Dark Souls II System Requirements: Can You Run It?
Dark Souls II system requirements - see whether your PC is compatible.
- Developer:
- FromSoftware
- Publisher:
- Bandai Namco Entertainment
- Release date:
- 25 April 2014 (11 years ago)
- User score:
- 4.2 / 5
- Hardware demand level:
- 1 / 10 - not demanding
- Ray tracing support:
- no data
Official system requirements for PC
To run Dark Souls II, you'll need at least 2 GB of RAM and 14 GB of free disk space. The game requires a minimum graphics card like the GeForce 9600 GT, but for a better experience, the developers recommend using an Radeon HD 6870. As for your CPU, an Core 2 Duo E8500 is the minimum, but if you want to crank up the settings and enjoy smoother gameplay, aim for an Core i3-2100 or better.
Minimum
Minimum- Graphics card:
- NVIDIA® GeForce® 9600GT, ATI Radeon™ HD 5870
- CPU:
- AMD® Phenom II™ X2 555 3.2Ghz or Intel® Pentium Core™ 2 Duo E8500 3.17Ghz
- Memory:
- 2 GB RAM
- File size:
- 14 GB available space
- Operating system:
- Windows XP SP3, Vista SP2, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8
- DirectX:
- 9.0c
Recommended
- Graphics card:
- NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 750 or ATI Radeon™ HD 6870 or higher
- CPU:
- Intel® Core™ i3 2100 3.10GHz or AMD® A8 3870K 3.0GHz
- Memory:
- 4 GB RAM
- File size:
- 14 GB available space
- Operating system:
- Windows 7 SP1
- DirectX:
- 9.0c
Performance on your PC
Performance on your GPU
Performance levels below the bar correspond to the target FPS shown on each marker for that preset/resolution.
GeForce RTX 3060 is 7.7x faster than Radeon HD 6870. Your graphics card can run the game at recommended settings.
Dark Souls II FPS calculator
Average frames per second on GeForce RTX 3060 (according to our approximations). May vary depending on your OS and other factors.
Performance on your CPU
Core i5-12400 is 10.2x faster than Core i3-2100. Your CPU can run the game at recommended settings.
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