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Can you run Total War: SHOGUN 2? PC requirements and settings

Total War: SHOGUN 2, by CREATIVE ASSEMBLY, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux) (Strategy), came out on Steam on March 15, 2011. Here are the official specs, and what they mean on the most common graphics cards.

Publisher's recommended cardAMD Radeon HD 5000 and 6000 series graphics card or equivalent DirectX 11 compatible card
Minimum card256 MB DirectX 9.0c compatible card (shader model 3)
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 7 / Vista / XP
Processor
2 GHz Intel Dual Core processor / 2.6 GHz Intel Single Core processor, or AMD equivalent (with SSE2)
Memory
1GB RAM (XP), 2GB RAM (Vista / Windows7)
Graphics
256 MB DirectX 9.0c compatible card (shader model 3)
DirectX
DirectX 9.0c
Storage
32GB free hard disk space

Recommended

OS
Windows 7 / Vista / XP
Processor
2nd Generation Intel Core i5 processor (or greater), or AMD equivalent
Memory
2GB RAM (XP), 4GB RAM (Vista / Windows7)
Graphics
AMD Radeon HD 5000 and 6000 series graphics card or equivalent DirectX 11 compatible card
DirectX
DirectX 9.0c
Storage
32GB free hard disk space

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

Where to buy

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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 play and sets the game up with its "Recommended" profile. No account, no ads.

Questions

Total War: SHOGUN 2 at a glance

Which graphics card do I need for Total War: SHOGUN 2 at 1080p?

The publisher recommends: AMD Radeon HD 5000 and 6000 series graphics card or equivalent DirectX 11 compatible card. Minimum: 256 MB DirectX 9.0c compatible card (shader model 3). 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: SHOGUN 2 need?

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

How much storage does Total War: SHOGUN 2 take?

The official page asks for 32GB free hard disk space of storage.

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