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PC Specs For Remedy's Control Are Actually Lower Than Epic Originally Advertised

Coming to Steam in Summer 2020.

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Remedy Entertainment has announced the PC specs for Control. You don't need to worry if you don't have the latest in PC gaming tech, as the minimum requirements for Control aren't that high. You'll most likely be able to run Control on your PC without much issue if that's the system you primarily use for gaming.

[Update: The Epic Games Store previously announced the PC specs for Control, but Remedy has since then tweeted new minimum and recommended requirements. Epic has adjusted its page to reflect the new requirements. The specs listed below have been updated accordingly, and they're slightly lower than what Epic was advertising before.]

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On PC, Control is a limited-time Epic Games Store exclusive. During GDC 2019, publisher 505 Games revealed Control has a similar arrangement to other titles on the Epic Games Store and will only be exclusive for a year. Control will release on additional PC storefronts, like Steam, in Summer 2020. To see whether or not your machine can run the game, check out Control's PC specs below.

Minimum Requirements

  • OS: Windows 7, 64-bit
  • Processor: Intel Core i5-4690 / AMD FX 4350
  • Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 / AMD Radeon R9 280x
  • RAM: 8 GB

Recommended

  • OS: Windows 10, 64-bit
  • Processor: Intel i5-7600K / AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
  • Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660/1060 / AMD Radeon RX 580
  • RAM: 16 GB

Developed by Remedy Entertainment, Control stars Jesse Faden, a woman who possesses supernatural powers and is trying to discover the location of her kidnapped younger brother, Dylan. Her quest leads her to the Federal Bureau of Control, a government organization that contains and studies people and objects that defy known science. Upon entering the FBC, Jesse discovers that the organization is under attack and that the bureau's director has been killed. Jesse is chosen as the next director by the supernaturally-powered Service Weapon, a shapeshifting firearm, and tasked with defending the bureau from an otherworldly threat.

Control's story is convoluted, and perhaps Remedy Entertainment's most interesting and intriguing mystery since 2010's Alan Wake. After playing the game for an hour, we still have absolutely no idea what's going on. This is by design though. Remedy developed Control's story to be fairly deep and explore a variety of themes, trusting that players will be willing to slowly piece together the unreal narrative.

Scheduled to release on August 27, Control will launch on Xbox One, PS4, and PC.

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A 1080ti as recommended isn’t exactly “not that high”

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I was kind of interested in this, but Epic Store? Come on, I gave it a shot and it's pretty terrible. Whatever, I guess I'll pass.

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I can never make heads or tails of these because of how PC hardware is labelled.

Recommended: Intel Core i5-7500 & AMD RX580
I Have: Intel Core i7-4790k & AMD R9 390X

Do I qualify? lol

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Way to embrace the greed, Remedy.

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Well, my GTX 660 puts me out of the running for this game.

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@lionheartssj1: Yikes...doesn't a 660 take you out of the running for most current and future big games?

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@UrbanMessiah: Sadly yes. I've been surprised how well it's done for this long though.

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"The minimum requirements for the game aren't that high..."

I would say they are pretty aggressive. Looking at the Steam hardware survey, only about 17% of the graphics cards there could even reach the minimum required. At recommended settings, only about 3% of the players in the survey would have the capability.

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@lion2447: No kidding. I don't game much on PC, but it's still rare for me to see games, even newer games, calling for a minimum of GTX 1000's. Heck, I'm surprised at how many new games my 750 ti can run.

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@Barighm: Maybe ''run'', but playing modern games at low settings, 720p and 20 fps must be real joy...

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@WESTBLADE: When you lower resolution to 720p and some settings you should have 60 fps in most games look at Battlefield 5 720p medium settings on GTX 750 ti running at more than 60 fps....keep living in that "gpu rat race" bubble.

This Control game is simply NVIDIA payed game for showing ppls how much they need RTX ON and overpriced GPU's.

When you turn OFF RTX in this game you dont have any reflection, no screenspace etc. nothing how so when before RTX we have reflection NOT THAT REVOLUTIONARY MIMIMI as RTX but still, here with RTX off we have none....

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@profil84: Lolwut, a ''Rat race''? Yea, 720p and medium settings would for sure look super awesome on my huge ass 4K TV... Why bother paying 60 bucks for a game when it costs more than the GPU you're playing its half-assed version on?

The really funny thing is that you mention BF5 and diss RTX at the same. I got it for free with my RTX 2070 and can play on very high/ultra settings with raytracing at 60+ fps. Oh, the sweet irony...

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@WESTBLADE: First of all i wanna correct you cause you know shit how games run on older hardware while they run ok for ppls who play them that way, second, want to play on older hardware? you never pay full price for a game, right now BF5 cost 25$ at promo on Origin, those guys never pay full price for a game cause they will not play them at full potential.

