14 DAY TRIAL // Square Enix and United Front Games have just detailed the array of improvements that have been included in the PC version of their upcoming Sleeping Dogs action game, as well as a new video that showcases these great effects, plus the minimum and recommended system requirements.
Sleeping Dogs is out next week on the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 platforms and we have already heard plenty of details about it, while admiring various gameplay videos.
Now, the two companies behind the game, Square Enix and United Front Games, have posted a special message concerning the various improvements that have been added to the PC version of the game, designed to take advantage of the platform’s increased power.
"With an array of advanced graphical features on-board, the Windows PC release gives gamers with the hardware bandwidth a host of graphical enhancements, hardware optimizations and support for the latest AMD and Nvidia features," Square Enix said.
The minimum and recommended system specifications for Sleeping Dogs on PC have also been revealed, so check them out below.
Minimum requirements OS: Windows Vista or Windows 7 Processor: Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz or Althon X2 2.4 GHz RAM: 2GB Graphic card: DirectX 10 or 11 compatible Nvidia or AMD ATI card, ATI Radeon 3870 or higher, Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT or higher. Graphics card memory: 512 MB Sound card: DirectX compatible sound card Hard drive: 15 GB
Recommended system requirements
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Processor: Quad-core Intel or AMD CPU RAM: 4GB Graphics card: DirectX 11 Nvidia or AMD ATI card, Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 or ATI Radeon 6950. Graphics card memory: 1 GB Sound card: DirectX compatible sound card Hard drive: 15 GB In case your PC meets these requirements, then you can enjoy the array of improvements highlighted below.
Advanced PC Features Nvidia 3D Support Nvidia Multi Screen Monitor Support AMD EyeFinityMulti-Monitor Gold Status Support Window and Full Screen Mode Support Benchmark Mode
DirectX11 Specific Features
Contact hardening shadows HD-AO Use of Direct Compute
Performance Enhancements
Enhanced Performance on Dual Core and Quad Core Processors Enhanced Performance on NvidiaSLi Enhanced Performance on AMD Crossfire
Mouse, Keyboard, and Controller Support
Xbox 360 Controller Support Keyboard and Mouse Support including Key Remapping Auto Pad, Mouse and Keyboard Switching
Advanced PC Graphic Features
Increased Small Object Detail High Resolution Texture Support High Resolution Shadows High Quality Shadow Filters Soft Particles High Quality SSAO (Screen Space Ambient Occlusion) High Quality Motion Blur Super Sample Anti-Aliasing
Steamworks Features Supported
DLC Support Achievements Auto Patching Pre-Download Store Save Games to the Cloud Player to Player Chat Sleeping Dogs is out on August 14, in North America, and August 17, in Europe and the rest of the world. Until then, check out the special video of the game’s PC version below.
