Bioshock 2 system requirements revealed

20 January 2010

The system requirements for the PC version of Bioshock 2 have been revealed, and are pretty much in line with what most would expect from a AAA title. If anything the recommended system requirements can be considered modest.

The Game will feature DRM which will allow up to 15 installations.

The following will be required to play Bioshock on PC.

Minimum

•    Processor: AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3800+ 2.4Ghz or better, Intel Pentium 4 530 3.0Ghz Processor or better
•    Memory: 2GB
•    Graphics: NVIDIA 7800GT 256MB graphics card or better, ATI Radeon X1900 256MB graphics card or better
•    Hard Drive: 11GB
•    Sound: 100% DirectX 9.0C compliant sound card or onboard sound
•    OS: Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7
•    DirectX: DirectX 9.0c

Recommended

•    Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Dual Core 2.60Ghz, Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 Dual Core 2.13Ghz
•    Memory: 3GB
•    Graphics: NVIDIA 8800GT 512MB graphics card or better, ATI Radeon HD4830 512MB graphics card or better

Other Requirements

•    Initial installation requires one-time internet connection.
•    Ability to save game, earn achievements, receive title updates and online play requires log-in to Games for Windows LIVE.
•    Software installations required including Microsoft Visual C++2008 Runtime Libraries, Games for Windows LIVE client, Games for Windows LIVE Client Patch, Sony DADC SecuROM, Microsoft DirectX.

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