Dishonored 2 Gone Gold, PC System Requirements, Pre-load Times

With a blog post on the official Bethesda website, the teams at Bethesda and Arkane have announced that Dishonored 2 has gone gold ahead of its November 11 release date. On top of that, we also now have concrete information on the kind of rigs that will be able to run the PC version of the game, the kind of settings that version will offer, and the pre-load times and dates for the various platforms.

I’m always a tad surprise at how hefty the requirements of new games are, considering PlayStation 4 and Xbox One aren’t exactly technical powerhouses, but that’s probably also due to the fact that PC players generally want to run their games at higher framerates:

PC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Minimum:
Windows 7/8/10 (64-bit versions); Intel Core i5-2400/AMD FX-8320 or better
8 GB RAM; 60 GB free HDD space; NVIDIA GTX 660 2GB/AMD Radeon HD 7970 3GB or better Contains a single disc. Download of additional files from Steam is required to run the game. Requires Steam activation.
Recommended:
Windows 10 (64-bit versions); Intel Core i7-4770/AMD FX-8350 or better
16 GB RAM; 60 GB free HDD space; NVIDIA GTX 1060 6GB/AMD Radeon RX 480 8GB or better Contains a single disc. Download of additional files from Steam is required to run the game. Requires Steam activation.
PC Drivers
NVIDIA: 375.70
AMD: 16.10.2
PC ADVANCED SETTINGS
The PC version of Dishonored 2 will include a broad range of options that will allow players to tune their experience based on personal preference or hardware capabilities.
Below you will find a list of expected advanced PC settings. A few noteworthy features include: uncapped framerate, support for multiple monitors, adjustable FOV, Ansel support for awesome 360 screenshots and, of course, rat and bloodfly shadows.
Visual Settings
Adaptive Resolution
Gamma
Window Mode / Borderless / Fullscreen
V-Synch
Texture Details
Models Details
Environmental Details
Antialiasing
Rat Shadows
Bloodfly Shadows
Water Quality
Shadow Quality
View Distance
Video Card Selection
Resolution
Monitor Selection
Field of Vision
Hardware NVidia Specifics
HBAO+
TXAA
Surround technology
Ansel