Portal System Requirements: Can You Run It?

Portal
Developer:
Valve
Publisher:
Valve
Release date:
9 October 2007 (16 years ago)
User score:
4.5 / 5 (236 votes)
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Official Portal system requirements for PC

These are the PC specifications advised by developers to run Portal 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® 8 level Graphics Card
Pass CPU:
1.7 GHz Processor
Pass Memory:
512MB RAM
File size:
no data
Operating system:
Windows® Vista/XP/2000
DirectX:
DirectX® 8

PassRecommended requirements

Pass Graphics card:
DirectX® 9 level Graphics Card
Pass CPU:
Pentium 4 processor (3.0GHz, or better)
Pass Memory:
1GB RAM
File size:
no data
Operating system:
Windows® Vista/XP/2000
DirectX:
DirectX® 9

Portal performance on your PC

Portal performance on your GPU

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

RTX 3060
minimum
Any
recommended
Any
30 fps @ low
1366×768
60 fps @ medium
1920×1080
60 fps @ ultra
1920×1080

Your graphics card can run Portal at recommended settings according to Valve.

Projected FPS in various settings and resolutions

Portal 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
270−280 FPS
medium settings / 1080p
270−280 FPS
ultra settings / 1080p
270−280 FPS

Portal performance on your CPU

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

i5-12400

Core i5-12400 is 24.6x faster than Celeron E3300. Your CPU can run Portal at minimum settings according to Valve.

Community ratings

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4.5 236 votes

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