I am deciding between the 360 version and PC I am leaning towards 360 so I can get the Zombrex edition but how much better will my PC run the game compared to 360, is it worth missing out on the ZE?

Rig -

Intel i7 920 @ stock
Gtx 260. (super clocked edition)
Corsair 6GB Kit (3x2GB), PC-12800 (1600MHz) DDR3, Dominator DHX, 7-7-7-20, Triple Channel
Western Digital 1TB, Caviar Black, SATA-II, 7200RPM, 32MB Cache
Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5.


Also, how is the multiplayer on PC? Do a lot of people play?

Thanks.

Anyone?

Bump.

It'll run like a dream.
 
My specs:-
 
Core i5 750 @ 3.2ghz
4GB DDR3 2000mhz RAM @ 1600mhz
Nvidia GTX 285 (EVGA FTW)
 
I get a constant 60fps indoors and mostly 60 outdoors with everything turned up (including FSAA x4, 16x Aniso and Focal Point Blur).

For you that should run pretty sweet.
 
Your GPU is a little weak but as long as you don't crank up the AA, you should be fine.

As long as you turn off blur the game will run great. I have lower specs than you and it runs amazing. I have a better GPU though but I don't think this is a GPU focused game.

For you that should run pretty sweet.
 
Your GPU is a little weak but as long as you don't crank up the AA, you should be fine.

" @sodiumCyclops

For you that should run pretty sweet.
 
Your GPU is a little weak but as long as you don't crank up the AA, you should be fine.

What do you mean weak? :( Do I have to buy a new one? "

Oh damn, my bad. I miss read that as CPU. xD

Yeah I am aware my GPU isn't great but I am waiting for a new GTX 400 series card that is better than the 480 but won't burn my house down. Any recommendations?

" Oh damn, my bad. I miss read that as CPU. xD Yeah I am aware my GPU isn't great but I am waiting for a new GTX 400 series card that is better than the 480 but won't burn my house down. Any recommendations? "

@NekuSakuraba said:

" Oh damn, my bad. I miss read that as CPU. xD Yeah I am aware my GPU isn't great but I am waiting for a new GTX 400 series card that is better than the 480 but won't burn my house down. Any recommendations? "

You will probably be waiting a while for a new 4xx card from nVidia. You are better to wait (not long now) for the new 6xxx series from AMD.

@NekuSakuraba:  You don't need to upgrade. That's it. Just play it. You have modern hardware, what's the problem?

It'll run it on high @1080p @50-60fps.

So I guess in this case it is performance >>> CE?

Whoever has the CE, how is it?

" Oh damn, my bad. I miss read that as CPU. xD Yeah I am aware my GPU isn't great but I am waiting for a new GTX 400 series card that is better than the 480 but won't burn my house down. Any recommendations? "

" @NekuSakuraba said:

" Oh damn, my bad. I miss read that as CPU. xD Yeah I am aware my GPU isn't great but I am waiting for a new GTX 400 series card that is better than the 480 but won't burn my house down. Any recommendations? "

The new GTX 480s with their BIOS revision run a lot cooler than the review samples they got back in March. Reviews samples were 93-96 degrees C at load and 50 at idle, newer ones are at ~80 degrees C at load and like 35 at idle. Future derivatives possibly based off of GF104 or GF106 will be even cooler. I'd recommend them, but not at the eve of a new hardware generation (Radeon 6000 series releasing in like 2 weeks). Should see what AMD has to release, and/or what that will do for prices first. But yeah, just an FYI, Fermis aren't thermonuclear power plants anymore XD.  "

" @Geno said:

" @NekuSakuraba said:

" Oh damn, my bad. I miss read that as CPU. xD Yeah I am aware my GPU isn't great but I am waiting for a new GTX 400 series card that is better than the 480 but won't burn my house down. Any recommendations? "

The new GTX 480s with their BIOS revision run a lot cooler than the review samples they got back in March. Reviews samples were 93-96 degrees C at load and 50 at idle, newer ones are at ~80 degrees C at load and like 35 at idle. Future derivatives possibly based off of GF104 or GF106 will be even cooler. I'd recommend them, but not at the eve of a new hardware generation (Radeon 6000 series releasing in like 2 weeks). Should see what AMD has to release, and/or what that will do for prices first. But yeah, just an FYI, Fermis aren't thermonuclear power plants anymore XD.  "

Well what is the most powerful card on the market and is it from Nvidia? If not, how long until Nvidia will match them? thanks. "

" @NekuSakuraba said:

" @Geno said:

" @NekuSakuraba said:

" Oh damn, my bad. I miss read that as CPU. xD Yeah I am aware my GPU isn't great but I am waiting for a new GTX 400 series card that is better than the 480 but won't burn my house down. Any recommendations? "

