Without Ambient Occlusion scenes look flat and unrealistic, and objects appear as if they are floating. The AO technique used and the quality of the implementation affects the shadowing's accuracy, and whether new shadows are formed when the level of occlusion is low.

In addition to our GameWorks effects, Syndicate pushes the vast majority of its rendering features to even-higher detail levels on PC, further improving image quality.Īmbient Occlusion (AO) adds contact shadows where two surfaces or objects meet, and where an object blocks light from reaching another nearby game element. For a first look, check out the Assassin's Creed Syndicate GeForce GTX Technology Trailer below: For detailed explanations of each, and demonstrations of their capabilities, keep reading. Playing Assassin's Creed Syndicate on a high-end PC gives you the grunt to render Syndicate's many PC-exclusive features, effects and technologies, which include NVIDIA HBAO+, NVIDIA PCSS, and NVIDIA TXAA. However, as you'll see in this guide, Assassin's Creed Syndicate features plenty of detail, high-fidelity graphics, and NVIDIA GameWorks technology, which enhances anti-aliasing, ambient occlusion, and shadows for the duration of the massive game.įor a system capable of enabling these effects and making of the most of the PC-version's enhancements you'll need to build your new PC, or upgrade your old system, with the GeForce GTX 970, which will enable a High level of detail with HBAO+.Īs you'll see in this guide, for a maxed out 1920x1080 experience you'll require a high-end CPU and GPU combo, and per Ubisoft you'll need at least 8GB of RAM and 50GB of disk space, too.Īssassin's Creed Syndicate PC-Exclusive Graphics Enhancements The official Assassin's Creed Syndicate system requirements call for a GeForce GTX 760 with 4GB of VRAM, which will enable you to run the game at around 30 frames per second at 1920x1080, with detail levels incorporating a mix of Medium and High settings.

GeForce Experience: Optimal Playable Settings With A Single Click.

G-SYNC: Eliminating Stutters & Tearing For The Ultimate Experience.

Game Ready Assassin's Creed Syndicate Driver.

NVIDIA Control Panel Anisotropic Filtering.

Assassin's Creed Syndicate PC-Exclusive Graphics Enhancements.

In this guide we'll examine Syndicate's PC-only upgrades, explain how they work, show comparisons that highlight their benefits, reveal their relative performance cost at 1920x1080, the most popular PC gaming resolution, and show you how to further enhance Syndicate's image quality with a simple NVIDIA software tweak.

By Andrew Burnes on Thu, Featured Stories,Īssassin's Creed Syndicate takes to the PC streets today, building upon its prior console launch with enhanced graphics, higher rendering resolutions, and technically-advanced NVIDIA GameWorks effects that raise the bar for graphical fidelity.

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