System requirements · PC
Assassin's Creed 2 PC system requirements
Assassin's Creed 2 needs at least an Intel Core® 2 Duo 1.8 GHZ or AMD Athlon X2 64 2.4GHZ processor, 1.5 GB of RAM and a graphics card listed as “256 MB DirectX® 9.0–compliant card with Shader Model 3.0 or higher (see supported list)”, on Windows® XP (32-64 bits) /Windows Vista®(32-64 bits)*.
For the recommended settings: an Intel Core® 2 Duo E6700 2.6 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ or better processor, 1.5 GB of RAM and a GeForce 8800 GT or ATI Radeon HD 4700 or better graphics card. It takes 8 GB of storage.
Minimum and recommended requirements
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| Operating system | Windows® XP (32-64 bits) /Windows Vista®(32-64 bits)* Same for both: minimum and recommended | |
| Processor | Intel Core® 2 Duo 1.8 GHZ or AMD Athlon X2 64 2.4GHZ | Intel Core® 2 Duo E6700 2.6 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ or better |
| Memory | 1.5 GB Windows® XP / 2 GB Windows Vista® - Windows 7® Same for both: minimum and recommended | |
| Graphics | 256 MB DirectX® 9.0–compliant card with Shader Model 3.0 or higher (see supported list) | GeForce 8800 GT or ATI Radeon HD 4700 or better |
| DirectX | DirectX 9.0 Same for both: minimum and recommended | |
| Storage | 8 GB free space Same for both: minimum and recommended | |
| Sound card | DirectX 9.0 –compliant sound card | 5.1 sound card |
| Additional notes | Keyboard, mouse, optional controller | Keyboard, mouse, joystick optional (Xbox 360® Controller for Windows recommended) |
How demanding is Assassin's Creed 2?
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Memory: Needs more minimum RAM than 4% of the 1,937 PC games with requirements we track (1.5 GB).
It is on our list of low-end PC games (4 GB of RAM or less).
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Storage: Larger than 35% of the 1,852 games with a storage figure (8 GB).
Compared with the minimum requirements of every game that has a requirements page on gamekeys.deals. We compare memory and storage only: processor and graphics card names cannot be ranked reliably from Steam's text.
Other platforms
Mac
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| Operating system | Only OS X version Leopard 10.5.8, Snow Leopard 10.6.3. | Not listed |
| Processor | Intel Core® 2 Duo 3.06 GHz | Intel Core® i5 2.66Ghz or better |
| Memory | 3GB | 4GB or better |
| Graphics | 256 MB Dedicated Shader model 3.0 or higher (see supported list) | 512 MB Dedicated - ATI Radeon® HD 4850 , NVIDIA GeForce GT120 or better |
| Storage | 9GB | Not listed |
| Additional notes | Does not support Lion X (OS 10.7) Mouse, keyboard Broadband Internet connection with 128 kbps upstream or faster | Does not support Lion X (OS 10.7) |
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