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Resident Evil 2 PC system requirements

Resident Evil 2 needs at least an Intel® Core™ i5-4460 or AMD FX™-6300 or better processor, 8 GB of RAM and an NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 960 or AMD Radeon™ RX 460 graphics card, on Windows® 10 (64-BIT Required).

For the recommended settings: an Intel® Core™ i7-3770 or AMD FX™-9590 or better processor, 8 GB of RAM and an NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon™ RX 480 with 3GB VRAM graphics card. It takes 26 GB of storage.

Resident Evil 2: minimum and recommended PC requirements (Windows)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system	Windows® 10 (64-BIT Required) Same for both: minimum and recommended
Processor	Intel® Core™ i5-4460 or AMD FX™-6300 or better	Intel® Core™ i7-3770 or AMD FX™-9590 or better
Memory	8 GB RAM Same for both: minimum and recommended
Graphics	NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 960 or AMD Radeon™ RX 460	NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon™ RX 480 with 3GB VRAM
DirectX	Version 12 Same for both: minimum and recommended
Storage	26 GB available space Same for both: minimum and recommended
Additional notes	Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system This game is expected to run at 1080p/30 FPS. If you have don't have enough graphics memory to run the game at your selected texture quality, you must go to Options > Graphics and lower the texture quality or shadow quality, or decrease the resolution. An internet connection is required for product activation. (Network connectivity uses Steam® developed by Valve® Corporation.)	Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system This game is expected to run at 1080p/60 FPS. An internet connection is required for product activation. (Network connectivity uses Steam® developed by Valve® Corporation.)

How demanding is Resident Evil 2?

Memory: Needs more minimum RAM than 45% of the 1,937 PC games with requirements we track (8 GB).
Storage: Larger than 68% of the 1,852 games with a storage figure (26 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

Resident Evil 2 is also available on Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4. The PC specifications on this page do not apply to console editions.