Here's the hardware required to run Dark Souls 2 on PC

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Yesterday, Bandai Namco revealed that the PC incarnation of Dark Souls 2 will arrive on April 25. Today, the publisher offers a rundown of just how powerful your gaming PC will need to be to properly render the morose action game.

The bare minimum requirements for Dark Souls 2 include 2GB of RAM, 8GB of free hard drive space, an AMD Phenom II X2 555 dual-core processor at 3.2Ghz or Intel Pentium Core 2 Duo E8500 at 3.17Ghz and either an NVIDIA GeForce 9600GT graphics card or an ATI Radeon HD 5870. Dark Souls 2 supports a range of Windows operating systems dating back to Windows XP, and obviously, a functional Internet connection is required for online play. Any sort of sound card will do, as long as it supports DirectX 9.0c or a later version of the de rigueur API.

Those hoping for the "recommended" Dark Souls 2 experience will need 4GB of RAM, 8GB of hard drive space and the same sound card technology mentioned above. For processors, Bandai Namco suggests either an Intel Core i3 2100 at 3.10GHz or an AMD A8 3870K at 3.0GHz. As always, players will benefit by using the most powerful graphics card they can afford, but the game's official specs recommends nothing less than an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465 or ATI Radeon HD 6870.


Source: Club Namco Via: Kotaku

 

[B1nary]

Nice, depending how good it ends up looking i'm going to say they optimized really well

 

[Gouko_Tenrou]

I'm worried about how this game is going to look on PC.

Those are some low requirements for a PC, compared to some of the more recent releases.

 

[Hiro]

I'm worried about how this game is going to look on PC.

Those are some low requirements for a PC, compared to some of the more recent releases.

that's EXACTLY what i was thinking while reading those requirements. It seems to be perfectly happy running on a pretty low-end PC, which probably means that it will still look a bit "last gen". but then again, DS is all about the gameplay

 

[MalicE]

I'm worried about how this game is going to look on PC.

Those are some low requirements for a PC, compared to some of the more recent releases.

I'm sure a DS2fix will appear soon after release

 

[DuckKnuckle]

I'm sure a DS2fix will appear soon after release

Haha I hope this isn't need actually.

After all the feedback provided regarding the terrible port that was DS1

 

[Gouko_Tenrou]

I'm sure a DS2fix will appear soon after release

Well I know that there were a ton of mods for DS1, and if I recall correctly there was one released not to long ago that vastly improved the textures. It made the game look stunning.

 

[DuckKnuckle]

Well I know that there were a ton of mods for DS1, and if I recall correctly there was one released not to long ago that vastly improved the textures. It made the game look stunning.

Yeah that was DSFix. Unlocked the FPS and resolution.

 

[Gouko_Tenrou]

Yeah that was DSFix. Unlocked the FPS and resolution.

Yeah, one guy on the Sagamer forums posted screens of it at some point. Nearly made my eyes melt lol.

 

[DuckKnuckle]

Yeah, one guy on the Sagamer forums posted screens of it at some point. Nearly made my eyes melt lol.

Haha I first saw screenshots of DS1 and it blew my mind so I bought it on the spot.

After downloading it, I couldn't believe how crap it looked and how the controls were.

Then I went to BT Gamed and bou5ghr a controller and downloaded DSFix.

Spent R750 to play DS1 and was so worth it.

 

[Snare]

Well this is certainly good news. Not that I cannot run it on the max settings; however this means they are focusing more on a satisfying user experience instead of a simply pretty game.

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Besides; it could b one of those gems which can perform on low hardware; but scales very well into the high spec