Left 4 Dead 2 System Requirements: Can You Run It?

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Developer:: Valve
Publisher:: Valve
Release date:: 17 November 2009 (13 years old)
Our user score:: 4.4 / 5 (726 votes)

Official Left 4 Dead 2 system requirements for PC

These are the PC specifications advised by developers to run Left 4 Dead 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:: DirectX 9 compatible video card with 128 MB, Shader model 2.0. ATI X800, NVidia 6600 or better

CPU:: Pentium 4 3.0GHz

Memory:: 1 GB for XP / 2GB for Vista

File size:: At least 7.5 GB of free space

Operating system:: Windows® 7 / Vista / Vista64 / XP

DirectX:: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card

Recommended requirements

Graphics card:: DirectX 9 compatible video card with Shader model 3.0. NVidia 7600, ATI X1600 or better

CPU:: Intel core 2 duo 2.4GHz

Memory:: 1 GB for XP / 2GB for Vista

File size:: At least 7.5 GB of free space

Operating system:: Windows® 7 / Vista / Vista64 / XP

DirectX:: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card

Left 4 Dead 2 performance on your PC

Left 4 Dead 2 performance with your GPU

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

RTX 3060

minimum
Any

recommended
GeForce 7600 GT

30 fps @ low
1366×768

60 fps @ medium
1920×1080

60 fps @ high
1920×1080

60 fps @ ultra
1920×1080

60 fps @ QHD
2560×1440

60 fps @ epic
3840×2160

Projected FPS in various settings and resolutions

Left 4 Dead 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

140−150 FPS

medium settings / 1080p

130−140 FPS

high settings / 1080p

60 FPS

ultra settings / 1080p

230−240 FPS

QHD / 1440p

260−270 FPS

4K / 2160p

130−140 FPS