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Can I Run Dragon Age II?

Dragon Age II is an action adventure game from BioWare, released in 2020. Electronic Arts published it. It offers a single player campaign. Its Steam review count passes 6 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. Being 6 years old, it was built for the hardware of its day, so a current machine usually has headroom over the published figures. Critics scored it 82 on Metacritic. It is localised into 7 languages according to the store listing. The game ships for Windows alone. Steam gates it behind an age check at 17.

Developer BioWarePublisher Electronic ArtsRelease 2020Genre Action, Adventure, RPG
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System requirements

Minimum requirements

CPUIntel Core 2 Duo (or equivalent) running at 1.8 GHz or greater; AMD Athlon 64 X2 (or equivalent) running at 1.8 GHz or greater
GPUATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro 256 MB; NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS 256 MB cards
RAM1 GB
Storage7 GB
OSWindows Vista with SP3, SP2 or windows 7
DirectX9

Recommended requirements

CPUIntel Core 2 Quad 2.4 GHz Processor or equivalent; AMD Phenom II X3 Triple core 2.8 GHz or equivalent
GPUATI 3850 512 MB or greater; NVIDIA 8800 GTS 512 MB or greater
RAM2 GB
Storage7 GB
OSWindows Vista with SP3, SP2 or windows 7
DirectX11

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Setting and environment

The game is set in a fantasy world. Play is structured around one continuous open world. It is played from a third person view. There are 6 official screenshots to judge the look from. Continuous worlds put sustained pressure on memory and storage, and Dragon Age II can never assume the player will stop and let it load.

Why Dragon Age II is demanding

Disk footprint is light, near 7 GB. Dragon Age II needs only 2 GB of RAM.

This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.

Can you run Dragon Age II?

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Can run iton a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the processor is the tightest fit.

Dragon Age II targets a mainstream modern PC: ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro 256 MB; NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS 256 MB cards and 1 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to ATI 3850 512 MB or greater; NVIDIA 8800 GTS 512 MB or greater 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 Dragon Age II?

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What are the minimum system requirements for Dragon Age II?

The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo (or equivalent) running at 1.8 GHz or greater; AMD Athlon 64 X2 (or equivalent) running at 1.8 GHz or greater; GPU: ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro 256 MB; NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS 256 MB cards; 1 GB RAM; OS: Windows Vista with SP3, SP2 or windows 7.

How much storage does Dragon Age II need?

Dragon Age II needs about 7 GB of available storage.

What is the bottleneck for Dragon Age II?

On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Dragon Age II is the CPU.