System requirements · PC
Tropico 4 PC system requirements
Tropico 4 needs at least a processor listed as “2 GHz Dual Core CPU”, 1 GB of RAM and a graphics card listed as “Shader Model 3.0 (Geforce 6600 or higher, Radeon X1600-Series), 256 MB, DirectX 9.0c”, on Windows XP SP3 (32-bit), Vista / 7 (32 or 64-bit).
For the recommended settings: a processor listed as “2 GHz Quad Core CPU”, 2 GB of RAM and a graphics card listed as “Shader Model 3.0 (Geforce 8800 or higher, Radeon HD4000-Series or higher), 512 MB, DirectX 9.0c”. It takes 5 GB of storage.
Minimum and recommended requirements
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| Operating system | Windows XP SP3 (32-bit), Vista / 7 (32 or 64-bit) | Windows Vista / 7 (32 or 64-bit) |
| Processor | 2 GHz Dual Core CPU | 2 GHz Quad Core CPU |
| Memory | 1 GB RAM | 2 GB RAM |
| Graphics | Shader Model 3.0 (Geforce 6600 or higher, Radeon X1600-Series), 256 MB, DirectX 9.0c | Shader Model 3.0 (Geforce 8800 or higher, Radeon HD4000-Series or higher), 512 MB, DirectX 9.0c |
| DirectX | 9.0c Same for both: minimum and recommended | |
| Storage | 5 GB free hard disk space Same for both: minimum and recommended | |
| Sound card | DirectX compatible Same for both: minimum and recommended | |
How demanding is Tropico 4?
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Memory: Needs more minimum RAM than 1% of the 1,937 PC games with requirements we track (1 GB).
It is on our list of low-end PC games (4 GB of RAM or less).
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Storage: Larger than 26% of the 1,852 games with a storage figure (5 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 | 10.8.5 | 10.9.4 |
| Processor | 2.0 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Memory | 4 GB Memory | 8 GB Memory |
| Graphics | 256 MB* | 512 MB* |
| Storage | 6GB HD space Same for both: minimum and recommended | |
| Additional notes | The following graphics cards are not supported: ATI X1xxx series, ATI HD2xxx series, Intel GMA series, NVIDIA 7xxx series and NVIDIA 8xxx series. The following cards require you to have 8GB of system RAM: Intel HD3000, NVIDIA 9400, Intel HD4000 and NVIDIA 320M. Same for both: minimum and recommended | |
Tropico 4 is also available on Xbox One. The PC specifications on this page do not apply to console editions.
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