Left 4 Dead 2 System Requirements

Official minimum and recommended PC requirements for Left 4 Dead 2, taken from its Steam store listing. Left 4 Dead 2 currently has 22,872 players in game.

Minimum — PC / Windows

OS *	Windows® 7 32/64-bit / Vista 32/64 / XP
Processor	Pentium 4 3.0GHz
Memory	2 GB RAM
Graphics	Video card with 128 MB, Shader model 2.0. ATI X800, NVidia 6600 or better
DirectX	Version 9.0c
Storage	13 GB available space
Sound Card	DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card

Recommended — PC / Windows

OS *	Windows® 7 32/64-bit / Vista 32/64 / XP
Processor	Intel core 2 duo 2.4GHz
Memory	2 GB RAM
Graphics	Video Card Shader model 3.0. NVidia 7600, ATI X1600 or better
DirectX	Version 9.0c
Storage	13 GB available space
Sound Card	DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card

Minimum — macOS

OS	MacOS 10.7
Processor	Dual core Intel processor, 2GHz or better
Memory	2 GB RAM
Graphics	ATI Radeon 2400 or higher / NVIDIA 8600M or higher / Intel HD Graphics 3000
Storage	13 GB available space
Additional Notes	Not supported: OS X 10.5.x, ATI X1600 or X1900 graphics, NVIDIA GeForce 7 graphics or Intel graphics less than Intel HD 3000.

Minimum — Linux

OS	Ubuntu 12.04
Processor	Dual core from Intel or AMD at 2.8 GHz
Memory	2 GB RAM
Graphics	nVidia GeForce 8600/9600GT, ATI/AMD Radeon HD2600/3600 (Graphic Drivers: nVidia 310, AMD 12.11), OpenGL 2.1
Storage	13 GB available space
Sound Card	OpenAL Compatible Sound Card

Will my PC run Left 4 Dead 2?

Compare each row above with your own hardware. Meeting the minimum specification targets roughly 30 FPS at 1080p on low settings; the recommended specification targets around 60 FPS at 1080p on medium to high. Use the VRAM calculator to check whether your graphics card has enough memory for your resolution, and the PSU calculator before an upgrade.

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