Dark Souls III System Requirements: Can You Run It?

Dark Souls III system requirements
Developer:
FromSoftware
Publisher:
Bandai Namco Entertainment
Release date:
11 April 2016 (9 years ago)
User score:
4.4 / 5
Hardware demand level:
2.9 / 10 - moderately demanding
Ray tracing support:
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Official Dark Souls III system requirements for PC

To run Dark Souls III, you'll need at least 4 GB of RAM and 25 GB of free disk space. The game requires a minimum graphics card like the GeForce GTX 750 Ti, but for a better experience, the developers recommend using an GeForce GTX 970. As for your CPU, an Core i3-2100 is the minimum, but if you want to crank up the settings and enjoy smoother gameplay, aim for an Core i7-3770 or better.

Minimum requirements

Graphics card:
NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 750 Ti / ATI Radeon HD 7950
CPU:
Intel Core i3-2100 / AMD® FX-6300
RAM:
4 GB RAM
File size:
25 GB available space
Operating system:
Windows 7 SP1 64bit, Windows 8.1 64bit Windows 10 64bit
DirectX:
Version 11

Recommended requirements

Graphics card:
NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 970 / ATI Radeon R9 series
CPU:
Intel Core i7-3770 / AMD® FX-8350
RAM:
8 GB RAM
File size:
25 GB available space
Operating system:
Windows 7 SP1 64bit, Windows 8.1 64bit Windows 10 64bit
DirectX:
Version 11

Dark Souls III performance on your PC

Dark Souls III performance on your GPU

GeForce RTX 3060's performance compared to the game's official system requirements.

RTX 3060
recommended
GeForce GTX 970

GeForce RTX 3060 is 1.8x faster than GeForce GTX 970. Your graphics card can run Dark Souls III at recommended settings according to FromSoftware.

Dark Souls III performance on your CPU

Core i5-12400's performance compared to the game's official system requirements.

i5-12400
recommended
Core i7-3770

Core i5-12400 is 2.9x faster than Core i7-3770. Your CPU can run Dark Souls III at recommended settings according to FromSoftware.

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