BioShock 2 System Requirements

BioShock 2 system requirements state that you will need at least 2GB of RAM. If possible, make sure you have 3GB in order to run BioShock 2 to its full potential. Provided that you have at least an ATI Radeon X1900 graphics card you can play the game. But, according to the developers the recommended graphics card is an ATI Radeon HD 4830. The minimum BioShock 2 download size is 14GB for installation. The developers recommend somewhere around 14GB storage space on your hard drive. To play BioShock 2 you will need a minimum CPU equivalent to an Intel Pentium 4 4.00GHz. However, the developers recommend a CPU greater or equal to an Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 to play the game.

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BioShock 2 will run on PC system with Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 and upwards. Additionally it has a Linux version.

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BioShock 2 FPS - what frame rate can you expect?

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