Let’s check in with a colleague to see how*Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced* is performing. As a reminder, this is a remake of the original 2013 game from Ubisoft. In addition to updated graphics, the game features gameplay improvements and additional story elements. However, the hardware requirements have skyrocketed, so let’s see how it performs!
Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced: How Does It Perform?
Is it aVRAM hog?
If you run the game with graphics settings at their lowest, it’s actually quite memory-efficient. In fact, it uses 4.9 GB of VRAM at 1080p, ~5.2 GB at 1440p, and less than 6 GB at 2160p. However, as soon as you switch to ultra settings, it will easily max out the VRAM on an 8 GB card at 1080p, and it’s even worse at 1440p and higher. And that’s not even considering ray tracing or frame generation. Under these conditions, video memory usage exceeds 10 GB.
Performance:
In terms of performance, at 1440p, you’ll need a pretty powerful graphics card—to hit 60FPS, you’ll need at least an RX 7800 XT or an RTX 3090 Ti. Here, mid-range cards like the RTX 5060 Ti average less than 50 FPS, while AMD’s RTX 9060 XT 16 GB performs slightly better but still doesn’t exceed 50 FPS. Intel’s graphics cards are unfortunately left in the dust, with less than 40FPS for the Battlemage generation and just 30 FPS for the Arc A770.
If you enable ray tracing, it’s even worse: the best of the Intel cards runs at less than 30 FPS, while the RTX 5060 Ti models drop below 40 FPS, regardless of their memory capacity… The same goes for the RX 9060 XT, by the way. Here, the RX 7900 XT and RX 9070 hover around 60 FPS, while the RTX 5070 Ti easily surpasses that mark!
As for 1080p, 60FPS is achieved by an RX 9060 XT 8 GB and an RTX 5060 8 GB, while an RX 7800 XT or an RTX 3090 Ti is required with ray tracing enabled. In UHD, only the RTX 4090 and RTX 5090 break this barrier—provided ray tracing isn’t enabled. The RX 7900 XTX and RX 9070 XT hover around 55 FPS.
Check out our colleague’s review here!