Can I Run Dead Effect 2 VR?
Dead Effect 2 VR is an action indie game from BadFly Interactive, a.s., released in 2017. App Holdings published it. It offers a single player campaign and cooperative play. Completionists have 206 achievements to work through. With more than 1 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. At 9 years old it targets an older hardware baseline than most buyers now own. Windows is the only supported platform, which is what the figures below describe.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel i5-4590 equivalent or greater |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GTX 970 / AMD equivalent or greater |
| RAM | 6 GB |
| Storage | 13 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel i7-4770 equivalent or greater |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GTX 980 / AMD equivalent or greater |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 13 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10 |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in an outbreak scenario. Play is structured around combat arenas. Play is presented from a first person view. 9 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion.
Why Dead Effect 2 VR is demanding
Dead Effect 2 VR sits in the middle of the demand range, targeting NVIDIA GTX 980 / AMD equivalent or greater, a tier a mainstream card from the last few generations reaches without difficulty. Dead Effect 2 VR needs only 8 GB of RAM. Dead Effect 2 VR takes about 13 GB of disk space. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so Dead Effect 2 VR at the floor and Dead Effect 2 VR at the recommended tier are not the same experience.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Dead Effect 2 VR?
Older hardware holds up here: Dead Effect 2 VR runs on modest graphics, with NVIDIA GTX 970 / AMD equivalent or greater enough to meet the minimum. Add 6 GB of RAM and a mid-range CPU and a PC several years old will play it fine.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 1.73x |
| 1440p | Borderline | 0.98x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.43x |
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 well |
| 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 VR'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 VR?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Dead Effect 2 VR?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel i5-4590 equivalent or greater; GPU: NVIDIA GTX 970 / AMD equivalent or greater; 6 GB RAM.
How much storage does Dead Effect 2 VR need?
Dead Effect 2 VR needs about 13 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Dead Effect 2 VR?
The RTX 3060 runs Dead Effect 2 VR comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Dead Effect 2 VR?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Dead Effect 2 VR is the GPU.