As any PC gaming fan knows, most AAA games look better on the PC than they do on consoles. Want to know if your PC can handle running Dead Island at it's recommended settings? We have the official system specs.

Dead Island is being developed for the PC, Xbox 360, and PS 3. It will be released in North America on September 6th and everywhere else on September 9th.

Minimum:
OS: Windows XP
Processor: Core2Duo 2.66 GHz
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: ATI 2600XT 512MB VRAM (GeForce 8600GT)
DirectX®: DirectX 9.0C
Hard Drive: 2.0 GB available hard drive space
Other: keyboard, mouse

Recommended
OS: Windows 7
Processor: Core2Duo 2.66 GHz
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: GeForce 9600 (1GB)
DirectX®: DirectX 9.0C
Hard Drive: 2.0 GB available hard drive space
Other: keyboard, mouse

Source: Steam
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