{"rewrite":{"id":"r_8514d732e2042143750738bb","clusterId":"c_c454e5b4bc6cf54341eb5291","slug":"gears-of-war-e-day-pc-specs-require-ray-tracing-at-minimum","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Gears of War: E-Day PC Specs Require Ray Tracing at Minimum","summary":"The Coalition published detailed PC system requirements for Gears of War: E-Day on Xbox Wire. Minimum specs target Medium at 1080p 60FPS with 12GB of memory; recommended targets High at over 1440p 60FPS with 16GB; maximum targets Ultra at over 4K 60FPS. Hardware ray tracing and upscaling are required at every tier. Storage is 115GB. The game launches October 6, 2026.","whyItMatters":"The specs confirm that a hardware ray tracing GPU is now the floor for a major Microsoft first-party release, and the earlier Steam listing omitted the target resolution and frame rate that this announcement supplies.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe specs break into three tiers. Minimum targets Medium at 1080p 60FPS with an AMD Ryzen 5 2600X, Intel i7-6850K, or Intel i5-10400, paired with a GeForce RTX 5050, RTX 2060, Radeon RX 6600, or Radeon RX 9060, and 12GB of memory.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecommended targets High at over 1440p 60FPS. Maximum targets Ultra at over 4K 60FPS. Storage is set at 115GB. A GPU with hardware ray tracing support is required, and every listed resolution uses upscaling, so no tier renders at native output.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Gears of War: E-Day PC specs are out: 115GB storage, upscaling at every listed resolution, and a hardware ray tracing GPU required even at minimum. Minimum is Medium 1080p 60FPS; recommended High over 1440p; max Ultra over 4K. Out October 6, 2026.","twitterPost":"Gears of War: E-Day PC specs: minimum is Medium 1080p 60FPS, recommended High over 1440p, max Ultra over 4K. Hardware ray tracing required and every listed resolution uses upscaling. 115GB storage. Out October 6, 2026.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"The Coalition released detailed PC system requirements for Gears of War: E-Day, and ray tracing is mandatory across all three tiers. Minimum targets Medium at 1080p 60FPS, recommended targets High above 1440p, and maximum targets Ultra above 4K, all with upscaling. The specs also fill in the target resolution and frame rate that the earlier Steam listing left out.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/09/18/172496.html\",\"title\":\"Gears of War: E-Day Detailed System Requirements Revealed - Even Minimum Specs Require Hardware Ray Tracing and Upscaling\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4787,"outputTokens":664,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789738168,"createdAt":"2026-09-18T13:24:05.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-18T13:28:23.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-18T13:28:23.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_c454e5b4bc6cf54341eb5291","canonicalTitle":"『Gears of War: E-Day』詳細なシステム要件公開―最低構成でもハードウェアレイトレーシング対応＆アップスケーリング必須","representativeArticleId":"a_b113972dfa4ff46e6fa74b99","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Gears of War: E-Day\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-18T12:36:43.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-18T12:36:43.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-18T13:28:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Game Spark","url":"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/09/18/172496.html","title":"『Gears of War: E-Day』詳細なシステム要件公開―最低構成でもハードウェアレイトレーシング対応＆アップスケーリング必須"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Gears of War: E-Day"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}