XCOM 2 System Requirements

To play XCOM® 2 you will need a minimum CPU equivalent to an Intel Core 2 Duo E4700. However, the developers recommend a CPU greater or equal to an Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 to play the game. The cheapest graphics card you can play it on is an ATI Radeon HD 5770. Furthermore, an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 is recommended in order to run XCOM® 2 with the highest settings. In terms of game file size, you will need at least 45 GB of free disk space available. The minimum memory requirement for XCOM® 2 is 4 GB of RAM installed in your computer. If possible, make sure your have 8 GB of RAM in order to run XCOM® 2 to its full potential.

XCOM 2 will run on PC system with Windows® 7, 64-bit and upwards. Additionally it has Mac and Linux versions.

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XCOM 2 FPS - what frame rate can you expect?

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

What frame rate does XCOM 2 run at?

Avg FPS	CPU	GPU	RAM
94	Intel Core i9-14900KF	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	64 GB
68	Intel Core i7-10750H	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU	16 GB
60	Intel Core i7-10750H	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti	16 GB
47	Intel Core i7-9750H	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti	16 GB
17	Intel Core i5-7200U	Intel HD Graphics 620	8 GB

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