Left 4 Dead System Requirements: Can You Run It?

Left 4 Dead
Developer:
Valve
Publisher:
Valve
Release date:
17 November 2008 (15 years ago)
User score:
4.3 / 5 (192 votes)

Official Left 4 Dead system requirements for PC

These are the PC specifications advised by developers to run Left 4 Dead 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:
DirectX 9 compatible video card (Video card must be 256 MB or more and should be a DirectX 9 compatible with support for pixel shader 2.0)
Pass CPU:
3.0GHz P4, Dual Core 2.0 or AMD64X2 (or higher)
Pass Memory:
1 GB for XP / 2 GB for Vista
File size:
At least 7.5 GB of free space
Operating system:
Windows Vista, XP, 2000
DirectX:
DirectX 9.0

Recommended requirements

Graphics card:
no data
CPU:
no data
Memory:
no data
File size:
no data
Operating system:
no data
DirectX:
no data

Left 4 Dead performance on your PC

Left 4 Dead performance on your GPU

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

RTX 3060
minimum
Any
30 fps @ low
640×480
60 fps @ high
1024×768

Projected FPS in various settings and resolutions

Left 4 Dead 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 / 480p
250−260 FPS
high settings / 768p
190−200 FPS

Left 4 Dead performance on your CPU

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

i5-12400

User Ratings

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4.3 192 votes

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