Can your PC handle Tomb Raider?

By Marcus Jones Posted on February 22, 2013

With less than 2 weeks to go before gamers around the world will be playing the reboot of the Tomb Raider franchise, Square Enix has announced the PC Specs as well as the enhanced features found in the PC version.

Working alongside Crystal Dynamics, Nixxes, who has worked with them for many games already, have been hard at work on the PC version of the game. The PC version of Tomb Raider will be highly optimized and taking advantage of the PC platform.

Enhancements found only in the PC version include:

General

Full integration with Steamworks to offer cloud storage for saves, multiplayer matchmaking, achievements, as well as automatic updates and new content.

Support for Steam Big Picture Mode.

Configurable mouse and keyboard support, as well as gamepad support.

High-end graphics

Very high resolution textures with up to 16x the amount of data

Detail Tessellation to enhance the detail on many surfaces in the game

Higher quality shadows

High quality bokeh depth of field with near-blur

Tessellation algorithms used to smooth out geometry

Improved cloth, SSAO, quality wetness effects, and post-filter effects.

LOD quality is adjustable for better quality on higher-end machines.

Low-end graphics

Compatible Windows XP.