Bioshock System Requirements: Can You Run It?

Bioshock
Developer:
2K Australia, 2K Boston
Publisher:
2K Games
Release date:
21 August 2007 (16 years ago)
User score:
4.4 / 5 (141 vote)

Official Bioshock system requirements for PC

These are the PC specifications advised by developers to run Bioshock 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:
Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 128MB RAM and Pixel Shader 3.0 (NVIDIA 6600 or better/ATI X1300 or better, excluding ATI X1550)
Pass CPU:
Intel single-core Pentium 4 processor at 2.4GHz
Pass Memory:
1 GB
File size:
8GB of free hard drive space
Operating system:
Windows XP (with Service Pack 2) or Windows Vista
DirectX:
Direct X 9.0c

PassRecommended requirements

Pass Graphics card:
DX 9 - Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 512 MB RAM and Pixel Shader 3.0 (NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT or better), DX 10 - NVIDIA GeForce 8600 or better
Pass CPU:
Intel Core 2 Duo processor
Pass Memory:
2 GB
File size:
8GB of free hard drive space
Operating system:
Windows XP (with Service Pack 2) or Windows Vista
DirectX:
Direct X 9.0c

Bioshock performance on your PC

Bioshock performance on your GPU

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

RTX 3060
recommended
GeForce 7950 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

Bioshock 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
100−110 FPS
medium settings / 1080p
100−110 FPS
high settings / 1080p
100−110 FPS
ultra settings / 1080p
100−110 FPS

Bioshock performance on your CPU

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

i5-12400
minimum
Any
recommended
Core 2 Duo P7450

User Ratings

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4.4 141 vote

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