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Can you run Far Cry 2? PC requirements and settings

Far Cry 2, by Ubisoft Montreal (Action), came out on Steam on October 22, 2008. Here are the official specs, and what they mean on the most common graphics cards.

Publisher's recommended card512 MB, NVidia 8600 GTS or better, ATI X1900 or better*
Minimum card256 MB, Shader Model 3 required, NVidia 6800 or ATI X1650 or better*
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

Processor
Pentium 4 3.2 Ghz, Pentium D 2.66 Ghz, AMD Athlon 64 3500+ or better
Memory
1 GB
Graphics
256 MB, Shader Model 3 required, NVidia 6800 or ATI X1650 or better*
Storage
3.5 GB (Multiple saves and user created maps will increase the amount of needed hard disk space.)

Recommended

Processor
Intel Core 2 Duo Family, AMD 64 X2 5200+, AMD Phenom or better
Memory
2 GB RAM
Graphics
512 MB, NVidia 8600 GTS or better, ATI X1900 or better*

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

Where to buy

Buy Far Cry 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

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Questions

Far Cry 2 at a glance

Which graphics card do I need for Far Cry 2 at 1080p?

The publisher recommends: 512 MB, NVidia 8600 GTS or better, ATI X1900 or better*. Minimum: 256 MB, Shader Model 3 required, NVidia 6800 or ATI X1650 or better*. 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 Far Cry 2 need?

The publisher recommends 2 GB of RAM (minimum: 1 GB).

How much storage does Far Cry 2 take?

The official page asks for 3.5 GB (Multiple saves and user created maps will increase the amount of needed hard disk space.) of storage.

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