ArmA 2 System Requirements: Can You Run It?

ArmA 2
Developer:
Bohemia Interactive
Publisher:
505 Games
Release date:
26 June 2009 (14 years old)
User score:
4.0 / 5 (88 votes)

Official ArmA 2 system requirements for PC

These are the PC specifications advised by developers to run ArmA 2 at minimal and recommended settings. Although these requirements are usually approximate, they can still be used to determine the indicative hardware tier needed to play the game.

PassMinimum requirements

Pass Graphics card:
GPU (NVIDIA GeForce 7800 / ATI Radeon 1800 or faster) with Shader Model 3 and 256 MB VRAM
Pass CPU:
Dual Core CPU (Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz, Intel Core 2.0 GHz, AMD Athlon 3200+ or faster)
Pass Memory:
1 GB RAM
File size:
no data
Operating system:
Windows XP
DirectX:
DirectX 9.0c

PassRecommended requirements

Pass Graphics card:
Fast GPU (NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT or ATI Radeon 4850 or faster) with Shader Model 3 and 512 or more MB VRAM
Pass CPU:
Quad Core CPU or fast Dual Core CPU (Intel Core 2.8 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ or faster)
Pass Memory:
2 GB RAM
File size:
no data
Operating system:
Windows XP or Vista
DirectX:
DirectX 9.0c

ArmA 2 performance on your PC

ArmA 2 performance on your GPU

GeForce RTX 3060's performance compared to the game's official system requirements.

RTX 3060
recommended
GeForce 8800 GT
30 fps @ low
1366×768
60 fps @ medium
1920×1080
60 fps @ high
1920×1080
60 fps @ ultra
1920×1080

Projected FPS in various settings and resolutions

ArmA 2 FPS calculator: average frames per second on GeForce RTX 3060 (according to our approximations). FPS may vary depending on your operating system and other factors.

low settings / 768p
150−160 FPS
medium settings / 1080p
150−160 FPS
high settings / 1080p
100−105 FPS
ultra settings / 1080p
100−105 FPS

ArmA 2 performance on your CPU

Core i5-12400's performance compared to the game's official system requirements.

i5-12400
minimum
Any
recommended
A6-5400K

User Ratings

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4.0 88 votes

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