Darksiders 3 releases November 27, 2018 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC Steam platform. The game is currently developed by Gunfire Games and published by THQ Nordic. The PC system requirements have been revealed and are mentioned also on official Steam page of Darksiders 3. Can your rig run it ?
The requirements give away that the game will not be easy on your system. You will need a good amount of storage with extra cpu and gpu power. Also, there is 8 GB RAM requirement as minimum to run the game on your system. Forget about running the game on your system if you are short on RAM capacity.
Check the PC minimum and recommended system requirements to run Darksiders 3.
MINIMUM:
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- OS: Windows 7 / 8 / 10 64 bit
- Processor: AMD FX-8320 (3,5 GHz) / Intel i5-4690K (3,5 GHz) or better
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce GTX 660 / Radeon R7 370 with 2 GB VRAM
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 25 GB available space
RECOMMENDED:
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- OS: Windows 7 / 8 / 10 64 bit
- Processor: Intel Core i7-3930K (3.2 GHz)/AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (3.2 GHz) or better
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 480 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 with 4 GB VRAM
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 25 GB available space
The PC system requirements of Darksiders 3 tells that game will consume more of your CPU power than GPU power. A 2GB VRAM graphics card is mentioned under minimum requirements but if you look at the CPU requirements it tells a fourth generation i5 CPU for a minimum processing power.
More and more games are now becoming CPU power consuming. Just in case if you have a PC with 3rd or 4th generation of CPU, you may want to upgrade it in an year or two.
Darksiders 3 is direct sequel to first two games and story continues in the third installment. If you are one who has not played any game in series but want to buy one, then buy Darksiders 3: Blades and Whip Edition and get the whole franchise in single purchase.
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