Can I Run Sleeping Dogs Definitive?
Released in 2014, Sleeping Dogs Definitive is an action adventure game built by United Front Games. Publishing duties went to Square Enix. The game supports a single player campaign. It handles controllers properly rather than leaving the player to bind buttons by hand. Alongside Windows it also ships for macOS. Over 69 thousand players have left a Steam review, so this is a title whose performance is widely reported. It carries 59 achievements. At more than a decade old it predates every current graphics architecture, which helps compatibility and limits how well it exploits a modern card. Progress follows the account through Steam Cloud rather than sitting on one disk. It is localised into 7 languages according to the store listing. An age check at 17 sits in front of the store page.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz or Athlon X2 2.7GHz |
|---|---|
| GPU | DirectX 10 or 11 compatible card, ATI Radeon 3870 or higher, NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT or higher with 512MB graphics memory, Intel HD Graphics 2500 or higher |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 20 GB |
| OS | Windows Vista 64bit, Window 7 64bit, Windows 8 64bit (32bit O/S not supported) |
| DirectX | 10 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Core i5-2300, Phenom II X4 940 or better |
|---|---|
| GPU | DirectX 10 or 11 compatible card, ATI Radeon 7750, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 or higher with 1GB graphics memory, Intel HD Graphics 4000 or higher |
| VRAM | 1 GB |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 20 GB |
| OS | Windows Vista 64bit, Window 7 64bit, Windows 8 64bit (32bit O/S not supported) |
| DirectX | 11 |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in an open sandbox. Play is structured around one continuous open world. That openness is what costs performance. Sleeping Dogs Definitive has no loading walls to hide behind, so terrain and detail keep flowing in as the player moves. There are 15 official screenshots to judge the look from. The view is from a third person view.
Why Sleeping Dogs Definitive is demanding
Sleeping Dogs Definitive barely touches the GPU. Its stated DirectX 10 or 11 compatible card, ATI Radeon 7750, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 target is below anything currently sold. Sleeping Dogs Definitive needs 64 bit Windows. Sleeping Dogs Definitive takes about 20 GB of disk space. Video memory is not the constraint here, at 1 GB. Sleeping Dogs Definitive 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 Sleeping Dogs Definitive?
Sleeping Dogs Definitive targets a mainstream modern PC: DirectX 10 or 11 compatible card, ATI Radeon 3870 or higher, NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT or higher with 512MB graphics memory, Intel HD Graphics 2500 or higher and 4 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to DirectX 10 or 11 compatible card, ATI Radeon 7750, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 or higher with 1GB graphics memory, Intel HD Graphics 4000 or higher 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 | 48.57x |
| 1440p | Comfortable | 27.32x |
| 4K | Comfortable | 12.14x |
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 Sleeping Dogs Definitive'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 Sleeping Dogs Definitive?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Sleeping Dogs Definitive?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz or Athlon X2 2.7GHz; GPU: DirectX 10 or 11 compatible card, ATI Radeon 3870 or higher, NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT or higher with 512MB graphics memory, Intel HD Graphics 2500 or higher; 4 GB RAM; OS: Windows Vista 64bit, Window 7 64bit, Windows 8 64bit (32bit O/S not supported).
How much storage does Sleeping Dogs Definitive need?
Sleeping Dogs Definitive needs about 20 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Sleeping Dogs Definitive?
The RTX 3060 runs Sleeping Dogs Definitive comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Sleeping Dogs Definitive?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Sleeping Dogs Definitive is the GPU.