Thankfully, Pierre F, Technology Director of Assassin's Creed Shadows, confirmed that older graphics cards will still be able to run the game. Assassin's Creed Shadows uses ray tracing and likely mesh shaders in its graphics,

In Assassin’s Creed Shadows, you will live the intertwined stories of Naoe, an adept shinobi Assassin from Iga Province, and Yasuke, the powerful African samurai of historical legend. Against the backdrop of the turbulent late Sengoku period,