Can I Run Red Orchestra 2?
Tripwire Interactive released Red Orchestra 2 in 2011. It is an action massively multiplayer game, self published by the studio. The game supports competitive multiplayer. An age check at 17 sits in front of the store page. Being over ten years old, its ceiling was set by the hardware of a different era. 5 languages are covered by the store listing. With more than 24 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. It carries 140 achievements. The game ships for Windows alone. Workshop content is supported, so the published requirements describe the unmodded game only. Critics scored it 76 on Metacritic.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Dual Core 2.3 GHz or better |
|---|---|
| GPU | 256 MB SM 3.0 DX9 Compliant NVIDIA® GeForce 7800 GTX or better ATI® Radeon® HD 2900 GT or better |
| RAM | 2 GB |
| Storage | 23 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows XP/Vista/7 |
| DirectX | 9 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Quad Core 2.6 GHz or better |
|---|---|
| GPU | 512 MB SM 3.0 DX9 Compliant NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 260 or better ATI® Radeon® HD 5750 or better |
| RAM | 3 GB |
| Storage | 23 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows XP/Vista/7 |
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Setting and environment
Players spend their time in the Second World War, moving through dense spaces with several routes through each problem. 72 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion. Play is presented from a first person view.
Why Red Orchestra 2 is demanding
It targets DirectX 9, an older feature level that almost anything still running will satisfy. Red Orchestra 2 needs only 3 GB of RAM. Disk footprint is light, near 23 GB.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Red Orchestra 2?
Red Orchestra 2 targets a mainstream modern PC: 256 MB SM 3.0 DX9 Compliant NVIDIA® GeForce 7800 GTX or better ATI® Radeon® HD 2900 GT or better and 2 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to 512 MB SM 3.0 DX9 Compliant NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 260 or better ATI® Radeon® HD 5750 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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What are the minimum system requirements for Red Orchestra 2?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Dual Core 2.3 GHz or better; GPU: 256 MB SM 3.0 DX9 Compliant NVIDIA® GeForce 7800 GTX or better ATI® Radeon® HD 2900 GT or better; 2 GB RAM; OS: Windows XP/Vista/7.
How much storage does Red Orchestra 2 need?
Red Orchestra 2 needs about 23 GB of HDD storage.
What is the bottleneck for Red Orchestra 2?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Red Orchestra 2 is the CPU.