Can I Run Assassin's Creed II?
Released in 2010, Assassin's Creed II is an action adventure game built by Ubisoft Montreal. Publishing duties went to Ubisoft. It offers a single player campaign. An age check at 17 sits in front of the store page. Steam lists support for 11 languages. Critics scored it 86 on Metacritic. It is old enough that no current GPU generation existed when it shipped, so modern hardware tends to be far past what it can use. Its Steam review count passes 57 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. Windows is the only supported platform, which is what the figures below describe.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core® 2 Duo 1.8 GHZ or AMD Athlon X2 64 2.4GHZ |
|---|---|
| GPU | 256 MB DirectX® 9.0-compliant card with Shader Model 3.0 or higher (see supported list) |
| RAM | 2 GB |
| Storage | 8 GB |
| OS | Windows® XP (32-64 bits) /Windows Vista®(32-64 bits) * |
| DirectX | 9 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core® 2 Duo E6700 2.6 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ or better |
|---|---|
| GPU | GeForce 8800 GT or ATI Radeon HD 4700 or better |
| RAM | 2 GB |
| Storage | 8 GB |
| OS | Windows® XP (32-64 bits) /Windows Vista®(32-64 bits) * |
| DirectX | 9 |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in a historical setting. Play is structured around one continuous open world. 8 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion. Play is presented from a third person view. That openness is what costs performance. Assassin's Creed II has no loading walls to hide behind, so terrain and detail keep flowing in as the player moves.
Why Assassin's Creed II is demanding
It targets DirectX 9, an older feature level that almost anything still running will satisfy. The install is small at roughly 8 GB. Assassin's Creed II needs 64 bit Windows. System memory expectations are modest at 2 GB.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Assassin's Creed II?
Assassin's Creed II targets a mainstream modern PC: 256 MB DirectX® 9.0-compliant card with Shader Model 3.0 or higher (see supported list) and 2 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to GeForce 8800 GT or ATI Radeon HD 4700 or better for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: CPU
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Frequently asked questions
Can my PC run Assassin's Creed II?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Assassin's Creed II?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core® 2 Duo 1.8 GHZ or AMD Athlon X2 64 2.4GHZ; GPU: 256 MB DirectX® 9.0-compliant card with Shader Model 3.0 or higher (see supported list); 2 GB RAM; OS: Windows® XP (32-64 bits) /Windows Vista®(32-64 bits) *.
How much storage does Assassin's Creed II need?
Assassin's Creed II needs about 8 GB of available storage.
What is the bottleneck for Assassin's Creed II?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Assassin's Creed II is the CPU.