XCOM: Enemy Unknown System Requirements: Can You Run It?

XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Developer:
Firaxis Games
Publisher:
2K Games
Release date:
11 October 2012 (11 years ago)
User score:
4.2 / 5 (53 votes)
Hardware demand level:
(1/10)

Official XCOM: Enemy Unknown system requirements for PC

These are the PC specifications advised by developers to run XCOM: Enemy Unknown 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, NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT / ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT or greater
Pass CPU:
2 GHz Dual Core
Pass Memory:
2 GB RAM
File size:
20 GB free
Operating system:
Windows Vista
DirectX:
no data

PassRecommended requirements

Pass Graphics card:
512+ MB, NVIDIA GeForce 9000 series / ATI Radeon HD 3000 series or greater
Pass CPU:
2 GHz Dual Core (Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or Athlon X2 2.7 GHz)
Pass Memory:
4 GB RAM
File size:
20 GB free
Operating system:
Windows 7
DirectX:
no data

XCOM: Enemy Unknown performance on your PC

XCOM: Enemy Unknown performance on your GPU

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

RTX 3060
recommended
GeForce 9600 GSO
30 fps @ low
1366×768

Projected FPS in various settings and resolutions

XCOM: Enemy Unknown 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
100−105 FPS

XCOM: Enemy Unknown performance on your CPU

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

i5-12400
recommended
Core 2 Duo P7450

User Ratings

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4.2 53 votes

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