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Can you run Assassin's Creed 2? PC requirements and settings
Assassin's Creed 2, by Ubisoft Montreal (Action, Adventure), came out on Steam on March 4, 2010.
Here are the official specs, and what they mean on the most common graphics cards.
Publisher's recommended cardGeForce 8800 GT or ATI Radeon HD 4700 or better
Minimum card256 MB DirectX 9.0–compliant card with Shader Model 3.0 or higher (see supported list)
Recommended RAM1.5 GB
Estimate per graphics card
No frame-rate estimate for this game
The official page does not name a specific graphics card for both the minimum and the
recommended specs. Rather than an invented number, we give none. ORION does the maths on your
own PC, with your card, processor and screen, then measures the real frame rate while you play.
Official specs
Minimum and recommended requirements
Minimum
- OS
- Windows XP (32-64 bits) /Windows Vista (32-64 bits)*
- Processor
- Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHZ or AMD Athlon X2 64 2.4GHZ
- Memory
- 1.5 GB Windows XP / 2 GB Windows Vista - Windows 7
- Graphics
- 256 MB DirectX 9.0–compliant card with Shader Model 3.0 or higher (see supported list)
- DirectX
- DirectX 9.0
- Storage
- 8 GB free space
Recommended
- OS
- Windows XP (32-64 bits) /Windows Vista (32-64 bits)*
- Processor
- Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 2.6 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ or better
- Memory
- 1.5 GB Windows XP / 2 GB Windows Vista - Windows 7
- Graphics
- GeForce 8800 GT or ATI Radeon HD 4700 or better
- DirectX
- DirectX 9.0
- Storage
- 8 GB free space
Source: the
game's Steam page, read on October 7, 2026.
Where to buy
Buy Assassin's Creed 2
The official page first. In ORION, the Store tab compares prices across shops, with the
official stores listed before key resellers.
On your PC
The same estimate with your own hardware, and the settings applied for you
ORION is a free game launcher for Windows. It reads your graphics card, processor and
screen, estimates every game in your library, then measures the real frame rate while you
play and sets the game up with its "Recommended" profile. No account, no ads.
Questions
Assassin's Creed 2 at a glance
Which graphics card do I need for Assassin's Creed 2 at 1080p?
The publisher recommends: GeForce 8800 GT or ATI Radeon HD 4700 or better. Minimum: 256 MB DirectX 9.0–compliant card with Shader Model 3.0 or higher (see supported list). The official page does not name a specific graphics card for both minimum and recommended specs, so we give no frame-rate estimate for this game. ORION does the maths on your own PC.
How much RAM does Assassin's Creed 2 need?
The publisher recommends 1.5 GB of RAM.
How much storage does Assassin's Creed 2 take?
The official page asks for 8 GB free space of storage.