Official update · Published 2026-06-02 · Reviewed 2026-07-29
Hardware Ray Tracing Is a Minimum PC Requirement
A hardware ray-tracing-capable GPU is required for Ace Combat 8 on PC. The named baseline is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 6GB or AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT 8GB.
What the official material confirms
The same notes require DirectX 12 with Shader Model 6.6 or higher. Hardware ray tracing is presented as a requirement, not merely a quality preset that is guaranteed to switch off.
Why this matters to players
Buyers comparing another GPU must check features, memory and performance rather than only whether the card can launch some DirectX 12 games.
What is still unconfirmed
Recommended GPUs, laptop equivalents, integrated-graphics support, ray-tracing quality settings and a non-RT fallback are not published.