Can your PC handle Dark Souls 2?

9 March 2014

Dark Souls II for PC  will be released on 25 April. Publisher Namco Bandai has now detailed the required system specs.

If you’re keen to pick up the game, be sure to check out our Dark Souls 2 SA pre-order price roundup

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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  1. Dean Simonse
    09.03.2014 at 12:39

    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.

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