Been dying to try Kojima’s latest eldritch horror delivery adventure on your PC? You won’t be waiting too long. Death Stranding 2 is on its way to Steam and the Epic Games Store, slated for a March 19th release date. Wondering if you can run it? PlayStation just released a blog post with plenty of info detailing minimum, and ultra-high requirements.
Tiers and Requirements
Nixxes, the studio assisting Death Stranding 2‘s PC release, released the following chart with all the hardware requirements for each graphical setting.
At the minimum level, players will need a Geforce GTX 1660 series or a Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB GPU to run the game. An Intel I3–10100 or a Ryzen 3 3100 will suffice for a CPU, just don’t expect graphics to be mind-blowing. At this level you can expect the game to run at 1080P at around 30 FPS.
If you want the game to look as recommended by the developers, you’ll want at least an RTX 3070 or RX 6800 for the GPU. For the CPU, an I7-11700 or Ryzen 7 5700X will get you to the high graphics preset on PC. This will be comfortable enough to get you to 1440P at 60 FPS. If you want to push it to that sweet 4K resolution, you’ll need a beefier GPU with an RTX 4080 or a RX 9070 XT.
Regardless of tier, you’ll also need at least 16 GB of RAM, Windows 10/11, and 150 GB freed up on your SSD.
Additional Features
Beyond the specs listed above, Death Stranding 2 comes with some performance-enhancing options. NVIDIA DLSS 4, AMD FSR 4 and Intel XESS 2 are available with frame generation and upscaling. Pico is also in the game’s upscaling settings; the same technology used on the PS5 version of the game. All upscaling options are compatible with Dynamic Resolution Scaling.
If you have an ultrawide monitor, worry not. Cutscenes have been scaled for a 21:9 aspect ratio, and gameplay can be enjoyed in an even further 32:9 ratio. Even players without an ultrawide can enjoy the experience, provided they have a high-resolution 16:9 monitor.
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