Will my laptop run this?

[Clearwater]

Hey all, I'm coming to the end of my pilgrimage in Lordran (Prepare To Die Edition, not Remastered) and I'm planning on getting the second game in the series, but before I shell out, I wanna make sure my laptop specs can indeed run it. I'll post em below:

Graphics card: Intel HD 5500
CPU: Intel i3-5005U, 2.00GHz
RAM: 6GB

I was able to run DS1:PTD Edition with DSFix at around 30FPS, with little to no fluctuation regardless of area or whatnot.

So, what do you think?

[TrueArchery]

yes

[rees]

maybe....

[Nihilistic Mystic]

Definite maybe. Integrated chips are hit or miss because sometimes even if they could technically (if not competently) run something, the game doesn't want to use them. You might be better served getting a copy of the original Dark Souls 2 as it has lower system reqs.

[Call Sign: Raven]

www.canirunit.com

Run the appelette, and it will tell you if your PC can run the game, though I seriously doubt it with the integrated graphics card. You might be able to get away with lower settings.

[Gaming Gamer]

Originally posted by Clearwater (G.E.W.P):

Hey all, I'm coming to the end of my pilgrimage in Lordran (Prepare To Die Edition, not Remastered) and I'm planning on getting the second game in the series, but before I shell out, I wanna make sure my laptop specs can indeed run it. I'll post em below:

Graphics card: Intel HD 5500
CPU: Intel i3-5005U, 2.00GHz
RAM: 6GB

I was able to run DS1:PTD Edition with DSFix at around 30FPS, with little to no fluctuation regardless of area or whatnot.

So, what do you think?

game ran around 30 fps on my old laptop with a intel hd so probably yes

[TrueArchery]

Man guys there's videos out there of people running this with ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ intel hd 4000, ofc the OP is going to run it and since he said he runs DaS1 with 30, he'll run this game ten times at 30... There is no "maybe". It will run, period.

[JellyPuff]

Originally posted by TrueArchery:

Man guys there's videos out there of people running this with ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ intel hd 4000, ofc the OP is going to run it and since he said he runs DaS1 with 30, he'll run this game ten times at 30... There is no "maybe". It will run, period.

The thing is, people have different definitions of "a running game". For most people it's "1080p@60FPS".

DS2 will in general "run" on that iGPU, but i have my doubt it will maintain 60 even at low settings and 720p - It might just barely be possible, but i guess it'll fluctuate in the 50's. Intel HD 5500 graphic's are comparable to a GT 730. If OP is fine with 30FPS, there's nothing to worry about here.

OP can always refund, if the performance isn't their liking.

[TrueArchery]

Originally posted by Jellypuff:

Originally posted by TrueArchery:

Man guys there's videos out there of people running this with ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ intel hd 4000, ofc the OP is going to run it and since he said he runs DaS1 with 30, he'll run this game ten times at 30... There is no "maybe". It will run, period.

The thing is, people have different definitions of "a running game". For most people it's "1080p@60FPS".

I've rarely heard of people saying that, "running" means more like it runs as in doesn't crash and doesn't have noticable stuttering. An average human's capable of processing like 20 frames a second, so i.e. in the movie industry movies run at 24fps to ensure a fluid performance. More fps are usually a waste, you'll only notice it in case of very fast action recordings, especially at slow motion. Gaming is "only" different because the frames aren't always always shown in the same intervals which'll result in you noticing stuttering. So 30fps are a general goal and generally speaking enough. Some genres have the property of very quickly changing environments so more fps are still beneficial to those, but I say Dark Souls definitely doesn't belong to that group, motion blurr can cover the issue pretty alright, too. 1080p@60fps isn't a "running" game but a "very well running" game and the need for the additional fps is still another story.

[JellyPuff]

Well, in that case his iGPU can "run" almost anything. :P

It's still subjective. I don't consider a game running properly under 60FPS, unless intentional/FPS locked. Especially DS2, which is designed to run at 60FPS (bad developer practice imo to design around a specific framerate). For example, you take less crit damage at lower framerate. Same with DS 𝑅𝑒𝓂𝒶𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓇𝑒𝒹, which has it's gamespeed tied to framerate.

I guess you could consider a game running properly, if it maintains it's targeted framerate, which typically is 60 for PC games.

Also the human eye can perceive far more than 20FPS, unless you're trolling me lol. 24FPS is just the magic number for most people to perceive a series of pictures as motion.

[Clearwater]

Originally posted by Jellypuff:

Originally posted by TrueArchery:

Man guys there's videos out there of people running this with ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ intel hd 4000, ofc the OP is going to run it and since he said he runs DaS1 with 30, he'll run this game ten times at 30... There is no "maybe". It will run, period.

The thing is, people have different definitions of "a running game". For most people it's "1080p@60FPS".

DS2 will in general "run" on that iGPU, but i have my doubt it will maintain 60 even at low settings and 720p - It might just barely be possible, but i guess it'll fluctuate in the 50's. Intel HD 5500 graphic's are comparable to a GT 730. If OP is fine with 30FPS, there's nothing to worry about here.

OP can always refund, if the performance isn't their liking.

While my laptop can go up to 1366*768, I always play on 1280*720 to squeeze those few extra FPS out of my system. As for the whole 'refunding' part, I don't exactly have reliable Internet to download it in one hit before the 14-day refund period expires, so what I might do is grab a cracked version of the game, run it to confirm that it can hold its own, and then uninstall and wait to buy with the knowledge that it will run on my system.