Can the RTX 5080 run Assassin’s Creed Shadows?
Against the requirements the publisher of Assassin’s Creed Shadows states on its own store page, and what the RTX 5080's 16 GB of memory does to that answer.
1440p, ultra settings
The RTX 5080 has enough in hand for Assassin’s Creed Shadows at 1440p with the settings turned up, and 4K if you are willing to use upscaling.
What Assassin’s Creed Shadows asks for
| Specification | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | INTEL® Core TM i7 8700K AMD RYZEN 5 3600 | Intel® Core™ i5 11600k/AMD Ryzen™ 5 5600x |
| Graphics | NVIDIA® GEFORCE GTX 1650 4GB / AMD RX-5500 XT 8GB / INTEL® ARC TM A380 6GB (REBAR ON)" | Nvidia® GeForce RTX™ 3060Ti 8GB/AMD Radeon™ RX 6700 XT 12GB/Intel® Arc™ B580 12GB (REBAR ON) |
| Memory | 16 GB RAM | 16 GB RAM |
| Storage | 115 GB available space | 115 GB available space |
| Operating system | Windows 10/11 | Windows 10/11 |
| DirectX | Version 12 | Version 12 |
Requirements as published by the developer on Steam · Mar 19, 2025.
How this estimate is made, and what it is not
Only one thing on this page is a fact: the requirements table, which is what the developer published on the game's own store page. The settings tier is an estimate — it places this card and the publisher's stated cards on the same relative performance index, then caps the result where the card's memory could not sustain it. Nobody benchmarked this exact pairing, which is why you will not find a frame-rate figure here: a number invented by a formula would look more precise than anything the method can support. Drivers, the processor beside the card, the storage the game sits on and whatever upscaling you enable all move the real answer.
Other cards against Assassin’s Creed Shadows
Other games on a RTX 5080
The rest of the machine matters too
A card that clears the bar can still be held back by the processor in front of it, and a supply that cannot feed it will shut down mid-session rather than drop frames.