Black Mesa System Requirements

To play Black Mesa you will need a minimum CPU equivalent to an Intel Core 2 Duo Q6867. However, the developers recommend a CPU greater or equal to an Intel Core i5-1300F to play the game. The cheapest graphics card you can play it on is an AMD Radeon HD 5450. But, according to the developers the recommended graphics card is an AMD Radeon R5 M230. The minimum memory requirement for Black Mesa is 6 GB of RAM installed in your computer. Additionally, the game developers recommend somewhere around 8 GB of RAM in your system. You will need at least 20 GB of free disk space to install Black Mesa.

Black Mesa will run on PC system with Windows® 10 or Newer and upwards. Additionally it has a Linux version.

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Black Mesa FPS - what frame rate can you expect?

How many FPS will I get on Black Mesa? We reference thousands of reports from PCGameBenchmark users running our FPS tracking app to tell you exactly how Black Mesa performs across a range of different settings and resolutions on the most popular PC gaming setups.

What frame rate does Black Mesa run at?

Avg FPS	CPU	GPU	RAM
207	Intel Core i7-10750H	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti	16 GB
119	Intel Core i5-2400	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650	24 GB
34	Intel Core i5-7200U	AMD Radeon R7 M440	16 GB
32	Intel Core i5-7600	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB	8 GB
30	Intel Core i5-7200U	Intel HD Graphics 620	16 GB

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