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@profil84: My nephew has a 750Ti and can barely play at decent settings and framerate some/most post 2015's games. So i know what that card is (not) capable of.

BTW, if that ''84'' in your nickname suggest your year of birth, then we are practically the same age. I'm not some clueless spoiled teenage asshole who gets his hardware from his parents and looks down on others just for lulz. I'm just a bitter ''adult asshole'', who gets like always triggered by clueless people who are probably living under a rock.

You have a GPU from 2014, that is less efficient in games then a midrange 2011 GPU (GTX 560Ti), who is angry about ''high system requirements'' for a technologically advanced game, that's due to be released in 3rd quarter of 2019. Geez, GTX 1060 (as minimum req.) is slightly more powerful then a GTX 970 from 2014 and that Ryzen CPU (1300X) is something that would be a laughing stock even in an office PC.

OKAY, you're poor, i get it, i'm not some "richboy" either, i basically have most of my hardware bought on a debt, but that's as if i was ranting here that my ~9 months old GPU doesn't meet recommended specs for this game which i'm looking to since its announcment (not exactly hyped, not a day1 buy either, just really interested/potentinaly buy later on)... Yet i'm not. Even the release of RTX 2070 "Super" wasn't a bitter moment for me, since i have my current GPU since launch and never once did i felt like i didn't get what i paid for, and the unreliability/subpar peformance turned out to be just a hoax/or a nothing an ultra quick hotfix from Nvidia wouldn't get rid of. I'd bet most people don't even realize that most of the launch RTX2070 got bios updates available for months now...

P.S. Sorry for that essay-like long post, i just can't shut up most of the time...

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@WESTBLADE: Yes you are right with my date of birth :-) but wrong about the rest, i dont have 750ti, was in defense of a guy who you reply to, my answer is based on a guy which do many gpu tests in not cpu bound enviroment (what cpu your nephew have?) and was always accurate (and many others doing same tests on same gpu and game).

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@profil84: Hmm, the only ''wrong'' thing i made is that i assumed you have that card + you told me to " ...keep living in that "gpu rat race" bubble. " which basically suggested so.

The rest is of my post related to tech-talk is correct. (i don't care if you're poor or rich, but seeing that post of yours ranting about RTX cards leads me to believe you've got and older gen GPU or some shitty AMD GPU)

The ''tests'' (aka benchmarks) you are talking about are very or down-right misleading most of the time. Yes, when it comes to the new, top-end cards, of course you need a top-end CPU (well, the whole build must be bottleneck free). But then there's also the obvious mid- and low-tier segment GPU's that are tested on the very same builds.

Why would someone build a gaming system with a beast of a CPU and then pair it with a low-end GPU...??? When someone is tight on budget, the best he can pull off is a ballanced build with a CPU that can handle a potentional GPU upgrade (without bottlenecking the next one too much)...

Did you ever met someone (a gamer, not talking about those people who need fast CPU, but use lowend GPU's to avoid integrated graphics) who's rocking an i9-9900K paired with a GTX 1050Ti?

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No they are not missleading (you must know which to watch) they simply show what GPU is capable off using 100% of its power. Then if you are happy with performance you must choose proper cpu for this gpu, proper means no cpu bound before reaching 100% gpu usage AND in case you dont want top tier gpu you dont need 9900k to reach 100% gpu usage (again, ofc if you dont want 2080ti). I know how to read various cpu benchmarks and based on few test on different cpu's with exact same gpu i can match proper cpu with that gpu so you can reach 100% gpu and have room for future gpu upgrade (cpu at around 70% at max) or games where cpu can be utilized more than in others.

All in all you can have same similiar gpu performance as in test made on 9900k using other cpu which is waaaay cheaper but dont limit the GPU (for 750ti the i7 2600 non-k at stock speed is more than enough, but when paired with lets say 2500k then they are most of the time at 100% usage, so no room for gpu upgrade), so this is balanced build as you mentioned, but, again, as long as there is no cpu bound before 100% gpu then you have similiar performance as in test on 9900k. If i want for someone new cpu instead of old i7 2600 then i know which benchmars score to compare and in that case i3-9100 will have similiar usage, DONE.

I dont care if your strandard is 4k and you need dept (as you write) for PC parts to play games on that quality but i understand that if you are at any standard it is hard to lower it so you must struggle (yes having dept to keep up with own standard IS struggle) but saying untrue (720p 20fps low) and mocking is silly and not true.

Also, thinking i'm poor based on my rant about RTX cards? You serious? Your logic is generic but what to expect from person who fall into NVIDIA trap which sell RTX as revolutionary thing while AMD already mimic this in Cry Engine (using regular AMD card whitout tensolike-bullcrap) and Ray Tracing will be present in future console operated by the AMD chips (that company you call crap). After falling into a trap you run to take a dept for RTX GPU confirming NVIDIA that he do right thing raising prices because of new feature (pumped by them to the sky) in computer graphic (there was always something, better shadows, antialiasing, tesselation etc. but they decide to pump Ray Tracing waay more than previous features). GG, your choice, be ready for next gen of GPUs with even higher price (after adding that which is caused by inflation ofc. which is normal and acceptable but NVIDIA wants even more).

