StarCraft 2 System Requirements: Can You Run It?

StarCraft 2
Developer:
Blizzard Entertainment
Publisher:
Blizzard Entertainment
Release date:
27 July 2010 (13 years old)
Our user score:
4.7 / 5 (279 votes)

Official StarCraft 2 system requirements for PC

These are the PC specifications advised by developers to run StarCraft 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:
NVIDIA® GeForce® 7600 GT or ATI™ Radeon™ HD 2600 XT or Intel® HD Graphics 3000 or better
Pass CPU:
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo or AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 5600+
Pass Memory:
2 GB RAM
File size:
30 GB available HD space
Operating system:
Windows® XP/Windows Vista® (latest service pack)
DirectX:
DirectX 9.0c

PassRecommended requirements

Pass Graphics card:
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 650 or AMD Radeon™ HD 7790 or better
Pass CPU:
Intel® Core™ i5 or AMD FX Series Processor or better
Pass Memory:
4 GB RAM
File size:
30 GB available HD space
Operating system:
Windows® 7 / Windows® 8 / Windows® 10 64-bit (latest service pack)
DirectX:
DirectX 9.0c

StarCraft 2 performance on your PC


StarCraft 2 performance with your GPU

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

RTX 3060
recommended
GeForce GTX 650
30 fps @ low
1024×768
60 fps @ medium
1360×768
60 fps @ high
1360×768
60 fps @ ultra
1920×1080

Projected FPS in various settings and resolutions

StarCraft 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
500−550 FPS
medium settings / 768p
220−230 FPS
high settings / 768p
210−220 FPS
ultra settings / 1080p
170−180 FPS

StarCraft 2 performance with your CPU

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

i5-12400

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