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Can you run Darksiders? PC requirements and settings
Darksiders, by Vigil Games (Action, Adventure), came out on Steam on September 23, 2010.
Here are the official specs, and what they mean on the most common graphics cards.
Publisher's recommended cardNVIDIA (GeForce GTS 240) 256MB graphics card or better, ATI Radeon HD3870 256MB graphics card or better ( must support pixel shader 3 )
Minimum cardNVIDIA (GeForce 8800/GeForce GT220) 256MB graphics card or better, ATI Radeon X1900 256MB graphics card or better ( must support pixel shader 3 )
Recommended RAM2 GB
Estimate per graphics card
No frame-rate estimate for this game
The official page does not name a specific graphics card for both the minimum and the
recommended specs. Rather than an invented number, we give none. ORION does the maths on your
own PC, with your card, processor and screen, then measures the real frame rate while you play.
Official specs
Minimum and recommended requirements
Minimum
- OS
- Windows XP SP3, Vista SP1, Windows 7, DirectX 9.0c
- Processor
- AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3800+ 2.4Ghz or better, Intel Pentium 4 530 3.0Ghz Processor or better
- Memory
- 1GB XP, 2GB Vista / Windows 7
- Graphics
- NVIDIA (GeForce 8800/GeForce GT220) 256MB graphics card or better, ATI Radeon X1900 256MB graphics card or better ( must support pixel shader 3 )
- Storage
- 12GB
Recommended
- OS
- Windows XP SP3, Vista SP1, Windows 7, DirectX 9.0c
- Processor
- AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Dual Core 2.60Ghz, Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 Dual Core 2.13Ghz
- Memory
- 2GB XP, 3GB Vista / Windows 7
- Graphics
- NVIDIA (GeForce GTS 240) 256MB graphics card or better, ATI Radeon HD3870 256MB graphics card or better ( must support pixel shader 3 )
- Storage
- 12GB
Source: the
game's Steam page, read on October 7, 2026.
Where to buy
Buy Darksiders
The official page first. In ORION, the Store tab compares prices across shops, with the
official stores listed before key resellers.
On your PC
The same estimate with your own hardware, and the settings applied for you
ORION is a free game launcher for Windows. It reads your graphics card, processor and
screen, estimates every game in your library, then measures the real frame rate while you
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Questions
Darksiders at a glance
Which graphics card do I need for Darksiders at 1080p?
The publisher recommends: NVIDIA (GeForce GTS 240) 256MB graphics card or better, ATI Radeon HD3870 256MB graphics card or better ( must support pixel shader 3 ). Minimum: NVIDIA (GeForce 8800/GeForce GT220) 256MB graphics card or better, ATI Radeon X1900 256MB graphics card or better ( must support pixel shader 3 ). The official page does not name a specific graphics card for both minimum and recommended specs, so we give no frame-rate estimate for this game. ORION does the maths on your own PC.
How much RAM does Darksiders need?
The publisher recommends 2 GB of RAM (minimum: 1 GB).
How much storage does Darksiders take?
The official page asks for 12GB of storage.