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BioShock Infinite PC system requirements

BioShock Infinite needs at least an Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / AMD Athlon X2 2.7 GHz processor, 2 GB of RAM and a graphics card listed as “DirectX10 Compatible ATI Radeon HD 3870 / NVIDIA 8800 GT / Intel HD 3000 Integrated Graphics”, on Windows Vista Service Pack 2 32-bit (64-bit).

For the recommended settings: a processor listed as “Quad Core Processor”, 4 GB of RAM and a graphics card listed as “DirectX11 Compatible, AMD Radeon HD 6950 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560”. It takes 20 GB of storage.

BioShock Infinite: minimum and recommended PC requirements (Windows)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system	Windows Vista Service Pack 2 32-bit	Windows 7 Service Pack 1 64-bit
Processor	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / AMD Athlon X2 2.7 GHz	Quad Core Processor
Memory	2GB	4GB
Graphics	DirectX10 Compatible ATI Radeon HD 3870 / NVIDIA 8800 GT / Intel HD 3000 Integrated Graphics	DirectX11 Compatible, AMD Radeon HD 6950 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560
Storage	20 GB free	30 GB free
Sound card	DirectX Compatible Same for both: minimum and recommended
Additional notes	512 MB	1024 MB

How demanding is BioShock Infinite?

Memory: Needs more minimum RAM than 5% of the 1,937 PC games with requirements we track (2 GB).

It is on our list of low-end PC games (4 GB of RAM or less).
Storage: Larger than 57% of the 1,852 games with a storage figure (20 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

BioShock Infinite: macOS requirements
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system	10.12 (Sierra) Same for both: minimum and recommended
Processor	2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (Dual-Core) Same for both: minimum and recommended
Memory	4 GB RAM Same for both: minimum and recommended
Graphics	ATI Radeon HD 3870 / NVidia Geforce 640M / Intel HD4000	ATI Radeon HD 5870 / NVidia Geforce GTX 775M
Storage	30 GB Same for both: minimum and recommended
Additional notes	512 MB BioShock Infinite supports both the Microsoft Xbox 360 wired gamepad and the PlayStation 3 Dualshock 3 Wireless Controller in addition to the Macintosh mouse and keyboard This game is not supported on volumes formatted as Mac OS Extended (Case Sensitive) The following video chipsets are unsupported for BioShock Infinite: ATI Radeon 2000 series, HD 4670, HD 6490M and 6630M, NVIDIA 9000 series, 320M, 330M, Intel HD 3000, Intel Integrated GMA chipsets and 3100 The Mac version of Bioshock Infinite is available in English, French, Italian, German and Spanish only.	512 MB

Linux and SteamOS

BioShock Infinite: Linux and SteamOS requirements
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system	Ubuntu 14.10, Mint 17.1 or similar Linux distribution	Not listed
Processor	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / AMD Athlon X2 2.7 GHz	Intel Core i5 3GHz (or similar AMD processor)
Memory	4GB	8GB
Graphics	NVidia/AMD OpenGL 4.1/DirectX 10.0 level compatible	NVidia/AMD OpenGL 4.2/DirectX 10.1 level compatible
Storage	20 GB Free	30 GB Free
Sound card	ALSA/PulseAudio compatible	Not listed
Additional notes	1GB	2GB NVidia 340.65 or better. 331.xx series are unsupported and will not work correctly. AMD Catalyst (aka fglrx) 15.7 or better MESA drivers and Intel Graphics are not currently supported.

BioShock Infinite is also available on PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch and Xbox One. The PC specifications on this page do not apply to console editions.