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