Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster releases in two days on PC. Powered by the RE Engine, it’s time to benchmark it and examine its performance on the PC.
For our benchmarks, we used an AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D, 32GB of DDR5 at 6000Mhz, AMD’s Radeon RX580, RX Vega 64, RX 6900XT, RX 7900XTX, NVIDIA’s GTX980Ti, RTX 2080Ti, RTX 3080 and RTX 4090. We also used Windows 10 64-bit, the NVIDIA GeForce 561.09, and the AMD Adrenalin 24.20.11.01 Driver. Moreover, we’ve disabled the second CCD on our 7950X3D.
Capcom has added numerous graphics settings. PC gamers can adjust the quality Textures, Shadows, Mesh, Corpses, Characters on screen, Ambient Occlusion, and more. There are also options for Bloom, Lens Flares, Motion Blur, and more. Plus, the game supports Intel XeSS, AMD FSR 3.0, and NVIDIA DLSS 3.
Speaking of DLSS 3 and FSR 3.0, let’s compare them. On the left, we have DLSS 3 Quality and on the right, we have FSR 3.0 Quality. As you will see, FSR 3.0 looks sharper and better than DLSS 3. This isn’t as bad as with what we saw in Space Marine 2. Still, FSR 3.0 looks sharper and less blurry. I don’t know what’s going on with the DLSS implementation in games lately. However, DLSS 3 Super Resolution looks blurrier than FSR 3.0 SR and SIGNIFICANTLY worse than Native 4K. To its credit, DLSS 3 does a better job at eliminating jaggies than FSR 3.0. Still, the best way right now to play the game is at native resolutions.
Not only that but Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster does not support DLAA. Also, you can use DLSS 3 Frame Generation ONLY WITH DLSS 3 Super Resolution. Similarly, you can use FSR 3.0 FG only with FSR 3.0 Super Resolution. There is no way to use DLSS 3 or FSR 3.0 Frame Generation at native resolutions. And no, there is no way to mix FSR 3.0 with DLSS 3.
For comparison purposes, here is Native 4K with TAA+FXAA against DLSS 3 Quality Mode. You can clearly see how much better native 4K looks. And that’s with TAA. Ouch.
Thankfully, those with high-end GPUs won’t have to rely on any upscaling tech. But before that, let’s see how the game runs on a variety of CPUs. As we usually do, we simulated dual-core, quad-core, and hexa-core CPUs.
Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster requires at least a quad-core CPU. While the framerates were acceptable on our simulated dual-core PC system, we had MAJOR stuttering issues that made the game unplayable. We also had some stutters on our quad-core system without SMT/Hyper-Threading. With SMT/Hyper-Threading, we were able to completely eliminate those stutters (we also saw a small performance increase).
As you can see, you won’t need a high-end GPU to enjoy Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster at 1080p on Max Settings. After all, even an AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 came close to a 60fps experience.
At 1440p/Max Settings, our top five GPUs had no trouble at all running the game with high framerates, even when a lot of zombies were on screen. As for Native 4K/Max Settings, our top four GPUs were able to offer over 60fps.
Graphics-wise, Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster looks great, though its lighting feels a bit dated. All of the main characters and zombies have been overhauled with new 3D models. The levels have also received higher-quality textures and objects. Contrary to the underwhelming remaster of Lollipop Chainsaw, this one is great. While it doesn’t look on par with the best PC games of 2024, it looks SIGNIFICANTLY better than its original version.
Since we’ve got an HDR PC monitor (the ASUS ROG 32” PG32UCDM), we can also, finally, share our thoughts on HDR. And Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster greatly benefits from HDR. Without HDR, the game feels washed out. With HDR, everything looks better with better contrast. The lighting does not look as washed out as without HDR. I’m not saying that HDR suddenly turns this into Black Myth: Wukong, Alan Wake 2 or Cyberpunk 2077. However, the game looks noticeably better with HDR, and you should enable it if you own an HDR PC monitor.
All in all, Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster is a great remaster. The game runs great on PC, and it does not require a high-end PC system to be enjoyed. This isn’t up to what Konami is cooking with Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater or Silent Hill 2 Remake. From what I’ve seen, MGS Delta: Snake Eater and SH2 will rival most modern-day PC games (in terms of graphics). So no, Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster is not up there. At the same time, it’s miles beyond what Dragami Games did with Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP. It also looks miles better than its original X360 version, which is the whole point of remastering older games. So, overall, GG Capcom!
John is the founder and Editor in Chief at DSOGaming. He is a PC gaming fan and highly supports the modding and indie communities. Before creating DSOGaming, John worked on numerous gaming websites. While he is a die-hard PC gamer, his gaming roots can be found on consoles. John loved – and still does – the 16-bit consoles, and considers SNES to be one of the best consoles. Still, the PC platform won him over consoles. That was mainly due to 3DFX and its iconic dedicated 3D accelerator graphics card, Voodoo 2. John has also written a higher degree thesis on the “The Evolution of PC graphics cards.”
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