Second also, you mocking that guy? I mocking ppls like you who think other than 4k ultra 60 fps is no pleasure and saying this is not even possible on gpu that guy have you responded to. 720p at 20fps as you suggest is bad and yes i aggre this is hardly enjoyable if even but you are wrong and dont know what you are talking about (in case of this gpu performance), on this exact card IS possible, many are happy with 720p 60 fps (heck even 40-50fps) with lowered settings to mid-low (depends on game) in today games.

Guy:

"Heck, I'm surprised at how many new games my 750 ti can run."

You:

"Maybe ''run'', but playing modern games at low settings, 720p and 20 fps must be real joy..."

Me:

Triggered

Get it??

P.S

Got GTX 970 in the past now RX 5700XT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l9FjSLf6sg

As you can see performance similiar to RTX2080 while waay cheaper, **** Ray Tracing.

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@profil84: First of all, AMD IS trash in the GPU segment for years now (~15% marketshare vs Nvidia's ~75%, for good reasons) and there's tons of people stuck with games being downright broken on AMD GPU and that goes for both older and latest games. I was upgrading to RTX 2070 from my GTX 970 (which even when OC'ed to oblivion couldn't keep up anymore). AMD was out of question due to many of the games in my library would be either crippled or downright unplayable. So i basically had two options in the very same price range; buy a brand new product which incorporated new tech (no, i didn't buy into the hype, because the 2070 series was launche later than 2080's, so i knew it was just that, a hype), or pay MORE for a slightly more powerful, but technologically outdated prev. gen 1080 Ti.

Also i use my PC to do a shitload of other stuff that goes beyond browsing the internet and playing games. Out of the many things i use my PC for are 3D apps that benefit from Nvidia's generally issue free GPU's + some can now take advantage of the real-time raytracing (i do 3D scratch-made cars and sometimes fooling around with them in Unreal Engine 4 that incorporates DXR in latest builds is kinda fun...)

- I didn't say you are poor, did you even read my previous post correctly? Also that word i used is deBt/loan, english is not my first language (and color me surprised if yours is), so not sure of the right term, basically the one where you pay your product for let's say across 10 months, where sometimes i don't even over pay a cent in the end, sometimes i pay only like 5% extra. Some stores in my country can be that cool... is generally a shithole to live in + we are part of EU, which in the end gave us, in general, more downsides than benefits)

- I wasn't mocking that guy, it was more of a hyperbole, but let's be honest, not far away from the facts.

- I'm very aware of what my GPU can and can not, so i never said i game solely ONLY in 4K/60, although in fact in a lot of games i can. For some of the latest or more demanding games i'm pretty fine with 1440p on Ultra settins and locked 60fps.

BTW, hilarious to see that most of the games in the vid you've linked me to are running on-par/slightly worse than on a RTX 2070 Super, let alone take on the RTX 2080. Self-owned much?

BTW, feel free to join the AMD crybabies on steam forums when you buy some games that are "cursed" on AMD GPU's. There's quite a huge number of them, i'll bet you'll join them sooner or later.

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@WESTBLADE:

You in latest reply:

"I didn't say you are poor, did you even read my previous post correctly?"

You in previous replys:

"OKAY, you're poor, i get it"

So what the **** you are talking about me not reading correctly?? Whaever...

AMD crybabies?? Those are individuals which dont know how to solve the problems, only know how to cry, i choose that GPU based on opinion from few of my friends who have AMD GPU some time now, they got problems with some games but most are resolved after drivers update or in other ways all available in google or amd support site, they play all games they want i even message them if there is any game they cant play at the moment and there is none...

Name few that are not playable on AMD cards at the moment, pls, i check them and if problem occur i solve it.

P.S.

No, english is not my native language, in fact got always German in school + 4 years French in high school.

I learned some english from games, internet and movies watched with subtitles...

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@profil84:Are you an idiot or what? I'll quote myself "...i don't care if you're poor or rich, but seeing that post of yours ranting about RTX cards leads me to believe you've got and older gen GPU or some shitty AMD GPU...". Suggesting you've either got a GTX 1070Ti/1080/1080Ti and those that are still very solid GPU's, but sadly you are the latter, just a dude with a shitty AMD card. I read the rest of you, but i'm literally giving up on you. I read your whole post and became even more annoyed with that "P.S." part:

What being multi-lingual has to do with simple answer ''no, 'cause i'm from *whatever*''. That's completly out of place, dude + nothing to brag/boast about. Completly self-taught english here too, never had a single class of english in school, never bothered with some kind of books either, so what.

