System requirements · PC

Left 4 Dead 2 PC system requirements

Left 4 Dead 2 needs at least a processor listed as “Pentium 4 3.0GHz”, 2 GB of RAM and a graphics card listed as “Video card with 128 MB, Shader model 2.0. ATI X800, NVidia 6600 or better”, on Windows® 7 32/64-bit / Vista 32/64 / XP.

For the recommended settings: an Intel core 2 duo 2.4GHz processor, 2 GB of RAM and a graphics card listed as “Video Card Shader model 3.0. NVidia 7600, ATI X1600 or better”. It takes 13 GB of storage.

Left 4 Dead 2: minimum and recommended PC requirements (Windows)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system	Windows® 7 32/64-bit / Vista 32/64 / XP Same for both: minimum and recommended
Processor	Pentium 4 3.0GHz	Intel core 2 duo 2.4GHz
Memory	2 GB RAM Same for both: minimum and recommended
Graphics	Video card with 128 MB, Shader model 2.0. ATI X800, NVidia 6600 or better	Video Card Shader model 3.0. NVidia 7600, ATI X1600 or better
DirectX	Version 9.0c Same for both: minimum and recommended
Storage	13 GB available space Same for both: minimum and recommended
Sound card	DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card Same for both: minimum and recommended

How demanding is Left 4 Dead 2?

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 50% of the 1,852 games with a storage figure (13 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

Left 4 Dead 2: macOS requirements
	Minimum
Operating system	MacOS 10.7
Processor	Dual core Intel processor, 2GHz or better
Memory	2 GB RAM
Graphics	ATI Radeon 2400 or higher / NVIDIA 8600M or higher / Intel HD Graphics 3000
Storage	13 GB available space
Additional notes	Not supported: OS X 10.5.x, ATI X1600 or X1900 graphics, NVIDIA GeForce 7 graphics or Intel graphics less than Intel HD 3000.

Linux and SteamOS

Left 4 Dead 2: Linux and SteamOS requirements
	Minimum
Operating system	Ubuntu 12.04
Processor	Dual core from Intel or AMD at 2.8 GHz
Memory	2 GB RAM
Graphics	nVidia GeForce 8600/9600GT, ATI/AMD Radeon HD2600/3600 (Graphic Drivers: nVidia 310, AMD 12.11), OpenGL 2.1
Storage	13 GB available space
Sound card	OpenAL Compatible Sound Card