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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.

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