The PC version of Capcom’s previously Xbox One exclusive, Dead Rising 3 will be available on the 5th September, 2014. Excitement regarding the titles release was dampened when news of the frame rate of only 30FPS hit, PC gamer’s deeming this to be unacceptable for a PC title. Please note, now the game is released we’ve put together info on how to mod Dead Rising 3 to 60 FPS plus here.
In an effort to calm the voices of frustration and concern, Capcom have released a statement on the Steam forum:
“While Dead Rising 3 is optimised to run at 30 frames per second for gameplay reasons, you can expect it to still run fine uncapped under most conditions provided you have a capable enough hardware,” Capcom explained, “we can’t guarantee that there won’t be issues, and obviously depending on your rig you may see different results. Rest assured the beefier your gaming machine, the smoother your zombie killing experience will be.”
Frame rate of the Xbox One version of the title suffered when there was a lot of death and carnage on screen, and Capcom provided similar warnings of possible fluctuations in frame frame rate for the PC version of Dead Rising 3 too.
“Couple that with an open world sandbox game engine, big explosions, complex physics interaction, and huge draw distance and you’re bound to experience dips here and there,” the publisher said.
Below are the minimum and recommend specs for Dead Rising 3 to run on your PC. The requirements (particularly the recommended specs) are pretty beefy, requiring a Nvidia GTX 670 (or AMD’s 7970) and a high performance CPU.
Dead Rising 3 PC Minimum specs:
- OS: Windows 7 64-bit edition, Windows 8 64-bit edition
- Processor: Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.30GHz (or Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83GHz) / AMD Phenom II X4 945 @ 3.00 GHz or higher
- Memory: 6 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 / AMD Radeon 7870 or higher
- DirectX: Version 11
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 30 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX 11 Compatible sound card
- Additional Notes: Broadband internet connection is required for Co-op play
Dead Rising 3 PC Recommended specs:
- OS: Windows 7 64-bit edition, Windows 8 64-bit edition
- Processor: Intel Core i5-4570 CPU @ 3.20GHz or AMD equivalent
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 2GB / AMD Radeon 7970 2GB
- DirectX: Version 11
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 30 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX 11 Compatible sound card
- Additional Notes: Broadband internet connection is required for Co-op play. An Xbox 360 Controller for Windows or other Xinput-compatible controller is recommended for this game
As you’d we’ll conduct a full Tech Tribunal analysis of the PC version of Dead Rising 3 when it’s released and tell you just how the title handles in ‘uncapped’ mode.
