Resident Evil 2 Remake PC System Requirements Revealed on Steam Pre-Order Page

Looks like you're going to need a decent PC to get the most out of the game, plus a machine that isn't running Windows 98.

News by Tom Orry, Managing Editor

Updated on 22 June 2018

Capcom has listed the Resident Evil 2 remake on Steam, with a release date of June 25, and now we also know what kind of PC you'll need to run it. We've got info on the minimum and recommended systems for you.

First up is the minimum spec required to run the Resident Evil 2 remake on PC. You'll need a 64-Bit OS of Windows 7 or later, an i5-4460 CPU, 8 GB RAM, and a GTX 760 graphics card. That's not all that, but expect to make an awful lot of visual sacrifices to run the game on that spec.

Resident Evil 2 Remake Minimum Spec PC Requirements

OS: WINDOWS 7, 8, 8.1, 10 (64-BIT Required)
Processor: Intel Core i5-4460, 2.70GHz or AMD FX-6300 or better
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 or AMD Radeon R7 260x with 2GB Video RAM
DirectX: Version 11

To run Resident Evil 2 remake well, you're going to want to meet the recommended spec PC requirements. These include an i7 processor, a GTX 1060 GPU and 8 GB RAM. Presumably you're going to need a beefier GPU (perhaps a 1070 or 1080) to run the game maxed out at 4K.

Resident Evil 2 Remake Recommended Spec PC Requirements

OS: WINDOWS 7, 8, 8.1, 10 (64-BIT Required)
Processor: Intel Core i7-3770 or AMD FX-9590 or better
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon RX 480 with 3GB VRAM
DirectX: Version 11

We've got a complete everything we know guide to Resident Evil 2 Remake, full of loads of useful and cool info. We also went hands on with Resident Evil 2 at E3, so check our impressions out if you get a moment. It's shaping up to be another excellent entry in the Resident Evil series.

Tom Orry

Managing Editor

Tom started life on a circus in Australia before his family moved to the UK. His love of gaming started soon after, which essentially meant he bought every video game magazine available and worked numerous part-time jobs as a child in order to afford costly N64 games. He created UK site VideoGamer.com, of which he was the Editor for over a decade. He now doesn't like circuses.