Can I Run Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin?
Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin is an action role playing game from FromSoftware, Inc., released in 2015. Bandai Namco Entertainment published it. The game supports a single player campaign and cooperative play. Full controller support is present, so nothing needs configuring before a pad works. The game ships for Windows alone. It is old enough that no current GPU generation existed when it shipped, so modern hardware tends to be far past what it can use. Steam lists support for 10 languages. There are 38 achievements to chase. Critics scored it 79 on Metacritic. Its Steam review count passes 82 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | AMD® A8 3870 3,6 Ghz or Intel® Core ™ i3 2100 3.1Ghz |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 465 / ATI Radeon TM HD 6870 |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 23 GB |
| OS | Windows 7 SP1 64bit, Windows 8.1 64bit |
| DirectX | 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | AMD® FX 8150 3.6 GHz or Intel® Core™ i7 2600 3.4 GHz |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 750, ATI Radeon™ HD 7850 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 23 GB |
| OS | Windows 7 SP1 64bit, Windows 8.1 64bit |
| DirectX | 11 |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in a bleak fantasy world. Play is structured around interlocking areas that reward learning the route. The publisher supplies 14 storefront screenshots of these environments. It is played from a third person view.
Why Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin is demanding
Graphics requirements for Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin are minimal, with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750, ATI Radeon HD 7850 named as the bar. Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin needs 64 bit Windows. Disk footprint is light, near 23 GB. System memory expectations are modest at 8 GB.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin?
Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin targets a mainstream modern PC: NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 465 / ATI Radeon TM HD 6870 and 4 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 750, ATI Radeon™ HD 7850 for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 6.54x |
| 1440p | Comfortable | 3.68x |
| 4K | Comfortable | 1.63x |
A projection, not a measurement. We scale the published GPU requirement by pixel count, since 1440p draws 1.78 times the pixels of 1080p and 4K draws 4 times as many, then compare against RTX 3060 / Ryzen 5 build. The publisher did not state a target resolution, so 1080p is assumed as the baseline. We hold no frame rate data, so no FPS figure is claimed. Headroom above 1 means the reference machine has room to spare at that resolution.
Common GPUs
| Graphics card | Verdict |
|---|---|
| GTX 1060 6 GB | Runs great |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Runs great |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Runs great |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs great |
Each card is compared against Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin's published GPU requirement, assuming an otherwise-capable PC. Laptop rows use the real mobile chip's benchmark, a mobile GPU is always slower than its desktop namesake.
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Can my PC run Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin?
The minimum requirements are CPU: AMD® A8 3870 3,6 Ghz or Intel® Core ™ i3 2100 3.1Ghz; GPU: NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 465 / ATI Radeon TM HD 6870; 4 GB RAM; OS: Windows 7 SP1 64bit, Windows 8.1 64bit.
How much storage does Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin need?
Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin needs about 23 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin?
The RTX 3060 runs Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin is the GPU.