Today Ubisoft has finally announced the PC Minimum and Recommended PC specifications for Rainbow Six Siege which hits PC and consoles on December 1st. The below is taken directly from their blog and suggests that even lower spec PCs will run the game quite well.
Read more about Rainbow Six Siege here.
MINIMUM
Supported OS
- Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 (64bit versions required)
Processor
Intel Core i3 560 @ 3.3 GHz or AMD Phenom II X4 945 @ 3.0 GHz
RAM
6GB
Video Card
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or AMD Radeon HD 5870 (DirectX-11 compliant with 1GB of VRAM) [See list of supported video cards down below]
DVD ROM Drive
DVD-ROM Dual Layer
Sound
DirectX® 9.0c compatible sound card with latest drivers
Hard Drive
30GB
Multiplayer
Broadband connection with 256kbps upstream or faster
RECOMMENDED
Supported OS
- Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 (64bit versions required)
Processor
Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.3 GHz or better or AMD FX-8120 @ 3.1 Ghz or better
RAM
8GB
Video Card
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 (or GTX760 / GTX960) or AMD Radeon HD 7970 (or R9 280x [2GB VRAM] / R9 380 / Fury X) [See list of supported video cards down below]
DVD ROM Drive
DVD-ROM Dual Layer
Sound
DirectX® 9.0c compatible sound card 5.1 with latest drivers
Hard Drive
47GB
Multiplayer
Broadband connection with 512kbps upstream or faster
SUPPORTED VIDEO CARDS AT TIME OF RELEASE
NVIDIA
- GeForce GTX460 or better, GTX560 or better, GTX650 or better, GTX750 or better, or any card from the GT900 and Titan Series
AMD
Radeon HD5870 or better, HD6870 or better, HD7770 or better, R7 260X or better, or any card from the R-300 series and Fury X
Laptop models of these cards may work but are not supported. These chipsets are the only ones that will run this game. Additional chipsets may be supported after release. For an up-to-date list of supported chipsets, please visit the FAQ for this game on our support website: http://support.ubi.com
For more on Rainbow Six Siege, keep an eye on the Rainbow Six hub and check out these features:
Rainbow Six Siege – Post-Launch Maps, Operators and Modes
Inside Rainbow Six Siege’s Single-Player Situations
Rainbow Six Siege – Single-Player and TerroHunt