After the Witcher 3, the next AAA game that’s on most gamers’ lists is very probably Batman: Arkham Knight. The third in the game series (according to Rocksteady’s Sefton Hill, who disavows any knowledge of Arkham Origins), it pits the big, bad Batman against an unknown, mysterious foe. PC gamers likewise, have to battle a foe of their own when playing the game; their PC’s. Many are wondering if their PCs will have what it takes to be the Bat when we return to Arkham in June. Wonder no more. Nvidia’s revealed the sorts of machines you’ll need to fight crime.
According to the GeForce Site, here are the minimum, recommended, and ULTRA specs.
Minimum System Requirements:
- OS: Win 7 SP1, Win 8.1 (64-bit Operating System Required)
- Processor: Intel Core i5-750, 2.67 GHz | AMD Phenom II X4 965, 3.4 GHz
- Memory: 6 GB RAM
- Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
- Graphics Memory: 2 GB
- DirectX®: 11
- Network: Broadband Internet Connection Required
- Hard Drive Space: 45 GB
Recommended System Requirements
- OS: Win 7 SP1, Win 8.1 (64-bit Operating System Required)
- Processor: Intel Core i7-3770, 3.4 GHz | AMD FX-8350, 4.0 GHz
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760
- Graphics Memory: 3 GB
- DirectX®: 11
- Network: Broadband Internet Connection Required
- Hard Drive Space: 55 GB
ULTRA System Requirements
- OS: Win 7 SP1, Win 8.1 (64-bit Operating System Required)
- Processor: Intel Core i7-3770, 3.4 GHz | AMD FX-8350, 4.0 GHz
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
- Graphics Memory: 3 GB
- DirectX®: 11
- Network: Broadband Internet Connection Required
- Hard Drive Space: 55 GB
It’s all fairly reasonable, right up until you get to Ultra, where you’re expected to be as rich as Bruce Wayne to play the game. on the AMD side of life, you’re probably looking at something like an HD7850 or R9 270X for minimum, a Radeon R9 280 or thereabouts for recommended, and eleven R9 290X’s duct-taped together for Ultra. Rocksteady’s games have always always looked and played a little better on Team Green’s hardware, starting up as they do with that “Way it’s meant to be played” splash screen. The Batman games also make exemplary use of Nvidia’s PhysX, so if you’re upgrading just for this it may be better to go with Nvidia. That said, by the time this game’s out, AMD may have revealed what it plans to do with its R9 300 cards – which may knock the current price to performance champ out of the park.
In somewhat related news, it seems that though this game and The Witcher 3 use DX11, support for DX12 may be patched in. That’s what MSI says, anyway.
“The most exciting part of Windows 10 for gamers is the introduction of DirectX 12. You are likely to start seeing the benefits of the new graphics technology already in The Witcher 3, Batman: Arkham Knight and more games released later this year. Some CPU-bound games like MMO’s are able get a performance bump of up to 50% according to Microsoft.”
Last Updated: April 23, 2015
Uberutang
April 23, 2015 at 13:44
So I think a 970 with a light OC and some game tweaking should manage most of Ultra. Happy dance.
Geoffrey Tim
April 23, 2015 at 14:10
at 1080p, I think you could probably manage Ultra without breaking too much of a sweat.
Spaffy
April 23, 2015 at 14:15
Same with my 780.
Admiral Chief asked for this
April 23, 2015 at 13:44
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Hammersteyn
April 23, 2015 at 13:53
😛
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RinceThis
April 23, 2015 at 13:56
Duck affinity? Is that the name of the next Avengers movie?
Mark Treloar
April 23, 2015 at 17:03
No, its probably Tony Stark and the glee squad.
Galbedir
April 23, 2015 at 14:02
So glad I upgraded my graphics card recent…..*looks at minimum requirements* Well looks like its time to upgrade…
Splooshypooh
April 23, 2015 at 14:05
Wont be playing this game then… Until i win the damn lotto. :'(
Splooshypooh
April 23, 2015 at 14:07
Talking about pc specs, what’s happening with Darryn’s build? No updates yet, you no typey typey enough for make great pc?
Geoffrey Tim
April 23, 2015 at 14:09
Slow going. The fiscal perils of games jarnalisms.
Splooshypooh
April 23, 2015 at 14:13
Not even a case fan yet? Maybe a microsoft mouse? 😛
Spaffy
April 23, 2015 at 14:14
Haha, who uses a Microsoft mouse.
Oh wait…
Geoffrey Tim
April 23, 2015 at 14:16
The original Microsoft optical intellimouse was legendary. That thing lasted 9 years before dying.
Spaffy
April 23, 2015 at 14:17
I remember yes. Dropped it, stepped on it etc. still worked fine. Wonder what I did with it…
Brady miaau
April 23, 2015 at 14:22
It was not a mouse it was a RAT
Spaffy
April 23, 2015 at 14:23
R.A.T. is awesome
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ReaperOfSquirrels
April 23, 2015 at 14:29
My friend has one of those.
Splooshypooh
April 23, 2015 at 14:29
Same here :/
PoisonedBelial
April 23, 2015 at 14:17
NOTE:
Don’t bother calling the freaking fire dept due to all the smoke when the game is available, it’s just my PC having a little bit of a wobbly…
GalacticLordCaptainAwesomeness
April 23, 2015 at 14:27
Ultra specs..easy easy
waiting to see how the hybrid setup will run in W10 with this
Skoobaz
April 23, 2015 at 15:17
Seems like DX12 is going to have a marked improvement on PC gaming. I’m guessing the current cards won’t have DX12 implementation?
SGTBuzzyBean
April 23, 2015 at 19:23
Current DX11 cards will support DX12. 400, 500, 600, 700 and 900 series from nvidia. HD 6000, 7000 Rx 200, Rx 300 series from AMD. The 900 and Rx 300 will support more DX12 features though.
Skoobaz
April 24, 2015 at 09:32
Ahh great, thanks man!
caponeil
April 23, 2015 at 16:19
Time to upgrade that 486 then!
Skoobaz
April 24, 2015 at 09:35
Naah, just add moar RAM, If I recall yo can go up to a max of 64 megabytes. WOOT!
SGTBuzzyBean
April 23, 2015 at 19:27
A 760 is at best 10-15fps faster so I guess I’ll get mostly recommended settings on my R9 270X.