Can I Run Dead Effect 2?
Dead Effect 2 is an action indie game from BadFly Interactive, a.s., released in 2016. App Holdings published it. It offers a single player campaign and cooperative play. Full controller support is present, so nothing needs configuring before a pad works. Its Metacritic score stands at 53. Being over ten years old, its ceiling was set by the hardware of a different era. It is not Windows only, with macOS covered too. With more than 1 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. Completionists have 220 achievements to work through.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-2400 - AMD FX-6100 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 with 2 GB VRAM / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 - AMD Radeon HD 7770 with 2 GB VRAM |
| VRAM | 2 GB |
| RAM | 6 GB |
| Storage | 11 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 9.0c |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i7-3770 - AMD FX-8350, or faster |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 - AMD Radeon R9 290, or better |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 11 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 9.0c |
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Setting and environment
Players spend their time in an outbreak scenario, moving through hostile territory. Play is presented from a first person view. The publisher supplies 28 storefront screenshots of these environments.
Why Dead Effect 2 is demanding
Dead Effect 2 is undemanding on the graphics side. Its NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 - AMD Radeon R9 290 target sits well below our RTX 3060 reference, so most cards still in service clear Dead Effect 2. The DirectX requirement is undemanding, at version 9.0. Dead Effect 2 takes about 11 GB of disk space. Dead Effect 2 needs only 2 GB of video memory. Dead Effect 2 needs only 8 GB of RAM.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Dead Effect 2?
Dead Effect 2 targets a mainstream modern PC: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 with 2 GB VRAM / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 - AMD Radeon HD 7770 with 2 GB VRAM and 6 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 - AMD Radeon R9 290, or better 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 | 1.98x |
| 1440p | Borderline | 1.11x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.49x |
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 Effect 2'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 Dead Effect 2?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Dead Effect 2?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i5-2400 - AMD FX-6100; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 with 2 GB VRAM / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 - AMD Radeon HD 7770 with 2 GB VRAM; 6 GB RAM.
How much storage does Dead Effect 2 need?
Dead Effect 2 needs about 11 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Dead Effect 2?
The RTX 3060 runs Dead Effect 2 comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Dead Effect 2?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Dead Effect 2 is the GPU.