The new GTX 480s with their BIOS revision run a lot cooler than the review samples they got back in March. Reviews samples were 93-96 degrees C at load and 50 at idle, newer ones are at ~80 degrees C at load and like 35 at idle. Future derivatives possibly based off of GF104 or GF106 will be even cooler. I'd recommend them, but not at the eve of a new hardware generation (Radeon 6000 series releasing in like 2 weeks). Should see what AMD has to release, and/or what that will do for prices first. But yeah, just an FYI, Fermis aren't thermonuclear power plants anymore XD.  "

Well what is the most powerful card on the market and is it from Nvidia? If not, how long until Nvidia will match them? thanks. "

You don't need a new card, seriously. The 260 can run most things at 60fps at 1080p. "

" @Geno said:

" @NekuSakuraba said:

" Oh damn, my bad. I miss read that as CPU. xD Yeah I am aware my GPU isn't great but I am waiting for a new GTX 400 series card that is better than the 480 but won't burn my house down. Any recommendations? "

The new GTX 480s with their BIOS revision run a lot cooler than the review samples they got back in March. Reviews samples were 93-96 degrees C at load and 50 at idle, newer ones are at ~80 degrees C at load and like 35 at idle. Future derivatives possibly based off of GF104 or GF106 will be even cooler. I'd recommend them, but not at the eve of a new hardware generation (Radeon 6000 series releasing in like 2 weeks). Should see what AMD has to release, and/or what that will do for prices first. But yeah, just an FYI, Fermis aren't thermonuclear power plants anymore XD.  "

Well what is the most powerful card on the market and is it from Nvidia? If not, how long until Nvidia will match them? thanks. "

" @NekuSakuraba said:

" @Geno said:

" @NekuSakuraba said:

" Oh damn, my bad. I miss read that as CPU. xD Yeah I am aware my GPU isn't great but I am waiting for a new GTX 400 series card that is better than the 480 but won't burn my house down. Any recommendations? "

The new GTX 480s with their BIOS revision run a lot cooler than the review samples they got back in March. Reviews samples were 93-96 degrees C at load and 50 at idle, newer ones are at ~80 degrees C at load and like 35 at idle. Future derivatives possibly based off of GF104 or GF106 will be even cooler. I'd recommend them, but not at the eve of a new hardware generation (Radeon 6000 series releasing in like 2 weeks). Should see what AMD has to release, and/or what that will do for prices first. But yeah, just an FYI, Fermis aren't thermonuclear power plants anymore XD.  "

Well what is the most powerful card on the market and is it from Nvidia? If not, how long until Nvidia will match them? thanks. "

Most powerful card is AMD Radeon HD 5970 (dual GPU), most powerful single GPU card is GTX 480. GTX 480 is approximately twice as strong as a GTX 260. HD 5970 is about 20% stronger than GTX 480. Date of release for Nvidia's next set of releases is still unknown.   "

So if I am planning to upgrade to the best GPU possible, what should I do then? I mean, I wan't to use 3D vision so... "

" @NekuSakuraba said: 

So if I am planning to upgrade to the best GPU possible, what should I do then? I mean, I wan't to use 3D vision so... "

Depends on budget. Also, hardware is generally still not strong enough to sustain 3D@1920x1080@60fps right now. If you really wish to attain that at the present moment you'll have to be looking at GTX 480 SLI (2 or 3 way) solutions, which will be fairly committal, to say the least.  
 
Here's an article on Dead Rising 2 performance.  
 
http://www.gamegpu.ru/action-/-fps-/-tps/dead-rising-2-test-gpu.html    (it's in Russian, but you really only need to look at the benchmarks on the bottom)   GTX 480 and above seems to be the requirement for sustained 60fps in this game at its highest settings.  "

Can you sli?

System Requirements

• OS: Windows Vista®/XP, Windows 7
• Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 Ghz or better, AMD Athlon X2 2.2 Ghz or better
• Memory: 2 GB RAM
• Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800GTS or better, ATI Radeon™ HD 3850 or better
• DirectX®: DirectX® 9.0c and DirectX® 10 (Enhanced for: DirectX 10, 64-bit, multi-core)
• Hard Drive: 8.5 GB free hard drive space
• Sound: Standard audio device

Are you kidding? I have a strange hunch that this was just to show off your pretty nicely spec'd computer.

" @NekuSakuraba:  

System Requirements

• OS: Windows Vista®/XP, Windows 7
• Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 Ghz or better, AMD Athlon X2 2.2 Ghz or better
• Memory: 2 GB RAM
• Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800GTS or better, ATI Radeon™ HD 3850 or better
• DirectX®: DirectX® 9.0c and DirectX® 10 (Enhanced for: DirectX 10, 64-bit, multi-core)
• Hard Drive: 8.5 GB free hard drive space
• Sound: Standard audio device

 Oh for the love of God. It couldn't have been that hard to look on Steam, right?  "

Intel i7 920 @ stock 
Gtx 260. (super clocked edition)
Corsair 6GB Kit (3x2GB), PC-12800 (1600MHz) DDR3, Dominator DHX, 7-7-7-20, Triple Channel 
Western Digital 1TB, Caviar Black, SATA-II, 7200RPM, 32MB Cache 
Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5.  

