Dark Souls II for PC will be released on 25 April. Publisher Namco Bandai has now detailed the required system specs.
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Minimum
- OS: Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8
- Processor: AMD Phenom II X2 555 3.2Ghz or Intel Pentium Core 2 Duo E8500 3.17Ghz
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9600GT, ATI Radeon HD 5870
- Hard Drive: 8 GB available space
- Sound Card: Compatible with DirectX 9.0c or higher
- Network: Internet connection required for online play and product activation
Recommended
- OS: Windows 7 SP1
- Processor: Intel CoreTM i3 2100 3.10GHz or AMD A8 3870K 3.0GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465 or higher, ATI Radeon HD 6870 or higher
- Hard Drive: 8 GB available space
- Sound Card: Compatible with DirectX 9.0c or higher
- Network: Internet connection required for online play and product activation
The PC version of the game will feature “increased texture resolution” and an “enhanced frame-rate option” according to the developers, From Software. In addition to this, they have promised the game’s controls have been “perfectly” adapted to the mouse and keyboard.
Dark Souls 2 will launch on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on 14 March 2014.
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That’s funny. A hd 5870 is a minimum requirement for ATi and a 6870 is recommend but 5870 is almost 10 percent faster then the 6870.