Dark souls 3: i7 4770k + gtx 980 not enough to play at 60fps

Dark Souls 3 will be released on April 12 for the PC platform after receiving praise of all kinds in the version for new generation consoles from the specialized press. PC gamers are more eager than ever to try this game with its highest possible graphic quality, but according to the previous videos of some lucky people who already have the title in their hands and have been testing it, Dark Souls 3 suffers from serious problems with optimization.

Dark Souls 3: Game May Decay at 20FPS

As can be seen in the 3 and a half minute video, the game fails to reach 60 frames per second with an Intel Core i7 4770K processor and a powerful Nvidia GTX 980 graphics card, even in a certain area the performance plummets to 20 frames, something inadmissible for a team with that configuration. Being able to enjoy Dark Souls 3 in 4K with the maximum settings is a utopia today and is only possible if we set the game in the graphic settings in low.

Keep in mind that Dark Souls 3 is not yet for sale, so the From Software studio has a few more days to be able to make a patch on launch day and to solve the performance problem and poor optimization that Dark suffers. Souls 3. It is also possible that Nvidia is launching some update of its drivers to improve the performance of the game under the graphics card GeForce GTX 980 and its siblings, this is usually very common in the face of major video game releases like this one.

The beautiful collector's edition of Dark Souls 3

Video games that are released for PC with painstaking optimization seem to be commonplace today, we have already experienced this in recent times with Batman: Arkham Knight, Assassins Creed Unity or the recent Gears of War Ultimate Edition, just to name a few.