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Can you run Ace Combat 8? Check your graphics card

Ace Combat 8 needs a graphics card with ray-tracing hardware, and your browser can say which card you have. The check below reads it, tells you whether the game will start at all, and places the card against the publisher's own tiers — without installing anything.

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If your browser does not name the card, choose it from the list below and the check runs the same way.

Every current graphics card by approximate speed, with Ace Combat 8's tiers drawn on. Hollow cards have no ray-tracing hardware.
SlowerApproximate speed, desktop RTX 3060 = 100Faster

Ace Combat 8 PC tiers as the publisher lists them. 150 GB on an SSD; Windows 11, DirectX 12 with Shader Model 6.6.

Tier Target Graphics card Video memory RAM Processor Your card
Minimum 1080p · 30 fps · Low, with upscaling RTX 2060 · RX 6600 XT 6 GB 16 GB Core i7-10700K / Ryzen 5 3600X —
Recommended 1080p · 60 fps · Medium, with upscaling RTX 3070 · RX 6800 8 GB 32 GB Core i7-12700K / Ryzen 5 5600X —

The browser cannot see your processor, memory or drive, so check those against the table yourself. Speeds are rounded averages of public benchmarks and only place a card against the publisher's list; the ray-tracing check is exact. Nothing about your hardware leaves this page.

Source: ACE COMBAT 8: WINGS OF THEVE on Steam — system requirements

Ace Combat 8 on PC: straight answers

Can my PC run Ace Combat 8?

Only with a ray-tracing graphics card: hardware ray tracing, DirectX 12 with Shader Model 6.6 and an SSD are all listed as requirements. Bandai Namco’s own estimate for the minimum — an RTX 2060 or Radeon RX 6600 XT with 16 GB of RAM — is 1080p upscaled at 30 fps on Low; the recommended RTX 3070 or RX 6800 with 32 GB is 1080p upscaled at 60 fps on Medium. Budget 150 GB of SSD space. Any GTX card, and any Radeon older than the RX 6000 series, falls below the line however fast it is otherwise.

Why is Ace Combat 8 so demanding on PC?

Because ray tracing is not a setting you can switch off. The game is built on Unreal Engine 5 and requires hardware ray tracing, which rules out every GTX card and every Radeon older than the RX 6000 series. Even Bandai Namco’s own minimum — an RTX 2060 or RX 6600 XT — is rated for 1080p at 30 fps on Low with upscaling, and the recommended RTX 3070 or RX 6800 for 1080p at 60 fps on Medium, again with upscaling.