Darksiders II on PC: requirements and FPS by GPU

To play Darksiders II at 60 FPS at 1080p on High, a GTX 1050 Ti is enough (~68 FPS estimated). For 1440p at 60 FPS, a RX 580 or better.

Updated November 15, 2026

Estimated FPS by graphics card

Graphics card	1080p	1440p	4K
GTX 1050 Ti	68	49	29
GTX 1650	82	59	34
RX 580	90	64	38
GTX 1060	100	72	42
GTX 1660 SUPER	120	86	50
RTX 3060 Laptop	124	89	52
RTX 2060	132	95	56
RTX 3060	159	114	67
RTX 4060 Laptop	165	119	69
RTX 4060	197	142	83
RTX 3060 Ti	209	150	88
RTX 3070	239	172	101
RTX 4060 Ti	248	178	104
RTX 3080	290	209	122
RTX 4070	300+	233	136
RTX 4070 SUPER	300+	264	154

60 FPS or more30 to 60Under 30

Estimated FPS at High quality with a high-end processor and 32 GB of RAM. Real results can vary by up to 30%.

	Minimum	Recommended
Graphics card	NVIDIA 9800 GT 512 MB Video Card or AMD equivalent	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 512MB Video Card or AMD equivalent
Processor	2.0Ghz Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor or AMD equivalent	Any Quad-core AMD or Intel Processor
RAM	2 GB	2 GB

What graphics card do I need for Darksiders II?

To play Darksiders II at 60 FPS at 1080p on High, a GTX 1050 Ti is enough (~68 FPS estimated). For 1440p at 60 FPS, a RX 580 or better.

How much RAM does Darksiders II need?

It asks for at least 2 GB. With less it may stutter or not launch.

Does my PC run Darksiders II better than a PS5?

A card like the RTX 2070 Super performs about like a PS5's. Add your PC to Specta and we'll tell you for your setup.