Can I Run BioShock Infinite?
Irrational Games released BioShock Infinite in 2013. It is an action game, published by 2K. It offers a single player campaign. With more than 109 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. Builds exist for macOS and Linux as well as Windows. Full controller support is present, so nothing needs configuring before a pad works. Steam gates it behind an age check at 17. There are 80 achievements to chase. Progress follows the account through Steam Cloud rather than sitting on one disk. At more than a decade old it predates every current graphics architecture, which helps compatibility and limits how well it exploits a modern card. Steam lists support for 11 languages. Critics scored it 94 on Metacritic.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core 2 DUO 2.4 GHz / AMD Athlon X2 2.7 GHz |
|---|---|
| GPU | DirectX10 Compatible ATI Radeon HD 3870 / NVIDIA 8800 GT / Intel HD 3000 Integrated Graphics |
| RAM | 2 GB |
| Storage | 20 GB |
| OS | Windows Vista Service Pack 2 32-bit |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Quad Core Processor |
|---|---|
| GPU | DirectX11 Compatible, AMD Radeon HD 6950 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 30 GB |
| OS | Windows 7 Service Pack 1 64-bit |
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Setting and environment
Players spend their time in a fantasy world, moving through combat arenas. Play is presented from a first person view. The publisher supplies 9 storefront screenshots of these environments.
Why BioShock Infinite is demanding
The install is small at roughly 30 GB. BioShock Infinite needs 64 bit Windows. At 4 GB, system memory is undemanding.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run BioShock Infinite?
BioShock Infinite targets a mainstream modern PC: DirectX10 Compatible ATI Radeon HD 3870 / NVIDIA 8800 GT / Intel HD 3000 Integrated Graphics and 2 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to DirectX11 Compatible, AMD Radeon HD 6950 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: RAM
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Frequently asked questions
Can my PC run BioShock Infinite?
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What are the minimum system requirements for BioShock Infinite?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core 2 DUO 2.4 GHz / AMD Athlon X2 2.7 GHz; GPU: DirectX10 Compatible ATI Radeon HD 3870 / NVIDIA 8800 GT / Intel HD 3000 Integrated Graphics; 2 GB RAM; OS: Windows Vista Service Pack 2 32-bit.
How much storage does BioShock Infinite need?
BioShock Infinite needs about 20 GB of available storage.
What is the bottleneck for BioShock Infinite?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for BioShock Infinite is the RAM.