Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition System Requirements: Can You Run It?

Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition
Developer:
FromSoftware
Publisher:
Bandai Namco Entertainment
Release date:
24 August 2012 (12 years ago)
User score:
4.1 / 5 (231 votes)
Hardware demand level:
0.3 / 10 - not demanding
Ray Tracing:
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Official Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition system requirements for PC

To run Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition, you'll need at least 2 GB of RAM and 4 GB of free disk space. The game requires a minimum graphics card like the GeForce 9800 GTX. As for your CPU, an Core 2 Duo E6850 is the minimum.

PassMinimum requirements

Pass Graphics card:
ATI Radeon HD 4870 - GeForce 9800 GTX+
Pass CPU:
AMD Phenom II X2 545 3.0 Ghz - Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 3.0 Ghz
Pass RAM:
2 GB
File size:
4 GB
Operating system:
Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 or newer
DirectX:
9.0c

Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition performance on your PC

Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition performance on your GPU

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

RTX 3060

GeForce RTX 3060 is 22.3x faster than GeForce 9800 GTX. Your GPU can run Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition at minimum settings.

Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition performance on your CPU

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

i5-12400

Core i5-12400 is 16.1x faster than Core 2 Duo E6850. Your CPU can run Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition at minimum settings.

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4.1 231 votes

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