The new content ran perfectly with absolutely no slow down in any boss fights or new areas. I did experience some slow down during the Seath the Scaleless boss fight, while he uses his Dragon Breath attack. The game runs at a solid framerate with very fast loading screens (after you die or when you warp to a new bonfire). I was not able to resolve my Windows Live issues and the game remains playable on just one of my machines. Make sure that Windows Live works in your intended computer prior to purchasing the DLC.

Windows Live did not run properly on the laptops and crashed the game. After you begin the game, the Windows Live interface will run on top of the game. Installation on 3 and 2 year old mid-line Windows 7 laptops were successful up until Windows Live joined the party. The game checks on the frame rate and will not let you play online if it is too slow. A newer Windows desktop with no GPU ran the game but at an unplayably sluggish frame rate. However, I was only able to play the game on my newest desktop system with the following hardware/software:Īn older Windows XP desktop with a low end graphics card did not run the game at all. All met the published minimum requirements for the game. I tried to install the game on several machines, both desktops and laptops. Hardware Requirements and Windows Compatibility This may be related to my GPU or other system setting and you may not run into it, but beware of the possibility. After the mod, this option would force the game to run in a small window about 1/4 of the full screen size. Anti-aliasing in particular completely blurred my game with a frosted window look prior to the mod installation. I definitely recommend turning off anti-aliasing and motion-blur. Let me know if you have found other graphic mods or other “fun” mods for Dark Souls PC. Textures, shadows and item details are immediately improved and increased without any side effect to the frame rate. The one I am using in the video can be found at:Īfter installation of the mod, you will notice some graphical artifacts during the starting screens and some menus, but they are not obstrusive and constitute only a small price to pay for the much cleaner and detailed visuals. There are many available with different levels of detail. Dark Souls community members have responded with a number of graphics mods which will improve the look of the game. However, the out-of-the-box graphics are not much improved from the console versions. The menu options reveal that the game can run from 800X600 all the way to 1920 X 1080. There are some tweaks and lessons learned from my installation experience that you might find useful. Dark Souls for the PC has the potential to look very good and run much faster on a capable PC than the console versions.

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