Can I Run DEAD?
DEAD is an action adventure game from Rockstar Games, released in 2019. Rockstar Games both developed and published it. It offers a single player campaign and cooperative play. It is localised into 13 languages according to the store listing. An age check at 17 sits in front of the store page. Its Steam review count passes 828 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. The game ships for Windows alone. Its 7 years mean the stated figures describe machines that were current then, not now. Controller support is partial, so some input still falls back to the keyboard. Its Metacritic score stands at 93. Completionists have 51 achievements to work through.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel® Core™ i5-2500K / AMD FX-6300 |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 2GB / AMD Radeon R9 280 3GB |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 150 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10 - 64-bit |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel® Core™ i7-4770K / AMD Ryzen 5 1500X |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB / AMD Radeon RX 480 4GB |
| RAM | 12 GB |
| Storage | 150 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10 - 64-bit |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in the old west. Play is structured around one continuous open world. The view is from a third person view. Open environments are the harder case for a PC, and DEAD has to keep far more of its world resident and streaming than a level based game needs. There are 5 official screenshots to judge the look from.
Why DEAD is demanding
The graphics requirement for DEAD is light. Hardware around Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 is enough, so DEAD runs on machines never bought for gaming. At 12 GB, system memory is undemanding. DEAD needs 64 bit Windows. Budget around 150 GB of storage for DEAD. Minimum and recommended sit far apart here, which usually means DEAD scales hard with the hardware you give it.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run DEAD?
Free up space before installing DEAD: it needs roughly 150 GB of HDD storage. Once it's on disk the rest is unremarkable, Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 2GB / AMD Radeon R9 280 3GB and 8 GB of RAM meet the minimum, so most current PCs handle the compute side.
Bottleneck: GPU
Large install. DEAD needs about 150 GB of HDD of free storage.
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 1.93x |
| 1440p | Borderline | 1.09x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.48x |
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 well |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Runs well |
| 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 DEAD'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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Frequently asked questions
Can my PC run DEAD?
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What are the minimum system requirements for DEAD?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-2500K / AMD FX-6300; GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 2GB / AMD Radeon R9 280 3GB; 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10 - 64-bit.
How much storage does DEAD need?
DEAD needs about 150 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run DEAD?
The RTX 3060 runs DEAD comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for DEAD?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for DEAD is the GPU.