the Xbox Games Showcase 2026 event, gamers have been excited for the upcoming Gears of War E-Day. If you are ready to travel back in time to the Emergence Day, check out the minimum and recommended PC system requirements for Gears of War E-Day here in our guide.

Editor’s Note: Last updated on September 18, 2026, to include the finalized PC specifications for Gears of War E-Day.

Gears of War E-Day PC Requirements (Minimum)

If you watched the Gears of War: E-Day gameplay during the Xbox Games Showcase 2026 event, then you must be aware that you need quite a good gaming rig to run the original game. During the open beta, Gears of War: E-Day failed to hit 60 FPS on high-end PCs.

So, Coalition and People Can Fly have improved the performance and shared a detailed spec sheet for the upcoming Gears of War game right before launch.

The minimum system requirements for Gears of War E-Day include an RTX 5050, RTX 2060, or AMD Radeon RX 6600, which is acceptable for a good-looking game like this. People expecting to run the new Gears of War game on their GTX 10 series cards will be disappointed, but hey, you can run the upcoming Control Resonant on a GTX 1070.

• Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 2600X / Intel i7‑685t0K / i5‑10400
• VRAM: 6 GB
• Memory: 12 GB RAM
• Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 / NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 / AMD Radeon RX 6600 / Radeon RX  9060
• Storage: 115 GB SSD
• Operating System: Windows 10 / 11 (64-bit)

In addition, you must have an AMD Ryzen 5 2600X, Intel i7‑685t0K, or i5‑10400 to run the game at 1080p at 60 FPS (medium settings).

Gears of War E-Day Recommended PC Requirements

In contrast, you need any one of the following GPUs: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060ti, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060, AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT, or Radeon RX 9060 XT, to play Gears of War E-Day at 1440p targeting more than 60 FPS (High settings).

If you are gearing up to join the early access of Gears of War E-Day, here are the complete recommended PC system requirements for the game:

• Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 5600 / Intel i5-11600K
• VRAM: 8 GB
• Memory: 16 GB RAM
• Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti / NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 / AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT / Radeon RX 9060 XT
• Storage: 115 GB SSD
• Operating System: Windows 11 (25H2, 64-bit)

If you plan to experience the best visual fidelity in Gears of War: E-Day, you need at least an RTX 5070 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT paired with an AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D or Intel i7-14700K to play the game at 4K 60 FPS+.

As you may have noticed by now, you need at least 115 GB of free space on your SSD to play the latest Gears of War title. Coalition and People Can Fly studios are fully committed to delivering the most visually stunning Gears of War game yet.

The studios have now finally shared a complete PC spec sheet detailing all the requirements to play Gears of War E-Day at the highest settings possible with Ray Tracing enabled. In the meantime, let us know your thoughts about the minimum and recommended PC system requirements for Gears of War E-Day below.