Halo: Campaign Evolved PC Requirements — Can Your PC Run It?

Halo: Campaign Evolved — the full remake of 2001's Halo: Combat Evolved — lands on July 28, 2026, and it arrives with a genuine milestone attached: alongside Xbox Series X|S and PC, it launches on PS5, making it the first Halo game ever to appear on a PlayStation platform. Premium Edition buyers get in even earlier, with early access starting July 23.

The official PC requirements are now out, and the headline is a tale of two PCs. The 1080p entry point is surprisingly reasonable — 2019-era graphics cards make the cut — but the 4K tiers are properly hungry, with a 16GB VRAM callout and a top tier that asks for an RTX 4080. Here's every tier in full, followed by an honest read on where your hardware actually lands.

The Official Requirement Tiers

Tier	Target	CPU	RAM	GPU
Low (Minimum)	1080p / 60fps	Ryzen 5 3600 or Core i7-10700K	16GB	RX 6600 / Arc A580 / RTX 2060 Super
Medium	1440p / 60fps	Ryzen 7 5700X or Core i5-12600K	16GB	RTX 3070 / RX 7600 XT
High (Recommended)	4K / 60fps	Ryzen 7 7700 or Core i7-12700K	32GB	RTX 3080 Ti / RX 9070 (16GB VRAM)
Ultra	4K / 60fps	Ryzen 9 7900X or Core i9-13900K	32GB	RTX 4080

Install size is roughly 100GB, and the game ships with DLSS, FSR and XeSS upscaling plus low-latency modes for all three vendors — NVIDIA Reflex, AMD Anti-Lag and Intel XeLL.

Tier by Tier: What the Specs Actually Mean

The minimum is genuinely modest. An RTX 2060 Super is a 2019 GPU, and the RX 6600 and Arc A580 are firmly budget-class cards today. A Ryzen 5 3600 is similarly humble. If your PC was mid-range any time in the last five or six years, the 1080p60 door is likely open. The 16GB RAM floor is standard for modern releases and shouldn't surprise anyone.

Medium is where most gaming PCs live. The 1440p60 tier asks for an RTX 3070 or RX 7600 XT — solidly mainstream hardware. If you're wondering how the 3070 holds up in current titles, our RTX 3070 benchmark page has the numbers. Paired with a Ryzen 7 5700X or Core i5-12600K, this is the tier a huge share of Steam's install base can realistically hit.

The 4K tiers are the hungry ones. High — the officially "recommended" spec — wants an RTX 3080 Ti or RX 9070, and the explicit 16GB VRAM note on the AMD side is worth taking seriously: it suggests 4K texture and asset budgets that will punish 10–12GB cards. Ultra pushes further still, pairing an RTX 4080 with a Ryzen 9 7900X or Core i9-13900K. Both 4K tiers also double the RAM requirement to 32GB.

And check your SSD. At around 100GB, this is a chunky install. If your game drive is a 1TB SSD already hosting a couple of modern titles, do the math before July 28 — you may be uninstalling something to make room.

What Will YOUR PC Get?

Official tiers are one thing; here's our honest mapping for the cards people actually own. Not sure where your GPU sits in the pecking order? Our GPU ranking puts it in context, and Can I Run It will check your full system against the requirements automatically.

• GTX 1060 / GTX 1650 class: Below the official minimum, and it shows — the RTX 2060 Super floor is a meaningful step above these cards. Expect a rough time at native 1080p; low settings with aggressive FSR upscaling might scrape playability, but we wouldn't promise 60fps.
• RTX 3060 / RTX 4060 class: Comfortably above minimum. Expect solid 1080p60 at medium-to-high settings, and 1440p is likely within reach with DLSS Quality doing the heavy lifting.
• RTX 4070 and up: These cards should max out 1440p, and 4K becomes realistic with DLSS — a 4070 Super or 4070 Ti with upscaling will likely land close to the native-4K experience the High tier describes.

If you want a proper verdict on your exact build — CPU, GPU, RAM and all — run it through Rate My PC and see where you land.

The Upscaling Silver Lining

Here's the good news buried in the spec sheet: DLSS, FSR and XeSS are all in at launch, alongside Reflex, Anti-Lag and XeLL for latency. That matters because every tier above is softer than it looks. Quality-mode upscaling typically buys you roughly one full tier — a Medium-spec machine can plausibly chase the 4K experience, and a Low-spec rig gets valuable breathing room at 1080p. For a breakdown of how the three technologies compare in practice, see our DLSS vs FSR vs XeSS guide.

Bottom Line

This is a well-judged spec sheet. The entry point respects older hardware, the recommended tier is honest about what native 4K costs, and full tri-vendor upscaling support at launch gives everyone in between a lever to pull. If your PC was built or upgraded since around 2020, you're likely covered at 1080p or better. If you're chasing native 4K60, bring 16GB of VRAM, 32GB of RAM — and clear 100GB of SSD space before the Premium Edition early access opens on July 23.