BioShock 2 System Requirements: Can You Run It?
- 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 (57 votes)
- Hardware demand level:
- 0.4 / 10 - not demanding
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.
Minimum requirements
Graphics card:
- NVIDIA 7800GT 256MB graphics card or better, ATI Radeon X1900 256MB graphics card or better
CPU:
- AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3800+ 2.4Ghz or better, Intel Pentium 4 530 3.0Ghz Processor or better
Memory:
- 2GB
- File size:
- 11GB
- Operating system:
- Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7
- DirectX:
- DirectX 9.0c
Recommended requirements
Graphics card:
- NVIDIA 8800GT 512MB graphics card or better, ATI Radeon HD4830 512MB graphics card or better
CPU:
- AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Dual Core 2.60Ghz, Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 Dual Core 2.13Ghz
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.
GeForce RTX 3060 is 35.7x faster than GeForce 8800 GT. Your graphics card can run BioShock 2 at recommended settings according to 2K Australia, 2K China, 2K Marin, Digital Extremes.
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.
BioShock 2 performance on your CPU
Core i5-12400's performance compared to the game's official system requirements.
Core i5-12400 is 22.8x faster than Athlon 64 X2 5200+. Your CPU can run BioShock 2 at recommended settings according to 2K Australia, 2K China, 2K Marin, Digital Extremes.
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