Death Stranding 2 is not even a 12 months previous, however the PC model is already on the way in which in simply a few weeks. When it launched on PS5, it was probably the most lovely video games on the platform, and whereas that will often imply it is form of laborious to run on PC, the system necessities are forgiving.
In contrast to some current PC launches, Sony launched completely different high quality requirements for its minimal and really useful system necessities, which ought to assist pin down what to anticipate once you attempt to run the sport on your PC. For example, the minimal spec requires both an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 or an AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT, which ought to run the sport at 1080p with low settings, at 30 fps.
If you wish to max out the sport, although, you are going to want a bit extra {hardware}, however it’s nonetheless fairly cheap. The really useful spec requires an RTX 3070 or a Radeon RX 6800, and can run the sport at 1440p with the Prime quality preset at 60 fps. Not dangerous.
I went forward and listed all of Sony’s really useful PC specs under, however so long as you’ve gotten a comparatively fashionable PC, the sport ought to be capable of run flawlessly onj your machine. Nixxes, the studio dealing with the PC port has additionally added a “transportable preset” which ought to make it run easily on PC handhelds just like the Steam Deck or the Xbox Ally X.
Death Stranding 2 Minimal Specs
Graphics Card
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 / AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
Processor
Intel Core i3-10100 / AMD Ryzen 3 3100
Storage
150GB (SSD really useful)
Death Stranding 2 System Necessities (1080p60)
Graphics Card
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 / AMD Radeon RX 6600
Processor
Intel Core i5-11400 / AMD Ryzen 5 5600
Storage
150GB (SSD Really helpful)
Death Stranding 2 System Necessities (1440p60)
Graphics Card
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 / AMD Radeon RX 6800
Processor
Intel Core i7-11700 / AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
Storage
150GB (SSD Really helpful)
Death Stranding 2 Really helpful Specs (4K60)
Graphics Card
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 / AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
Processor
Intel Core i7-11700 / AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
Storage
150GB (SSD Really helpful)
Humble Necessities
Even on the excessive finish, Death Stranding 2’s system necessities are fairly humble by immediately’s requirements. Whereas the GeForce RTX 4080 looks like lots, understand that that is seemingly for maxing out the sport at 4K, which you very a lot need not do.
Remember that the minimal spec is looking for a GTX 1660, which was a low-end card when it got here out in 2019, and that was nearly seven years in the past now. I will not know precisely how this sport performs till I will run it on my very own {hardware}, however the wide selection of GPUs being represented right here seemingly signifies that the sport is extremely scalable.
It is also essential to notice that even on the PS5 Professional, Death Stranding 2 didn’t use ray tracing, which implies the upper graphics settings are going to be much more approachable than different current AAA video games – until, in fact, ray tracing is added to the PC model. Fortunately, Nixxes can also be including assist for DLSS, XeSS, FSR and Guerilla’s Pico upscaler, so it’s best to be capable of discover some strategy to increase your efficiency.
Death Stranding 2 launches on PC March nineteenth, so at the least we can’t have to attend too lengthy to see the way it performs.
Jackie Thomas is the {Hardware} and Shopping for Guides Editor at IGN and the PC parts queen. You possibly can comply with her @Jackiecobra