With the PC release date for Dark Souls II only being announced yesterday, Bandai Nacmo have followed it up by revealing the minimum and recommended specs. Thankfully, unlike the rest of the game, they aren’t that hard to beat if you are reasonably up to date with your hardware.
As announced by Bandai Namco, the specs are as follows:
Minimum Requirements:
- Operating System: Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8
- CPU: AMD Phenom II X2 555 3.2 GHz or Intel Pentium Core 2 Duo E8500 3.17 GHz
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GeForce 9600GT, ATI Radeon HD 5870
- Hard Drive: 8 GB
- Sound Card: Compatible with DirectX 9.0C or higher
Recommended Requirements:
- Operating System: Windows 7 SP1
- CPU: Intel Core i3 2100 3.10 GHz or AMD A8 3870K 3.0 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465 or higher, ATI Radeon HD 6870 or higher
- Hard Drive: 8 GB
- Sound Card: Compatible with DirectX 9.0C or higher
Out of everything listed the most surprising point is that Dark Souls II will be able to run on Windows XP. Apart from that, even the recommended specs aren’t anything too cutting edge.
Dark Souls II will be available on PC April 25, more than a month after the March 14 release for PS3 and Xbox 360.