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Dead Island Definitive Edition PC system requirements

Dead Island Definitive Edition needs at least an Intel® Core™ i5-2500 @3.3 GHz / AMD FX-8320 @3.5 GHz processor, 4 GB of RAM and an NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 560 Ti / AMD Radeon™ HD 6870 (1GB VRAM) graphics card, on Windows® 7 64-bit / Windows® 8 64-bit / Windows® 8.1 64-bit / Windows® 10 64-bit.

For the recommended settings: an Intel® Core™ i5-4670K @3.4 GHz / AMD FX-8350 @4.0 GHz processor, 8 GB of RAM and an NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 780 / AMD Radeon™ R9 290 (2GB VRAM) graphics card. It takes 10 GB of storage.

Dead Island Definitive Edition: minimum and recommended PC requirements (Windows)
MinimumRecommended
Operating system Windows® 7 64-bit / Windows® 8 64-bit / Windows® 8.1 64-bit / Windows® 10 64-bit Same for both
Processor Intel® Core™ i5-2500 @3.3 GHz / AMD FX-8320 @3.5 GHzIntel® Core™ i5-4670K @3.4 GHz / AMD FX-8350 @4.0 GHz
Memory 4 GB RAM8 GB RAM
Graphics NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 560 Ti / AMD Radeon™ HD 6870 (1GB VRAM)NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 780 / AMD Radeon™ R9 290 (2GB VRAM)
DirectX Version 11 Same for both
Storage 10 GB available space Same for both
Sound card DirectX® compatible Same for both
Network Broadband Internet connection Same for both
Additional notes Laptop versions of graphics cards may work but are NOT officially supported. Windows-compatible keyboards, mouse, optional controller (Xbox 360 Controller for Windows recommended) Same for both

How demanding is Dead Island Definitive Edition?

  • Memory: Needs more minimum RAM than 15% of the 1,937 PC games with requirements we track (4 GB).

    It is on our list of low-end PC games (4 GB of RAM or less).

  • Storage: Larger than 40% of the 1,852 games with a storage figure (10 GB).

Compared with the minimum requirements of every game that has a requirements page on gamekeys.deals. We compare memory and storage only: processor and graphics card names cannot be ranked reliably from Steam's text.

Other platforms

Linux and SteamOS

Dead Island Definitive Edition: Linux and SteamOS requirements
MinimumRecommended
Operating system Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.04.03, Mint 17.1, SteamOS Brewmaster (x64) Same for both
Processor Intel Core i3 4170 or AMD Athlon X4 860KIntel Core i5-4670K or AMD FX-8320
Memory 4096 MB RAM8192 MB RAM
Graphics GeForce GTX 460 1024 MB (or AMD equivalent)GeForce GTX 770 2048 MB (or AMD equivalent)
Storage 10 GB available space Same for both
Network Broadband Internet connection Same for both

Dead Island Definitive Edition is also available on Xbox One and PlayStation 4. The PC specifications on this page do not apply to console editions.

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