Total War: Shogun 2 System Requirements: Can You Run It?

Total War: Shogun 2
Developer:
Creative Assembly
Publisher:
SEGA
Release date:
15 March 2011 (13 years ago)
User score:
4.6 / 5 (50 votes)
Hardware demand level:
0.5 / 10 - not demanding

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Official Total War: Shogun 2 system requirements for PC

These are the PC specifications advised by developers to run Total War: Shogun 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

PassGraphics card:
256 MB DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics card (shader model 3)
PassCPU:
2 GHz Intel Dual Core processor / 2.6 GHz Intel Single Core processor, or AMD equivalent (with SSE2)
PassMemory:
1GB RAM (XP), 2GB RAM (Vista / Windows7)
File size:
32GB free hard disk space
Operating system:
Windows 7 / Vista / XP
DirectX:
DirectX 9.0c

PassRecommended requirements

PassGraphics card:
AMD Radeon HD 5000 and 6000 series graphics cards or equivalent DirectX 11 compatible graphics card
PassCPU:
2nd Generation Intel Core i5 processor (or greater), or AMD equivalent
PassMemory:
2GB RAM (XP), 4GB RAM (Vista / Windows7)
File size:
32GB free hard disk space
Operating system:
Windows 7 / Vista / XP
DirectX:
DirectX 9.0c

Total War: Shogun 2 performance on your PC


Total War: Shogun 2 performance on your GPU

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

RTX 3060
minimum
Any
recommended
Radeon HD 5970
30 fps @ low
1024×768
60 fps @ medium
1280×720
60 fps @ ultra
1920×1080

GeForce RTX 3060 is 7.5x faster than Radeon HD 5970. Your graphics card can run Total War: Shogun 2 at recommended settings according to Creative Assembly.


Projected FPS in various settings and resolutions

Total War: Shogun 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
400−450 FPS
medium settings / 720p
120−130 FPS
ultra settings / 1080p
100−110 FPS

Total War: Shogun 2 performance on your CPU

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

i5-12400
recommended
Core i5-470UM

Core i5-12400 is 25.0x faster than Core i5-470UM. Your CPU can run Total War: Shogun 2 at recommended settings according to Creative Assembly.


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