Can I Run Dead Rising 3?
Released in 2014, Dead Rising 3 is an action game built by Capcom Game Studio Vancouver. Publishing duties went to Capcom. It offers a single player campaign and cooperative play. 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. Cloud saves are enabled. The game ships for Windows alone. Over 13 thousand players have left a Steam review, so this is a title whose performance is widely reported. A gamepad works without remapping, since controller support is complete. Steam gates it behind an age check at 17. Completionists have 88 achievements to work through. Steam lists support for 11 languages.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.30GHz (or Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83GHz) / AMD Phenom II X4 945 @ 3.00 GHz or higher |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 570 / AMD Radeon 7870 or higher |
| RAM | 6 GB |
| Storage | 30 GB |
| OS | Windows 7 64-bit edition, Windows 8 64-bit edition |
| DirectX | 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-4570 CPU @ 3.20GHz or AMD equivalent |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 670 2GB / AMD Radeon 7970 2GB |
| VRAM | 2 GB |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 30 GB |
| OS | Windows 7 64-bit edition, Windows 8 64-bit edition |
| DirectX | 11 |
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Setting and environment
Dead Rising 3 places its action in an outbreak scenario, and the player works through one continuous open world. It is played from a third person view. There are 9 official screenshots to judge the look from. That openness is what costs performance. Dead Rising 3 has no loading walls to hide behind, so terrain and detail keep flowing in as the player moves.
Why Dead Rising 3 is demanding
Disk footprint is light, near 30 GB. Dead Rising 3 needs only 2 GB of video memory. Dead Rising 3 needs 64 bit Windows. Dead Rising 3 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 Rising 3?
Dead Rising 3 targets a mainstream modern PC: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 570 / AMD Radeon 7870 or higher and 6 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 670 2GB / AMD Radeon 7970 2GB for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: CPU
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Frequently asked questions
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What are the minimum system requirements for Dead Rising 3?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.30GHz (or Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83GHz) / AMD Phenom II X4 945 @ 3.00 GHz or higher; GPU: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 570 / AMD Radeon 7870 or higher; 6 GB RAM; OS: Windows 7 64-bit edition, Windows 8 64-bit edition.
How much storage does Dead Rising 3 need?
Dead Rising 3 needs about 30 GB of available storage.
What is the bottleneck for Dead Rising 3?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Dead Rising 3 is the CPU.