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Dishonored PC system requirements

Dishonored needs at least a processor listed as “3.0 GHz dual core or better”, 3 GB of RAM and a graphics card listed as “DirectX 9 compatible with 512 MB video RAM or better (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 / ATI Radeon HD 5850)”, on Windows Vista / Windows 7 (64-bit).

For the recommended settings: a processor listed as “2.4 GHz quad core or better (enhanced for multi-core processors)”, 4 GB of RAM and a graphics card listed as “DirectX 9 compatible with 768 MB video RAM or better (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 / ATI Radeon HD 5850)”. It takes 9 GB of storage.

Dishonored: minimum and recommended PC requirements (Windows)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system	Windows Vista / Windows 7	Windows Vista / Windows 7 (enhanced for 64-bit OS)
Processor	3.0 GHz dual core or better	2.4 GHz quad core or better (enhanced for multi-core processors)
Memory	3 GB system RAM	4 GB system RAM
Graphics	DirectX 9 compatible with 512 MB video RAM or better (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 / ATI Radeon HD 5850)	DirectX 9 compatible with 768 MB video RAM or better (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 / ATI Radeon HD 5850)
Storage	9 GB Same for both: minimum and recommended
Sound card	Windows compatible sound card Same for both: minimum and recommended

How demanding is Dishonored?

Memory: Needs more minimum RAM than 13% of the 1,937 PC games with requirements we track (3 GB).

It is on our list of low-end PC games (4 GB of RAM or less).
Storage: Larger than 39% of the 1,852 games with a storage figure (9 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.