A SATA 3-compatible SSD will almost certainly offer the best experience, but note that you'll need a rather hefty 11.4GB of spare space to install the game. To mitigate the impact of loading interruptions as much as possible, we recommend installing the PC version of the game either to a fast SSD or to a RAID-configured HDD. Given the way the game is hubbed, that can result in an unfortunate amount of immersion-breaking loading time. If a single issue has dogged the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of Dark Souls 2, it's the lengthy loading times that appear when travelling between different regions.
It's a decent sacrifice if you must maintain a consistent frame-rate, and certainly the least bothersome concession for the budget PC gamer. Doing so eliminates the problem entirely, and the drop in alpha effect quality is barely noticeable. If you're running Dark Souls 2 on a mid-range gaming PC and you wish to avoid these very occasional performance dips, then you might want to consider reducing the Effects setting down from High to Medium. These issue soon right themselves, however, and the game quickly reverts to its standard 60fps. Using cheaper cards such as AMD's HD 7850 and HD 7790, you can expect only minor dips to around 50fps when sitting down at bonfires or during physics-intensive scenes such as the exploding barrels in the Forest of Fallen Giants. Dark Souls 2 PS4 vs Xbox One Gameplay Frame-Rate Test In fact, even after downgrading the graphics card to see what would knock the game from its solid 60 frames per second, the results remained impressive - even at 1080p resolution. The combined might of a high-end GTX 770 with an Intel i7 PC clocked at 4.3GHz and 16GB of RAM wasn't enough to overcome the optimisation problems that blighted the game.ĭark Souls 2 performs significantly better on the same rig, even when options such as shadows, ambient occlusion and textures are set to High. Physics-heavy areas of that first game, such as the battle with the Asylum Demon where he smashes up loads of pots, often resulted in a rather painful 15 frames per second.
The first bit of good news for owners of the PC version of Dark Souls 2 is that the sequel represents a much slicker and well-optimised experience than that of the sluggish original.
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