" Are you kidding? I have a strange hunch that this was just to show off your pretty nicely spec'd computer. "

" @Geno: Neku's current rig: 

Intel i7 920 @ stock 
Gtx 260. (super clocked edition)
Corsair 6GB Kit (3x2GB), PC-12800 (1600MHz) DDR3, Dominator DHX, 7-7-7-20, Triple Channel 
Western Digital 1TB, Caviar Black, SATA-II, 7200RPM, 32MB Cache 
Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5.  

And those system requirements? 

I have a suggestion if your mobo is this, Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5.

 
Get two gtx460 and sli it, it cost like around $450 if you find the right deals. You get like a card that supasses the gtx480 by alot and also it's near the HD5970. This card has like 90% or more efficiency for sli, you will get nearly double the framerates at all times and it should be more than enough for nvidia 3d vision. Honestly, now you don't have to run ati cards, you get physX and you can continue to use nvidia cards. Who cares about waiting because it's way cheaper than a gtx480 and you get alot more power.  
  

" @Geno: Well...  They suggest a Core 2 Duo. I remember building one of those in my PC. FOUR years ago. The i7 was introduced about two years ago?They suggest a Geforce 8800GTS. That's also FOUR years old. Nvidia dropped the 4 digit because they started running into the 9Ks. Around two or three years ago, they switched to the current, three digit system. Hm.They suggest 8.5 GB of free space. A TB is about 1000 GB?  The general rule of thumb, or Moore's Law if you will, the more recent the rig, the more powerful it is. Also, as Will explained in last week's Tested Mailbag, system requirements are kind of lenient as long as you're not trying to run it on a entirely underpowered machine (Hi, single cores!).  Now, there's two ways to spin it: He's hardware-illiterate, or is just trying to show off. "

Are you kidding? I have a strange hunch that this was just to show off your pretty nicely spec'd computer.

@Geno: Neku's current rig: 

Intel i7 920 @ stock 
Gtx 260. (super clocked edition)
Corsair 6GB Kit (3x2GB), PC-12800 (1600MHz) DDR3, Dominator DHX, 7-7-7-20, Triple Channel 
Western Digital 1TB, Caviar Black, SATA-II, 7200RPM, 32MB Cache 
Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5.  

And those system requirements? 
 
@LiquidPrince said:

" Are you kidding? I have a strange hunch that this was just to show off your pretty nicely spec'd computer. "

This. 

@Gaff said:

" @Geno: Well...  They suggest a Core 2 Duo. I remember building one of those in my PC. FOUR years ago. The i7 was introduced about two years ago?They suggest a Geforce 8800GTS. That's also FOUR years old. Nvidia dropped the 4 digit because they started running into the 9Ks. Around two or three years ago, they switched to the current, three digit system. Hm.They suggest 8.5 GB of free space. A TB is about 1000 GB?  The general rule of thumb, or Moore's Law if you will, the more recent the rig, the more powerful it is. Also, as Will explained in last week's Tested Mailbag, system requirements are kind of lenient as long as you're not trying to run it on a entirely underpowered machine (Hi, single cores!).  Now, there's two ways to spin it: He's hardware-illiterate, or is just trying to show off. "

Uh, you appear to be the one that's a bit hardware illiterate. GTX 260 is a mid-end card, therefore it's perfectly reasonable to wonder whether or not one may run into performance issues on a recent game with it. As shown in the benchmarks I posted earlier in a link, GTX 260 gets about 25-35fps at high settings, which is below the performance standards of most PC gamers. His processor is good, but the game is not CPU-bottlenecked.

Get the Xbox 360 and then just wait for Steam to sell the PC version for 5 bucks in a year.

So how is the multiplayer on PC? How is the player base?

So how is the multiplayer on PC? How is the player base?

Less people own in on PC. People are playing it, but obviously much less than on Xbox or PS3.

" Less people own in on PC. People are playing it, but obviously much less than on Xbox or PS3. "

" @NekuSakuraba:  No. Multiplayer in this game is inconsequential to the experience. It's nice to earn some cash and play some cool mini-games but not having as many people to play with won't make you enjoy the game less. If you want the best performance, graphics and mods then get the PC. if you need to play with people specifically on Xbox then get that version. "

" @NekuSakuraba:  Not particularly. It's not like there isn't anybody playing it. But there are some issues with the dead rising 2 net code across all platforms. If you watched the quick look Jeff couldn't get in to a game and hopefully it's something they will patch but getting in to games is very much possible just a bit broken for some people. What time zone do you live in? I need to play some co-op for the achievements so I'd be up for that. "