ORION Download

ORION › Game requirements › Call of Duty: Black Ops II

Can you run Call of Duty: Black Ops II? PC requirements and settings

Call of Duty: Black Ops II, by Treyarch (Action), came out on Steam on November 12, 2012. Here are the official specs, and what they mean on the most common graphics cards.

Minimum cardNvidia GeForce 8800GT 512 MB or ATI Radeon HD 3870 512 MB
Recommended RAM2 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 Vista SP2 or Windows 7. Windows XP is not supported
Processor
Intel Core2 Duo E8200 2.66 GHz or AMD Phenom X3 8750 2.4 GHz
Memory
2 GB for 32-bit OS or 4 GB for 64-bit OS
Graphics
Nvidia GeForce 8800GT 512 MB or ATI Radeon HD 3870 512 MB
DirectX
Version 9.0c
Storage
16 GB

Source: the game's Steam page, read on October 7, 2026.

Where to buy

Buy Call of Duty: Black Ops II

The official page first. In ORION, the Store tab compares prices across shops, with the official stores listed before key resellers.

Steam (official store)

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.

Download ORION for Windows Microsoft Store About the launcher

Questions

Call of Duty: Black Ops II at a glance

Which graphics card do I need for Call of Duty: Black Ops II at 1080p?

Minimum: Nvidia GeForce 8800GT 512 MB or ATI Radeon HD 3870 512 MB. 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 Call of Duty: Black Ops II need?

The publisher recommends 2 GB of RAM.

How much storage does Call of Duty: Black Ops II take?

The official page asks for 16 GB of storage.

Other games

Check another game's requirements

Call of Duty: Black Ops IIICall of Duty: GhostsCall of Duty: Infinite WarfareCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009)Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011)Call of Duty: World at WarCall of Duty: WWIICall of Juarez: GunslingerAll games

By genre: Action games