Sony detailed the features that will be available in theGhost of TsushimaPC port on Tuesday, setting the stage for when the game launches on May 16. Despite somerocky PC ports from PlayStation Studiosand porting studio Nixxes in the past,Ghost of Tsushimaalready looks impressive.
Ghost of Tsushima DLSS, FSR, and XeSS
It’s launching with all of the modern bells and whistles a PC gamer could want. That includes support forNvidia’s DLSS 3andAMD’s FSR 3, both of which support upscaling and frame generation. There’s also support for Intel XeSS, as well as native anti-aliasing modes for FSR and DLSS. This runs the game at native resolution but uses the anti-aliasing of the upscalers for improved image quality — read our explainer onNvidia Deep Learning Anti-Aliasingfor more on that.
There’s a treasure trove of features here that means virtually every PC gamer will have access to performance-boosting tech. FSR 3 support at launch is particularly noteworthy. Adoption of AMD’sframe generation tech has been slow, and although we’ve seen it in recent games, it usually isn’t available at launch.
Unfortunately, it looks likeGhost of Tsushimawill miss out onAMD’s FSR 3.1 updateat release, which promises vastly improved image quality compared to previous versions. This update should be available for developers soon, so it’s possible Nixxes will update the game with FSR 3.1 when it becomes available.
Outside of upscaling and frame generation, Sony says the PC version will support 21:9 and 32:9 aspect ratios for ultrawide displays, and even 48:9 aspect ratios and triple-monitor setups.
Ghost of Tsushima PC system requirements
Sony shared the system requirements for the game as well. It appears the game will have four graphics presets, comprising a wide range of supported hardware.
There are a few key specs to pay attention to. First, storage. An SSD isn’t explicitly required to run the game, however Sony recommends playing the game off of one. We saw how a spinning hard drive can hurt PS5 games ported toPC withRatchet and Clank Rift Apart,so you should plan on installingGhost of Tsushimaon an SSD.
In addition, the Medium preset calls for a GPU with 6GB of VRAM. We’ve seen agrowing trend with VRAM issuesin modern games likeThe Last of Us Part One,but that doesn’t look like a problem here. If you have an 8GB graphics card, you should be safe to run the game without issues, at least at lower resolutions.
