Bandai Namco reveals Dark Souls Remastered’s PC system requirements and pricing
Bandai Namco reveals Dark Souls Remastered’s PC system requirements and pricing
According to Dark Souls’ Japanese website, PC gamers will get a 50% discount for the remaster, allowing Dark Souls fans on PC to purchase the game at half of its standard price.Â
The original PC release of Dark Souls was catastrophic, capping the game at 30FPS with a lock 1024×720 (sub-720p) resolution and no rebindable controls. While these issues have been fixed by modders, most notably by Durante’s DSFix, the game never ran flawlessly, with 60FPS mods introducing additional problems into the game.Â
Dark Soul’s Remaster will feature support for 60FPS framerates and 4K resolutions without the need for mods/fixes. Both PS4 Pro and Xbox One will support upscaled 4K resolutions, with PC being the only platform capable of a locked 4K resolution or higher.Â
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The Dark Souls Japan website has also released the following PC system requirements for the title, shipping with much higher CPU and GPU requirements for the game.Â
The original Dark Souls required a dual-core CPU with a Geforce 9800GTX or higher, whereas the Dark Souls Remastered runs with a minimum of an Intel i5 quad-core, a GTX 460 graphics card and over two times as much system storage. These requirements remain low by today’s standards, even if they are a significant leap over the original. Â
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Minimum system requirements
OS: Windows 7 SP1 64 bit, Windows 8.1 64 bit, Windows 10 64 bit
CPU: Intel Core i5 2300 2.8 GHz / AMD FX-6300 3.5 GHz
memory: 6 GB RAM
graphic: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460, 1 GB/ATI Radeon HD 6870, 1 GB
DirectX: DirectX 11
hard disk: 8 GB free space
sound: DirectX 11 or higher compatible sound card
network: Internet connection environment necessary for activation at the first start and online play
Recommended system requirements
OS: Windows 10 64 bit
CPU: Intel Core i5 4570 3.2 GHz / AMD FX 8350 4.2 GHz
memory: 8 GB RAM
graphic: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660/ATI Radeon HD 7870, 2 GB
DirectX: DirectX 11
sound: DirectX 11 or higher compatible sound card
controller: Xbox One Controller, Xbox 360 Controller for Windows
Dark Souls Remastered will release on May 25th on PC, Xbox One and PS4, with a later Summer release date for the Nintendo Switch.Â
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