PGHammer21BB

I've never had an issue; in fact, I did an install on the lowest-spec portable PC I own yesterday; a Pentium (new version) N3540 with 4 GB of RAM (technically below spec even for Escalation 2.92 - which has lower specs than the base game). Yet the benchmark ran. Yes; this is the Steam version that Humble gave away last week. If an N3540 can deal (even a subspec N3540 - which this is) maybe there are other issues? (Display drivers? Other drivers? Factor Y?)

It depends on how many opponents you want to have. Considering I usually play single human vs. single AI. even 8 GB is enough for me.

As long as you have a dual-core CPU or better (I play on a G3258 - not kidding) with a decent discrete GPU (nVidia GTX 1050Ti) or an Core i3 or AMD equivalent with on-GPU graphics that supports DX11 or DX12, you can play Ashes with no issues. The beefier CPUs and GPUs are for those that insist on multiple AI or mixed games; what I outlined above is solid for human vs. a single AI opponent.