Dark Souls: Prepare to Die specs are not-so-scary

by Andrew Yoon, Jun 21, 2012 10:30am PDT

Related Topics – Dark Souls: Prepare to Die, Namco Bandai, PC, From Software

From Software has been managing expectations for the upcoming PC version of Dark Souls. While fans have long-clamored for a PC port of the hardcore dungeon crawler, the developer admitted it was "having a tough time" optimizing the game for Windows. "First we thought it would be a breeze, but it's turned out not to be the case," producer Daisuke Uchiyama admitted.

Still, having a straight port is probably better than not getting the game at all. And the PC version will include additional content that console gamers will have to pay extra for.

The required specs for Prepare to Die have been revealed (via Eurogamer). They should be in line with what many PC gamers have been expecting:

OS: Windows XP , Windows Vista, Windows 7, or newer

Processor: 2.6 GHz Dual-Core

Memory: 1 GB (XP), 2GB (Vista/7)

Hard Disk Space: 4 GB

Video Card: 512 MB RAM, ATI Radeon 4850 or higher, NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT or higher
DirectX®: 9.0c

Dark Souls' PC release may not be the jaw-dropping DirectX 11 experience we want it to be, but PC gamers that want the franchise to continue on the platform would be wise to support this release. Who knows? Perhaps From Software will be able to learn for their next game.

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From Software has been managing expectations for the upcoming PC version of Dark Souls. The required specs for Prepare to Die have been revealed, and they should be in line with what many PC gamers have been expecting.

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  You know I really think its going to turn out to be a solid port and even a port +. WTF you may say well : valcan_s
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    that's encouraging to hear and i hope you're right, but all that shit talking that was going on about thi... : waxthirteen
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      Yeah I know I am not sure what that was about? was it real or a publicity stunt to draw attention? Mak... : valcan_s
      
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      I doubt the game even supports crossfire setups, and if it's capped at 30fps as they were saying it won't... : pyide
      
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      With these specs it seems mental to cap the FPS so many could hit 60 easily, the majority have 3 ghz to 4... : valcan_s
      
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      It's not always that simple. It could be coded as such that uncapping the framerate means faster animatio... : pyide
      
      indeed : RuskiSnajper
      
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      i don't think the game has performance issues in the sense that it's bottlenecked by CPU or GPU. it has ... : electroly
      
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      Pretty much this. Blade Kitten had the same problem (framerate locked to physics engine, console standard 30 fps). I totally understand their situation though; when you're developing for console with no plans for a PC release, doing this makes perfect sense. I imagine trying to change this after the fact is a huge undertaking.
      
      The upside of the 30fps limit is that you can heap on all the AA you want without seeing any impact on framerate.
      
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      Pretty much this. Blade Kitten had the same problem (framerate locked to physics engine, console standard... : Rehevkor
      
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      Why would you ever --> "locked to the physics tick rate"? Would you physics code not just go off you... : valcan_s
      
      When you are developing for a console it is a closed platform and all systems are the same. I don't kno... : Shadowdane
- Still wondering if they've moved off GFWL to Steam or not. : Masem
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  Wow, geez. The Geforce 8800 is a six year old card. Them's some looooow specs. : MOOMANiBE
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    The 360 is running what, a beefed up ATi x1900/nVidia 8800? It's old, but it's still capable of runnin... : skankcore
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      Hah, the 360 GPU is more like a ATI 850. A 8800GT GPU would be monstrous compared to the current hardware... : enyakk
      
      you're wrong, he i i l : RuskiSnajper
    - x1900 or a 7800/7900GT in approximate capability, the 8800 was waaaay more powerful than either of those ... : one random winner
- yeah yeah good, but steamworks instead of GFWL? : X-GOUKI

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