BioShock® 2
💾 11GB Sound: 100% DirectX 9.0C compliant sound card or onboard sound
Set approximately 10 years after the events of the original BioShock, the halls of Rapture once again echo with sins of the past. Along the Atlantic coastline, a monster has been snatching little girls and bringing them back to the undersea city of Rapture.
🚀 Recommended GPU: NVIDIA 8800GT 512MB graphics card or better, ATI Radeon HD4830 512MB graphics card or better
Target: 60 FPS
Official PC System Requirements
Minimum Requirements
1080p @ 30 FPS (Low Settings)
OSWindows XP, Vista, Windows 7
CPUAMD Athlon 64 Processor 3800+ 2.4Ghz or better, Intel Pentium 4 530 3.0Ghz Processor or better
GPUNVIDIA 7800GT 256MB graphics card or better, ATI Radeon X1900 256MB graphics card or better
RAM2GB
Storage11GB Sound: 100% DirectX 9.0C compliant sound card or onboard sound
DirectXDirectX 9.0c
Recommended Requirements
1080p @ 60 FPS (High Settings)
OSWindows XP, Vista, Windows 7
CPUAMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Dual Core 2.60Ghz, Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 Dual Core 2.13Ghz
GPUNVIDIA 8800GT 512MB graphics card or better, ATI Radeon HD4830 512MB graphics card or better
RAM3GB
Storage11GB Sound: 100% DirectX 9.0C compliant sound card or onboard sound
DirectXDirectX 9.0c
4K Ultra / Enthusiast
1440p / 4K @ 60+ FPS (Ultra Settings) — editorial estimate, not an official figure
OSWindows 11 64-bit
CPUIntel Core i7-13700 / AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
GPUNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 / RTX 4080
RAM32 GB RAM
VRAM12 GB+ VRAM
Storage11GB Sound: 100% DirectX 9.0C compliant sound card or onboard sound
DirectXVersion 12
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Best Graphic Settings & FPS Boost Tips
- Keep your GPU driver on the latest Game Ready / Adrenalin branch before comparing frame rates.
- If frame pacing stutters, lower Shadows, Volumetric Lighting and Ambient Occlusion one step each.
- Use Fullscreen mode instead of Borderless Windowed to cut input latency and gain a few FPS.
