Can My PC Run Dead Island Definitive Edition?

Game details

Developer

Techland

Publisher

Deep Silver

Released

31 May 2016

About Dead Island Definitive Edition

Welcome to the zombie apocalypse experience of a lifetime – and now more beautiful than ever. Caught in the midst of an epic zombie outbreak on the tropical island of Banoi, your only thought is: Survive!

Common questions about running Dead Island Definitive Edition

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What PC do I need for Dead Island Definitive Edition?

For a comfortable experience, the publisher's recommended specification asks for the following. This is their figure, not our estimate.

Graphics card

NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 780 / AMD Radeon™ R9 290 (2GB VRAM)

Processor

Intel® Core™ i5-4670K @3.4 GHz / AMD FX-8350 @4.0 GHz

Memory

8 GB RAM

Storage

10 GB

Operating system

Windows® 7 64-bit / Windows® 8 64-bit / Windows® 8.1 64-bit / Windows® 10 64-bit

Not sure how your parts compare? Run the check above or read what these tiers mean.

Can my laptop run Dead Island Definitive Edition?

The same check applies — enter the parts your laptop actually contains. Be aware that a laptop graphics chip is usually slower than the desktop card it shares a name with, because the manufacturer sets a lower power limit. A laptop advertising the NVIDIA® GeF named here may therefore fall somewhat short of it in practice, and sustained performance drops further as the machine heats up. Treat a borderline laptop result as optimistic rather than assured.

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