Here are the Halo: Reach PC minimum requirements

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Looking to play Halo: Reach on your PC? Here are the minimum hardware requirements.

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Halo: Reach. (Image credit: Microsoft)

What you need to know

  • 343 Industries has released the minimum hardware requirements for playing Halo: Reach on PC.
  • In addition, it also revealed the minimum hardware needed for playing at 1080p and 4K.
  • The target frames-per-second for the minimum specs is between 50-60.

Halo developer 343 Industries announced the minimum specs that will be needed to play Halo: Reach on PC in a blog post prior to launch. Specifically, the table provided by the developer highlights the bare minimum requirement, the hardware needed for 1080p, and finally, what you'll need for 4K.

The specs chart is based on a target frames per second (FPS) range of 50-60. The specific hardware types listed are CPU, GPU, and RAM, across both AMD and NVIDIA. 343 Industries says that it will provide a more detailed sheet of specs in the future that includes integrated graphics at a later date, so people using laptops should keep an eye out for that.

Source: 343 Industries The minimum specifications chart from 343 Industries' blog post. (Image credit: Source: 343 Industries)

It's fantastic to see that Halo: Reach will require so little in terms of hardware to run smoothly, even at 4K, as even the most expensive pieces of hardware listed on this specs sheet are considered affordable in the modern PC gaming market. In other words: don't worry if you have a potato PC. You'll need some stronger hardware if you want to push past 4K and 60 FPS, though.

Even though Halo: Reach has now launched on PC, we highly recommend signing up for the Halo Insider Program. It's a fantastic way to help 343 Industries bring Halo: Reach to PC since many Insiders will get an opportunity to test early builds of the game, and both the sign up and testing process are free of charge. Getting access to some Halo action for free and helping to ensure the final product is great is quite a win-win, so you should definitely sign up. If you want to get in on the Halo fun right now, though, make sure to check out the Master Chief Collection on Xbox One.

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Brendan Lowry
Brendan Lowry

Brendan Lowry is a Windows Central writer and Oakland University graduate with a burning passion for video games, of which he's been an avid fan since childhood. He's been writing for Team WC since the summer of 2017, and you'll find him doing news, editorials, reviews, and general coverage on everything gaming, Xbox, and Windows PC. His favorite game of all time is probably NieR: Automata, though Elden Ring, Fallout: New Vegas, and Team Fortress 2 are in the running, too. When he's not writing or gaming, there's a good chance he's either watching an interesting new movie or TV show or actually going outside for once. Follow him on X (Twitter).