Developer Hangar 13 has confirmed the minimum, recommended, and epic preset requirements for the PC version of Mafia: The Old Country. The hardware requirements for the title seem quite reasonable, ranging from needing a minimum of 8 GB of VRAM, all the way up to 12 GB of VRAM for higher resolutions and smoother frame rates. Along with the hardware, players will also need to make sure that they have 55 GB of free space in their SSD storage device.
The minimum requirements for Mafia: The Old Country are either an AMD Ryzen 7 2700X or Intel Core i7-9700K CPU, 16 GB of RAM, and an AMD Radeon 5700 XT or Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 GPU with 8 GB of VRAM. This hardware will be able to play the title at its “HD”/Medium preset at 1920×1080 by setting FSR or DLSS to Balanced.
Recommended hardware for Mafia: The Old Country is slightly higher-end, needing an AMD Ryzen 7 5800X or Intel Core i7-12700K CPU, 32 GB of RAM, and an AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT or Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti GPU with 12 GB of VRAM. This hardware can run the game at its “2K”/High preset at 2560×1440 while setting the DLSS or FSR upscaling to Quality.
The highest end systems will need an AMD Ryzen 9700X or Intel Core-i7 14700K CPU, 32 GB of RAM, and an AMD Radeon RX 9070 or Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Ti with 12 GB of VRAM to run the game at its “4K”/Epic preset, with the render resolution coming in at 75 percent of 4K, equalling to 2880×1620. The studio recommends using FSR or DLSS in Quality mode for this.
Hangar 13 has noted that the PC version of the game will also include some additional features, including uncapped gameplay frame rate, support for FSR, DLSS and XeSS with frame generation, remappable keyboard controls, support for HDR displays, accessibility options, and support for ultrawide monitors.
The immense level of optimisation while also maintaining a high level of visual fidelity likely comes from the fact that Hangar 13 has used Unreal Engine 5 to develop Mafia: The Old Country. The studio discussed its use of the engine earlier this month, noting that it wanted to focus more on making the game itself rather than on upgrading its own proprietary engine.
“As things get more and more advanced, that takes more and more time,” explained studio president Nick Baynes. “And I think as a studio, we just really wanted to focus on the gameplay, the visuals, the storytelling, the cinematics, and to be able to put as much focus on that as opposed to actually creating the engine that it sits on, it really helps us and I think ultimately allows us to develop and deliver a better quality game.”
Mafia: The Old Country recently got a trailer that showcased some of its combat, including its new knife duels. The same knives can also be used by players to pull off stealthy assassinations. The game is slated for release on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S on August 8.
