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Can you run Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition? PC requirements and settings
Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition, by CREATIVE ASSEMBLY, Feral Interactive (Strategy), came out on Steam on September 2, 2013.
Here are the official specs, and what they mean on the most common graphics cards.
Publisher's recommended card1024 MB DirectX 11 compatible graphics card.
Minimum card512 MB DirectX 9.0c compatible card (shader model 3, vertex texture fetch support).
Recommended RAM4 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
- XP/ Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8
- Processor
- 2 GHz Intel Dual Core processor / 2.6 GHz Intel Single Core processor
- Memory
- 2GB RAM
- Graphics
- 512 MB DirectX 9.0c compatible card (shader model 3, vertex texture fetch support).
- DirectX
- 9.0c
- Storage
- 35 GB HD space
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 7 / Windows 8
- Processor
- 2nd Generation Intel Core i5 processor (or greater)
- Memory
- 4GB RAM
- Graphics
- 1024 MB DirectX 11 compatible graphics card.
- DirectX
- 11
- Storage
- 35 GB HD space
Source: the
game's Steam page, read on October 7, 2026.
Where to buy
Buy Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition
The official page first. In ORION, the Store tab compares prices across shops, with the
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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
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Questions
Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition at a glance
Which graphics card do I need for Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition at 1080p?
The publisher recommends: 1024 MB DirectX 11 compatible graphics card. Minimum: 512 MB DirectX 9.0c compatible card (shader model 3, vertex texture fetch support). 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 Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition need?
The publisher recommends 4 GB of RAM (minimum: 2 GB).
How much storage does Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition take?
The official page asks for 35 GB HD space of storage.
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