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{{ii}} For ultra setting the publisher lists an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 and 4 GB of VRAM as the minimum requirement.<ref name="requpdate">[http://community.wbgames.com/t5/Official-Announcements/Update-on-PC-Minimum-Specs/m-p/569523/ Update on PC Minimum Specs]</ref> | {{ii}} For ultra setting the publisher lists an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 and 4 GB of VRAM as the minimum requirement.<ref name="requpdate">[http://community.wbgames.com/t5/Official-Announcements/Update-on-PC-Minimum-Specs/m-p/569523/ Update on PC Minimum Specs]</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 16:24, 4 September 2015
Although this product has been released, it remains under active development - information may change frequently and could be outdated or irrelevant.
Developers | |
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Rocksteady Studios | |
Publishers | |
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment | |
OS X, Linux | Feral Interactive |
Engines | |
Unreal Engine 3 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | June 23, 2015[1][2] |
macOS (OS X) | 2015 |
Linux | 2015 |
Batman: Arkham | |
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Subseries of Batman | |
Batman: Arkham Asylum | 2009 |
Batman: Arkham City | 2011 |
Batman: Arkham Origins | 2013 |
Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate Deluxe Edition | 2014 |
Batman: Arkham Knight | 2015 |
Batman: Arkham VR | 2017 |
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League | 2024 |
Key points
- Digital sales pulled and retail sales suspended temporarily due to performance issues.[1]
- Poorly optimized with erratic FPS, excessive RAM and VRAM usage, poor mechanical hard drive performance,[3] constant stuttering on some machines, and audio dropouts.[1][2][4]
- Compared to the console versions some textures are lower resolution and the rain effects are sub-par.[4][5][6][7][8]
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Retail sales temporarily suspended on June 25th.[9] | |||
Amazon.com | Pulled from sale on June 24th.[1] | |||
Amazon.co.uk | Pulled from sale on June 24th.[1] | |||
Incorrect store name. See here for available options. | Pulled from sale on June 25th. | |||
GamersGate | Pulled from sale on June 25th. | |||
Green Man Gaming | Pulled from sale on June 25th.[10] | |||
Humble Store | Pulled from sale on June 24th.[1] | |||
Steam | Pulled from sale on June 24th.[1] | |||
Ubisoft Store | Pulled from sale on June 25th. |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Instructions |
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Tweak Guide
Steam user Kaldaien has compiled a comprehensive configuration guide for Arkham Knight. Users have reported improved performance, texture streaming and graphics quality.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
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System | Location |
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Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/208650/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
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System | Location |
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Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/208650/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud | ||
Ubisoft Connect |
Video settings
High frame rate
Instructions |
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Input settings
Disable mouse acceleration
Instructions |
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Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Korean | ||||
Polish | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish |
Issues fixed
Slow start up
Instructions |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 11 | |
Shader Model support | 5 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | |||
Linux |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | PhysX | |
Interface | Scaleform |
System requirements
- A 64-bit system is required.
- For ultra setting the publisher lists an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 and 4 GB of VRAM as the minimum requirement.[12]
- The recommended requirements are only for 30FPS, not 60+ as most would expect. The upcoming updates may allow for a GTX 760 to run at 60 with low/med settings, but it is not complete or confirmed yet.
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 7 SP1 | 8.1 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5-750 2.67 GHz AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz |
Intel Core i7-3770 3.4 GHz AMD FX-8350, 4.0 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 6 GB | 8 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 45 GB | 55 GB |
Video card (GPU) | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 (2GB Minimum) AMD Radeon HD 7870 (2GB Minimum)[12] DirectX 11 compatible | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 3 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible |
Other | Broadband Internet Connection Required to Activate and for some online features | The publisher recommends using an SSD due to mechanical hard drive performance issues.[13] |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | ||
Processor (CPU) | ||
System memory (RAM) | ||
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
Linux | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | ||
Processor (CPU) | ||
System memory (RAM) | ||
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/208650/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (208650) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Steam :: Important message about work on an updated version
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Forbes - Warner Bros. Interactive Is Suspending 'Batman: Arkham Knight' PC Sales
- ↑ Due to inefficient texture streaming. The publisher recommends using an SSD.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Reddit - Rocksteady outline goals for Arkham Knight PC performance improvements, including interim patches to fix disabled rain effects, ambient occlusion and Steam re-downloads.
- ↑ With the June 27th patch Bokeh DOF effects are fixed (despite not being mentioned), ambient occlusion is fixed, and rain effects are improved - but not fixed. There may still be some TXAA missing as well.
- ↑ Steam Forums :: Still rain effect on PC is bad!
- ↑ DSO Gaming - Batman: Arkham Knight – PC Version Lacks Modern Graphical Effects
- ↑ Eurogamer - It gets worse - Batman: Arkham Knight on PC lacks console visual features
- ↑ Eurogamer - Warner suspends Batman: Arkham Knight PC sales
- ↑ Batman: Arkham Knight PC pulled from sale – all refund requests will be honoured
- ↑ CodeFusion :: Support Page
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Update on PC Minimum Specs
- ↑ Steam :: Update on Performance
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