Resident Evil 2 updates its PC system requirements ahead of the game's upgrade patch
Resident Evil 2, 3, and 7 will soon receive upgrade patches with visual enhancements
Published: 10th June 2022 | Source: Steam |
Resident Evil 2's PC upgrade patch is coming soon
On Steam Capcom has confirmed that Resident Evil 2's PC system requirements are about to change, all thanks to the game's soon to be released upgrade patch.
On PC, Xbox Series X/S, and PlayStation 5, Resident Evil 2, 3 and 7 will be receiving upgraded versions with visual enhancements. On PC, this change will make DirectX 12 a minimum requirement for Resident Evil 2, suggesting that the game's upgrade patch will add new ray tracing effects to the game.
Resident Evil 2, 3 and 7 all use Capcom's RE Engine, an engine that supports Ray Traced Shadows, Ambient Occlusion and Reflections in Resident Evil Village. It us likely that Resident Evil 2's upcoming upgrade patch will support these new ray tracing features, and new upscaling technologies like AMD's FidelityFX Super Resolution (like Resident Evil Village).
Below is what Capcom had to say in a new update on Resident Evil 2's Steam page.
The system requirements will change with the arrival of the upgrade patch. The new minimum requirements are listed below alongside the previous specifications no longer supported under this upgrade patch.
Below is a list of how Resident Evil 2's system requirements will change after the game's upgrade patch.
Minimum requirements:
- OS
Before?WINDOWS 7, 8.1, 10 (64-BIT Required)
After?WINDOWS 10 (64-BIT Required)
- DirectX
Before?Version 11
After?Version 12
- Graphics
Before?
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760
or AMD Radeon R7 260x
After?
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
or AMD Radeon RX 460
Read more about Resident Evil 2,3 and 7's planned upgrade patches here.
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