Sleeping Dogs gets graphical enhancements for PC

Square Enix has announced a range of graphical enhancements for Sleeping Dogs on PC.

A high-resolution texture pack updates the game to a new level, bringing added detail and rendering to everything from city skyscrapers to crumbling ancient temples.

Gamers running at higher resolutions will see increased object detail to render smaller items of the world from a greater distance.

System Requirements

• Windows Vista (with Service Pack 2) and Windows 7 Supported
• DirectX10, 10.1, and 11 Supported
• 32bit and 64bit Operating Systems Supported

Advanced PC Features

• Nvidia 3D Support
• Nvidia Multi Screen Monitor Support
• AMD EyeFinityMulti-Monitor Gold Status Support
• Window and Full Screen Mode Support
• Benchmark Mode

Performance Enhancements

• Enhanced Performance on Dual Core and Quad Core Processors
• Enhanced Performance on NvidiaSLi
• Enhanced Performance on AMD Crossfire

Mouse, Keyboard, and Controller Support

• Xbox 360 Controller Support
• Keyboard and Mouse Support including Key Remapping
• Auto Pad, Mouse and Keyboard Switching

Advanced PC Graphic Features

• Increased Small Object Detail
• High Resolution Texture Support
• High Resolution Shadows
• High Quality Shadow Filters
• Soft Particles
• High Quality SSAO (Screen Space Ambient Occlusion)
• High Quality Motion Blur
• Super Sample Anti-Aliasing

Minimum requirements

• OS: Windows Vista or Windows 7
• Processor: Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz or Althon X2 2.4 GHz
• RAM: 2GB
• Graphic card: DirectX 10 or 11 compatible Nvidia or AMD ATI card, ATI Radeon 3870 or higher, Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT or higher.
• Graphics card memory: 512 MB
• Sound card: DirectX compatible sound card
• Hard drive: 15 GB

Sleeping Dogs will be released for PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 on 17 August.