BioShock 2 System Requirements: Can You Run It?

BioShock 2
Developer:
2K Australia, 2K China, 2K Marin, Digital Extremes
Publisher:
2K Games
Release date:
9 February 2010 (14 years ago)
User score:
4.0 / 5 (55 votes)
Hardware demand level:
1 / 10

Official BioShock 2 system requirements for PC

These are the PC specifications advised by developers to run BioShock 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:
NVIDIA 7800GT 256MB graphics card or better, ATI Radeon X1900 256MB graphics card or better
Pass CPU:
AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3800+ 2.4Ghz or better, Intel Pentium 4 530 3.0Ghz Processor or better
Pass Memory:
2GB
File size:
11GB
Operating system:
Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7
DirectX:
DirectX 9.0c

PassRecommended requirements

Pass Graphics card:
NVIDIA 8800GT 512MB graphics card or better, ATI Radeon HD4830 512MB graphics card or better
Pass CPU:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Dual Core 2.60Ghz, Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 Dual Core 2.13Ghz
Pass Memory:
3GB
File size:
11GB
Operating system:
Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7
DirectX:
DirectX 9.0c

BioShock 2 performance on your PC

BioShock 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

Projected FPS in various settings and resolutions

BioShock 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
100−105 FPS
medium settings / 1080p
70−75 FPS

BioShock 2 performance on your CPU

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

i5-12400

Community Ratings

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4.0 55 votes

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