A few days ago, we informed you about a CPU optimization issue we encountered in the PC review code of Dead or Alive 6. Now that the game has finally been released on the PC however, and after applying its day-1 update, that bug has been fixed/resolved. As such, it’s time now to benchmark this new fighting game and see how it performs on the PC platform.
For this PC Performance Analysis, we used an Intel i7 4930K (overclocked at 4.2Ghz) with 16GB of DDR3 RAM at 2133Mhz, AMD’s Radeon RX580 and RX Vega 64, NVIDIA’s RTX 2080Ti, GTX980Ti and GTX690, Windows 10 64-bit, GeForce driver 419.17 and the Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.2.2. Unfortunately, NVIDIA has currently set the game on Single GPU mode in its latest drivers, meaning that our GTX690 behaved similarly to a single GTX680.
Team Ninja has included very few graphics settings to tweak. PC gamers can adjust the quality of Shadow Resolution and Effects and that’s it. There are also options for Borderless/Window/Fullscreen modes and you can enable/disable Object Detail.
As we’ve already stated, and despite its recommended CPU requirements, Dead or Alive 6 does not require a high-end CPU in order to be enjoyed. In order to find out how the game performs on a variety of CPUs, we simulated a dual-core and a quad-core CPU, and we are happy to report that even our simulated dual-core system (without Hyper Threading) was able to offer a stable 60fps experience.
Dead or Alive 6 also does not require a high-end GPU. At 1920×1080, almost all of our GPUs were able to offer a smooth gaming experience. The only GPU that was unable to offer a 60fps experience was our GTX690. Due to the lack of an SLI profile, this dual-card performed similarly to a GTX680 and was able to push a minimum of 35fps and an average of 46fps.
At 2560×1440, all of our three most powerful tested GPUs – AMD Radeon RX Vega 64, NVIDIA GTX980Ti and NVIDIA RTX2080Ti – were able to offer a 60fps experience. At 4K, however, the only GPU that was powerful enough to offer a constant 60fps experience was the NVIDIA RTX2080Ti.
Graphics wise, Dead or Alive 6 does not offer anything you haven’t seen in other current-gen 3D fighting games. In fact, and at least in our opinion, Tekken 7 looks better than KOEI Tecmo’s latest DOA title. While most of the characters are highly detailed, the environments look a bit bland and we did spot various low-resolution textures. The lighting is also not up to what you’d expect from a 2019 game. There is limited environmental interactivity but again, there is nothing mind-blowing on display here.
Now while Dead or Alive 6 runs smooth on the PC, it does suffer from some porting issues. For instance, there isn’t any keyboard key binding option and the game only displays gamepad prompts. Obviously those that use controllers will not have an issue but we do know that some gamers prefer using the keyboard (as I “Savior” in the Tekken 7 online ranking, I can guarantee you that Tekken 7 and other fighting games are really enjoyable with a keyboard. In fact, in Street Fighter 4/5 I can perform all special moves much easier on a keyboard than on a controller).
Overall, though, Dead or Alive 6 runs like a charm on the PC. The game does not require a high-end PC system and KOEI Tecmo has fixed the 100% CPU usage bug/issue we’ve reported. Still, the game does not display mind-blowing visuals and there are some porting issues that affect keyboard gamers, however those with gamepads will not experience any of them.
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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This game was cracked by Codex day 1. And it’s $99 Day 1 DLC is insane…
Just like DOA5, you can literally torrent all the DLC and like FTL said it will literally all be costumes.
If you were to buy all of DOA5’s purchases on Steam you could make a pretty decent gaming PC 😀
Don’t need to buy the Season Pass, its only 2 characters and 62 costumes. Also all the content will also release separately so you can just buy the 2 characters separately and any costumes you really want. I just got the Deluxe Edition for now and have no desire to get any additional costumes but I will be getting the 2 characters separately.
Much of said DLC has been cracked too!
Especially when we know modders can mod even better outfits and even characters.
They turned in to sh*t when KOEI merged with Tecmo. I remember unlocking hundreds of outfits just by playing the game. After the merge, nope not happening.
Have you guys seen that eurogamer articles where the reviewer whines about sexyness and boobs….and Trump, because of course he does, but he has another article in which he praises the mod that undresses mister x from resident evil 2 remake?
