TOTAL WAR WIKI

System Requirements (TWS2)

Below are the minimum and recommended system specifications for Total War: Shogun 2 and Total War: Shogun 2 - Fall of the Samurai on Windows and Mac.

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Windows

Minimum

  • OS: XP / Vista / Windows 7
  • Processor: 2 GHz Intel Dual Core / 2.6 GHz Intel Single Core, or AMD equivalent (with SSE2)
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM (XP), 2 GB RAM (Vista / Windows 7)
  • Graphics: 256 MB DirectX 9.0c compatible card (shader model 3)
  • DirectX®: 9.0c
  • Hard Drive: 35 GB HD space
  • Screen Resolution: 1024 x 768

Recommended

  • OS: XP / Vista / Windows 7
  • Processor: 2nd Generation Intel Core i5 (or greater), or AMD equivalent
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM (XP), 4 GB RAM (Vista / Windows 7)
  • Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 5000 and 6000 series card or equivalent DirectX 11 compatible card
  • DirectX®: 9.0c
  • Hard Drive: 35 GB HD space
  • Screen Resolution: 1280 x 1024

Mac

Minimum

  • OS: 10.9.5
  • Processor: 1.8 GHz
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 256 MB
  • Hard Drive: 22 GB HD space

Recommended

  • OS: 10.10.3
  • Processor: 2.4 GHz
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 2 GB
  • Hard Drive: 22 GB HD space

The following graphics cards are not supported: ATI X1xxx series, ATI HD2xxx series, Intel GMA series, Intel HD3000, NVIDIA 7xxx series, NVIDIA 8xxx series, NVIDIA 9400 and NVIDIA 3xx series

The following cards require you to have 8 GB of system RAM: Intel HD4000