Dead Island 2 launches per week early on April 21 and forward of that, developer Dambuster Studios has dropped system necessities for a similar. As is the case with most PC video games today, you will require some pretty heavy {hardware} to run the zombie-slasher sequel at first rate settings. While the minimal reminiscence (RAM) and storage necessities are pretty regular — 10GB and 70GB, respectively — it calls for some higher-end CPU and graphics playing cards to play Dead Island 2 in Recommended, High, and Ultra settings. The FAQ web page on the sport’s web site mentions help for AMD’s FSR2 upscaling strategies, which ought to assist with higher efficiency whereas not sacrificing a lot on the visible constancy entrance.
The spec sheet solely particulars PC necessities for 1080p decision and above, demanding an Nvidia GTX 1060 graphics card to run Dead Island 2 at 1080p 30fps. It is among the many hottest graphics playing cards as per Steam’s Hardware Survey, albeit the sport will probably be launched solely on the Epic Games Store on PC. It’s additionally unclear whether or not Dambuster Studios is asking for a 3GB or 6GB model for the reason that AMD various Radeon RX 480 is available in 4GB and 8GB variants.
PC necessities to run fashionable AAA video games have gotten fairly excessive, with even the current The Last of Us Part I failing to run correctly on the benchmarks developer Naughty Dog set for themselves. This usually has to do with an absence of optimisation on the platform, as studios proceed specializing in the console variations and deal with the PC variations as an afterthought.
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Dead Island 2 PC system necessities
The PC system necessities listing comes courtesy of Dambuster Studios, with the frequent necessities being Windows 10 64-bit and at the least 70GB of free space for storing on an SSD.
Dead Island 2 ‘Minimum’ PC necessities
- Processor (CPU): Intel Core i7-7700HQ or AMD FX-9590
- Graphics (GPU): Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon RX 480
- RAM: 10GB
- Resolution: 1,920×1,080 pixels at 30fps
Dead Island 2 ‘Recommended’ PC necessities
- Processor (CPU): Intel Core i9-9900K or AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
- Graphics (GPU): Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super or AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
- RAM: 16GB
- Resolution: 1,920×1,080 pixels at 60fps
Dead Island 2 ‘High’ PC necessities
- Processor (CPU): Intel Core i5-12600KF or AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
- Graphics (GPU): Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 or AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT
- RAM: 16GB
- Resolution: 1440p at 60fps
Dead Island 2 ‘Ultra’ PC necessities
- Processor (CPU): Intel Core i7-13700K or AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
- Graphics (GPU): Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 or AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
- RAM: 16GB
- Resolution: 4K at 60fps
After spending years in growth hell, Dead Island 2 lastly confirmed its face at Gamescom final 12 months, promising gory zombie-killing goodness on the sun-kissed streets of Los Angeles. That’s proper — opposite to the title, the sport is definitely set in a sunny, fictional model of town, referred to as ‘HELL-A’. Armed with a ridiculous arsenal of weapons, blades, bear claws, and extra, you embark on a blood spilt odyssey, laying waste to every kind of contaminated. While Dead Island 2 contains a co-op story mode for as much as three gamers, it does not help cross-play. The recreation will probably be locked to 60fps on PS5 and Xbox Series S/X, and ship 30fps on the older PS4 and Xbox One consoles.
Dead Island 2 is out April 21, throughout PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series S/X.
