Sony’s Marvel Spider-Man 2 swings onto PC right now, January 30, and whereas the intrepid webslinger’s port plans have been within the works for some time, we didn’t know precisely how effectively it would run on PCs till now.
On the PlayStation Blog, developer Nixxes Software shared all the flowery PC options obtainable within the port, which has been developed to “finetune efficiency and constancy throughout a broad vary of {hardware} configurations.”
Accompanying a brand new trailer, beneath, Spider-Man 2 on PC drops the exhausting PSN requirement for PC gamers and provides superior raytracing options equivalent to DLSS 3.5 Ray Reconstruction.
“In Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 on PC with ray reconstruction enabled, we see extra detailed ray-traced reflections and better-defined ray-traced shadows, particularly when viewing raytracing results at steep angles,” stated Nixxes graphics programmer Menno Bil. “We additionally see enhancements within the ray-traced interiors and fewer ghosting and noise within the ray-traced ambient occlusion.”
Also obtainable are DLSS 3 and FSR 3.1 Upscaling and Frame era applied sciences, with Intel’s XeSS upscaler additionally obtainable. DLSS 4’s Multi Frame Generation isn’t supported out of the field, however utilizing the Nvidia app you might be able to swap out to the newer transformer mannequin to reinforce DLSS 3’s Frame Generation picture high quality.
For these seeking to play utilizing wider screens, ultrawide help is obtainable as much as a staggering 48:9 side ratio, with all cinematics viewable as much as 32:9.

The necessities themselves are cut up between ray-traced and non-ray-traced configurations, which reveals that for those who aren’t bothered about fancy reflections you possibly can run the title at 720p and 30 FPS utilizing a really modest older system with low-end elements like an Nvidia GTX 1650 alongside an Intel Core i3 8100 and 16 GB of RAM.
For avid gamers working higher-end rigs, you’ll additionally have the ability to make full use of your {hardware}, with the 4K 60 FPS configuration at “Ray Tracing Ultimate” requiring an RTX 4090, AMD Ryzen 7800X3D, and 32 GB of RAM.
But can Spider-Man 2 run on Steam Deck? Given the excessive RAM necessities and wish for a comparatively trendy graphics card, it is likely to be potential, however don’t maintain your breath for Steam Deck verification. Spider-Man and Spider-Man: Miles Morales each had PS4 ports, which meant that the titles had been a contact extra scalable, whereas the beforehand PS5-exclusive Spider-Man 2 might demand extra out of the {hardware}.
Regardless, the extensive variety of configurations on the necessities have been praised on-line. One person commented on Reddit: “This have to be one of the best {hardware} necessities sheet I’ve seen thus far.” “Honestly, nice job,” ItsMeIcebear4 added. “If efficiency lives as much as this, it’s going to be very effectively obtained.”
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