Find out if your hardware within can handle The Evil Within

By Will Fulton September 26, 2014

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Read our full The Evil Within review.

Bethesda has released the recommended PC specifications for their upcoming survival horror game, The Evil Within. Can your rig handle the terror? Check it out below:

64-bit Windows 7/8
i7 processor with 4+ cores
4GB RAM
50GB hard drive space (though it will only take up about 41GB after install)
GeForce GTX 670 or equivalent with 4GB of VRAM
High speed internet connection

There are no listed minimum requirements, but the developers suggest that you will at the very least need 4GB of VRAM.

The Evil Within comes to PlayStation and Xbox consoles and Windows PC on October 21.

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