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XCOM 2 PC system requirements

XCOM 2 needs at least an Intel Core 2 Duo E4700 2.6 GHz or AMD Phenom 9950 Quad Core 2.6 GHz processor, 4 GB of RAM and a graphics card listed as “1GB ATI Radeon HD 5770, 1GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or better”, on Windows® 7, 64-bit.

For the recommended settings: a processor listed as “3GHz Quad Core”, 8 GB of RAM and a graphics card listed as “2GB ATI Radeon HD 7970, 2GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 or better”. It takes 45 GB of storage.

XCOM 2: minimum and recommended PC requirements (Windows)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system	Windows® 7, 64-bit Same for both: minimum and recommended
Processor	Intel Core 2 Duo E4700 2.6 GHz or AMD Phenom 9950 Quad Core 2.6 GHz	3GHz Quad Core
Memory	4 GB RAM	8 GB RAM
Graphics	1GB ATI Radeon HD 5770, 1GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or better	2GB ATI Radeon HD 7970, 2GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 or better
DirectX	Version 11	Not listed
Storage	45 GB available space Same for both: minimum and recommended
Sound card	DirectX compatible sound card Same for both: minimum and recommended
Additional notes	Initial installation requires one-time Internet connection for Steam authentication; software installations required (included with the game) include Steam Client, Microsoft Visual C++2012 and 2013 Runtime Libraries and Microsoft DirectX.	Not listed

How demanding is XCOM 2?

Memory: Needs more minimum RAM than 15% of the 1,937 PC games with requirements we track (4 GB).

It is on our list of low-end PC games (4 GB of RAM or less).
Storage: Larger than 81% of the 1,852 games with a storage figure (45 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

XCOM 2: macOS requirements
	Minimum
Operating system	macOS 10.13.6
Processor	2.5GHz Intel Core i5 or greater
Memory	8 GB RAM
Graphics	1GB AMD 5750, Nvidia 650M, 1.5GB Intel Iris Pro 6200 (See Notes for more details)
Storage	45 GB available space
Additional notes	The game is supported on the following Macs. To check your Mac model and when it was released, select About This Mac from the Apple menu on your menu bar. * All 13” MacBook Pros released since Late 2016 * All 15” MacBook Pros since early 2011 with a 2.3GHz processor or better * All 17" MacBook Pros since Early 2011 * All 21.5” iMacs since late 2013 with a 1GB NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M or better * All 27” iMacs since mid 2010 with a 1GB Graphics Cards and a 2.5GHz processor or better * All 27” iMacs Pro's * All Mac Pros released since Late 2009 Please note for your computer to meet the minimum requirements it must match or better all elements of the listed spec. For more detailed specifications check the Feral website. ———

Linux and SteamOS

XCOM 2: Linux and SteamOS requirements
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system	Ubuntu 14.04.2 64-bit or Steam OS Same for both: minimum and recommended
Processor	Intel i3-3225 3.3ghz	Intel i7 series
Memory	4 GB RAM	8 GB RAM
Graphics	NVIDIA 650 (1GB), AMD R9 270 (2GB) or better	NVIDIA 960 (2GB)
Storage	45 GB available space Same for both: minimum and recommended
Additional notes	* Intel GPUs are not supported at time of release. * Nvidia requires 352.55 or newer drivers. * AMD requires Mesa 13.0.1 driver compiled using LLVM 3.9. * XCOM 2 War of the Chosen requirements differ to XCOM 2, please check the system requirements here before purchasing.	* Intel GPUs are not supported at time of release. * We recommend Nvidia 358.16 drivers for best performance in XCOM 2. * XCOM 2 War of the Chosen requirements differ to XCOM 2, please check the system requirements here before purchasing.