Pure hilarity of hypocrisy
eurogamer has themselves stated they’re activists first and foremost. lefty nut jobs don’t have to worry about honesty when the agenda is on the plate.
they asked cyberpunk devs if its gonna have genderfluidity because “i know alot of people who would want that”
ALL 3 OF THEM.
OOF
they’re real BTW….I remember them…deeeelicious https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/7db2005a38c0eea321353ef392466e1db730b0d3c3ca6d89f1285e3b86291a7f.jpg
yeah…and what a question to ask. In what twisted stupid world does that even come up? they should’ve said “yes!! and it has a cat that thinks its a dog, it hangs out in the back yard servicing other urban animals (s*x acts) as its developed an addiction to 1980’s style mailman dog biscuits.”
Why in the christ would you even look at EuroGamer? They’ve been trash for 20 years. Even if they weren’t trash, their name is EuroGamer, rendering anything they have to say about anything irrelevant.
1. I am european
2. digital foundry
3. Why does polygon and kotaku who are worse still get so many clicks?
The only thing good about eurogamer is digital foundry all the rest is trash.
That review is actually embarrassing. He goes on for 6+ paragraphs talking about the fanservice but doesn’t use that same energy for every other aspect of the game (like you know…. the fighting or combat mechanics).
Digital Foundry is really the only reason I even go to that site anymore. The review quality has dropped considerably ever since people starting screaming for diversity and hating on sexiness in games.
I bet you the Mortal Kombat 11 review won’t have 6+ paragraphs talking about the insane amount of gore because double standards.
Poland has it good, homogeneous population borders,they saw how great socialism is during the soviet union, talented people, hard working and some pretty godo games coming out.
Dont change, dont do it, trust me it doesnt worth it, its not a left vs right issue, dont change, you gonna regret like every other country is doing now.
“so seeing guys being disgusted by women body is hilarious to me.”
ABOUT THAT, waypoint, you know that vice shootoff, had some dude play yakuza and there is a part in yakuza that you can watch real life sexy women videos, the dude covered his eyes when he was streaming it because he was worrying that the game will show nudity……..WHAT THE ACTUAL?
I’m getting this.
I almost had a moment of stupidity and bought it this morning because it’slike $42 on GMG. But I remembered I’m an adult with a lot of bills who’s trying to move into a new place soon and also buy a new car.
Yea happens to me a lot. I squeezed some money for The Division 2. Lots of games coming out just this spring and i cant afford much of them.
Car needs repairs, it leaks oil and burns it a lot, by the smell 😀
More AAA MVP trash. It’s full priced with well planned and finished-but-ripped-out content from a regular game – that we know of, could be less than that like another Anthem – and repackaged in a $100 season pass. And there will probably be more season passes on the way. Just as evil as stealth price gouging microtransaction scams in GaaS where people end up spending thousands on $20-30 worth of content (if it were part of a normal and whole game) without even realizing it.
I would instant buy Ninja Gaiden II and Black or Sigma on Steam if they do a port like DoA6!!
DoA6 runs amazing on PC, I would love to see a port like that for Ninja Gaiden Sigma (or Black) and Ninja Gaiden II X360.
NG 1 and 2 would be pretty nice to bring to PC. Certainly not sure why KT hasn’t done so already.
I get this eventually. I have every game from the series apart from those spin-offs. I dont really care about fighting games at this age, but i grew up with Dead or Alive 2-4 and had great time with them and my brothers
@JOHN, just some off topic heads-up.
In case anyone wants to try to benchmark all the latest CPUs, then a new version of Maxon’s Cinebench R20 Benchmark tool has been released.
Maxon, the creator of Cinebench, has finally decided to release an updated version of this benchmark, tacking the biggest problem that the tool faced in the modern era.
Another change with Cinebench R20 is that the GPU section of the benchmark has been cut, making the R20 a CPU only test. By taking advantage of the modern features of both AMD and Intel processors, Maxon has estimated that new AMD and Intel processors would be able to render the same scenes as Cinebench R15 “twice as fast” on the same hardware, which says a lot about the level of optimisation that has happened since Cinema 4D version 15.
https://www.maxon.net/en/products/cinebench-r20-overview/
https://www.overclock3d.net/news/cpu_mainboard/maxon_releases_cinebench_r20_cpu_benchmark/1