Deutsch? Du bist NICHT ein Wunderkind. Ich hasse deutsch - zwangssprache in der Schule...

Ale taká slovenčina môže byť zaujímavejša a oveľa krajša ako francúzština.

Я не коммунист, но немного понимаю по-русски.

No a ta moje doslova trapně překomplikovaná mateřština by tady neměla být, ale když do ní "zaméchém ten náš necajzlovskej hantec, tak je to lepší než ten škopek v pařáku u príglu..."

/KTHXBYE

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@WESTBLADE:

Me idiot?? You moron dont even remember what you wrote earlier, here i paste your post:

@profil84: My nephew has a 750Ti and can barely play at decent settings and framerate some/most post 2015's games. So i know what that card is (not) capable of.

BTW, if that ''84'' in your nickname suggest your year of birth, then we are practically the same age. I'm not some clueless spoiled teenage asshole who gets his hardware from his parents and looks down on others just for lulz. I'm just a bitter ''adult asshole'', who gets like alwaystriggered by clueless people who are probably living under a rock.

You have a GPU from 2014, that is less efficient in games then a midrange 2011 GPU (GTX 560Ti), who is angry about ''high system requirements'' for a technologically advanced game, that's due to be released in 3rd quarter of 2019. Geez, GTX 1060 (as minimum req.) is slightly more powerful then a GTX 970 from 2014 and that Ryzen CPU (1300X) is something that would be a laughing stock even in an office PC.

OKAY, you're poor, i get it, i'm not some "richboy" either, i basically have most of my hardware bought on a debt, but that's as if i was ranting here that my ~9 months old GPU doesn't meet recommended specs for this game which i'm looking to since its announcment (not exactly hyped, not a day1 buy either, just really interested/potentinaly buy later on)... Yet i'm not. Even the release of RTX 2070 "Super" wasn't a bitter moment for me, since i have my current GPU since launch and never once did i felt like i didn't get what i paid for, and the unreliability/subpar peformance turned out to be just a hoax/or a nothing an ultra quick hotfix from Nvidia wouldn't get rid of. I'd bet most people don't even realize that most of the launch RTX2070 got bios updates available for months now...

P.S. Sorry for that essay-like long post, i just can't shut up most of the time...

Now you see?

Shit AMD gpu haha, i still wait for game titles not working on AMD cards, those cards are simply not idiot-proof cards like NVIDIA gpu's.

Ok enough, i already throw what i want to throw in your face so stop writing crap about things you know shit about (like 750ti performance in this case).

DONE with you!

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@profil84: Okay, i think this sht was enough, now you continue?

You followed that post with:

"Yes you are right with my date of birth :-) but wrong about the rest, i dont have 750ti, was in defense of a guy who you reply to...."

Direct reply from me:

''Hmm, the only ''wrong'' thing i made is that i assumed you have that card + you told me to " ...keep living in that "gpu rat race" bubble. " which basically suggested so."

The rest is of my post related to tech-talk is correct. (i don't care if you're poor or rich, but seeing that post of yours ranting about RTX cards leads me to believe you've got and older gen GPU or some shitty AMD GPU)..."

I'm aware that my english is far from perfect, but you were and still seem to be ultra-defensive on the 750Ti. Be honest. did you even bother to read my posts or just skimmed through it?

"- I wasn't mocking that guy, it was more of a hyperbole, but let's be honest, not far away from the facts. "

Do you even know what the word 'hyperbole' is?https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/hyperbole

Okay, a game that was/is literally broken on AMD GPU's? For example, go and enjoy the meltdown on RIDE 3's Steam forum?

Competition is good for the end-user, but AMD is still only catching up to both Intel and Nvidia. I admitted many times i'll jump the ship when the competitor offers better product, i'm not a blind fanboy.

Let's take it really objectively: where's AMD's answer to RTX2080Ti? Nowhere to be found. Now we have Ryzen 3900X vs i9-9900K. Okay, finally a great CPU. Too bad they cost exactly the same, it's almost one year late to the top-end party and Intel still having the edge here and there.

Don't also miss on one very important fact, AMD is using 7nm manufacturing for both their CPU's and GPU's, while Intel (14nm) and Nvidia (12nm) didn't released their 7nm offerings yet. I expect/really hope to see some fun stuff going on next year; DDR5 is coming - that means a new platform for Intel CPU's, Nvidia releasing their new, 7nm GPU's and isn't Intel trying to dip into the GPU market the same year?

P.S. You're correct, something that is very reliable and generally most compatible, usually has some nice exclusive features, being trouble-free (aka working) most of the time, and for many years has zero competition in the top-end market, is considered as being "idiot-proof"... As of now (2019), AMD is not an ''idiot-proof'' company, which i guess suggests that many idiots go with AMD??? LMAO

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