PAYDAY 2 System Requirements

To run the PAYDAY 2 system requirements, you will need an AMD Radeon HD 6450 GPU, an Intel Core Duo T2450 CPU, and 8GB of RAM.

In terms of game file size, you will need at least 31 GB of free disk space available. By contrast, the game developers recommend somewhere around 45 GB of free disk space on your system drive. PAYDAY 2 system requirements state that you will need at least 4 GB of RAM. If possible, make sure your have 8 GB of RAM in order to run PAYDAY 2 to its full potential. The cheapest graphics card you can play it on is an AMD Radeon HD 6450. Furthermore, an AMD Radeon HD 7450 is recommended in order to run PAYDAY 2 with the highest settings. An Intel Core Duo T2450 CPU is required at a minimum to run PAYDAY 2. However, the developers recommend a CPU greater or equal to an Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 to play the game.

PAYDAY 2 size

The PAYDAY 2 size for download on PC is 83GB of HD or SSD space. If you need more space, check the PCGamesN buyers guide for the best SSD for gaming. 

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PAYDAY 2 will run on PC system with Windows 7 and upwards. Additionally it has a Linux version.

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PAYDAY 2 FPS - what frame rate can you expect?

How many FPS will I get on PAYDAY 2? We reference thousands of reports from PCGameBenchmark users running our FPS tracking app to tell you exactly how PAYDAY 2 performs across a range of different settings and resolutions on the most popular PC gaming setups.

What frame rate does PAYDAY 2 run at?

Avg FPS	CPU	GPU	RAM
45	Intel Core i5-7500	Intel HD 630	8 GB
40	Intel Core i5-2400	NVIDIA GeForce GT 710	16 GB
37	Intel Core i3-1005G1	Intel UHD	8 GB
29	Intel Core i5-5300U	Intel HD 5500	8 GB
20	Intel Core i5-3320M	Intel HD 4000	8 GB

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