A new God of War PC mod makes Sony Santa Monica’s legendary game playable on Windows 7 and Windows 8 systems. Some users may wonder why it would be interesting to run God of War on ten-year-old operating systems, but it is thought that better performance can be achieved on these operating systems.
Sony Santa Monica’s Windows support for God of War is limited to 10 and 11 only. But thanks to the unofficial PC mode, the game changes the OS version detection and allows it to launch on Windows 7 and 8.
God of War Windows 7 and 8 mod improved
It should also be noted that after applying this mod, you will not be able to run the game on Windows 10/11. Therefore, we recommend that you pay attention to the installation of the mod and read the description and installation instructions before downloading and applying the unofficial patch.
If you want to play God of War on a computer running Windows 7 or Windows 8, you can download the Windows 7/8 PC patch mod via Nexusmods.
God of War is now available for PC and PlayStation platforms worldwide. The game was first released for PlayStation 4 in 2018. Sony Santa Monica Studio is currently working on the game’s sequel, God of War Ragnarok. This sequel is scheduled to release on PS4 and PS5 later this year.
God of War system requirements
Sony seems to have combined the system requirements information of God of War in 5 different categories. These are minimum, recommended, high, performance and ultra. Here are the system requirements of God of War…
| Minimum | Recommended | High | Performance | Ultra | |
| Average Performance: | 720p @30FPS | 1080p @30FPS | 1080p @60FPS | 1440p @60FPS | 4K @60FPS |
| Graphics Settings: | Low | Original | Original | High | Ultra |
| Graphics Card: | NVIDIA GTX 960 (4GB) | NVIDIA GTX 1060 (6GB) | NVIDIA GTX 1070 (8GB) | NVIDIA RTX 2070 (8GB) | NVIDIA RTX 3080 (10GB) |
| CPU: | Intel i5-2500k (4 cores 3.3 GHz) AMD Ryzen 3 1200 (4 cores 3.1 GHz) |
Intel i5-6600k (4 cores 3.5 GHz) AMD Ryzen 5 2400G (4 cores 3.6 GHz) |
Intel i7-4770k (4 cores 3.5 GHz) AMD Ryzen 7 2700 (8 cores 3.2 GHz) |
Intel i7-7700k (4 cores 4.2 GHz) AMD Ryzen 7 3700x (8 cores 3.6 GHz) |
Intel i9-9900k (8 cores 3.6 GHz) AMD Ryzen 9 3950X (16 cores 3.5 GHz) |
| RAM: | 8GB DDR | 8GB DDR | 8GB DDR | 16GB DDR | 16GB DDR |
| Operating System: | Windows 10 64-bit (version 1809) | Windows 10 64-bit (version 1809) | Windows 10 64-bit (version 1809) | Windows 10 64-bit (version 1809) | Windows 10 64-bit (version 1809) |
| Storage Space: | 70GB HDD (SSD recommended) |
70GB SSD | 70GB SSD | 70GB SSD | 70GB SSD |
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