Mass Effect 2 System Requirements: Can You Run It?

Mass Effect 2
Developer:
BioWare
Publisher:
Electronic Arts
Release date:
26 January 2010 (14 years old)
Our user score:
4.8 / 5 (312 votes)

Official Mass Effect 2 system requirements for PC

These are the PC specifications advised by developers to run Mass Effect 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:
256 MB (with Pixel Shader 3.0 support). Supported Chipsets: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 or greater; ATI Radeon X1600 Pro or greater. Please note that NVIDIA GeForce 7300, 8100, 8200, 8300, 8400, and 9300; ATI Radeon HD3200, and HD4350 are below minimum system requirements. Updates to your video and sound card drivers may be required. Intel and S3 video cards are not officially supported in Mass Effect 2.
Pass CPU:
1.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or equivalent AMD CPU
Pass Memory:
1 GB RAM for Windows XP / 2 GB RAM for Windows Vista and Windows 7
File size:
15 GB
Operating system:
Windows XP SP3 / Windows Vista SP1 / Windows 7
DirectX:
DirectX 9.0c August 2008 (included)

PassRecommended requirements

Pass Graphics card:
ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT, NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT, or better recommended
Pass CPU:
2.6+ GHz Cure 2 Duo Intel or equivalent AMD CPU
Pass Memory:
2 GB RAM
File size:
15 GB
Operating system:
Windows XP SP3 / Windows Vista SP1 / Windows 7
DirectX:
DirectX August 2008

Mass Effect 2 performance on your PC


Mass Effect 2 performance with your GPU

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

RTX 3060
minimum
Any
recommended
GeForce 8800 GT
30 fps @ low
1366×768

Projected FPS in various settings and resolutions

Mass Effect 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
130−140 FPS
medium settings / 1080p
50−55 FPS

Mass Effect 2 performance with your CPU

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

i5-12400

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