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Information on the technology and technical requirements of BioShock Infinite, and its DLCs.

Engine[]

Unlike the previous BioShock games that run on the Vengeance Engine, a modified Unreal 2 Engine, BioShock Infinite utilizes the Unreal 3 Engine, with some additional enhancements.

PC Requirements[]

Original Release[]

On January 14th, 2013, Irrational Games Insider Blog announced the official system requirements for BioShock Infinite for PC.[1]

Minimum Recommended
Operating System Windows Vista Service Pack 2 32-bit Windows 7 Service Pack 1 64-bit
Processor/CPU Intel Core 2 DUO 2.4 GHz / AMD Athlon X2 2.7 GHz Quad Core Processor
Memory/RAM 2 GB 4 GB
Video card DirectX10 Compatible, ATI Radeon HD 3870 / NVIDIA 8800 GT / Intel HD 3000 Integrated Graphics DirectX11 Compatible, AMD Radeon HD 6950 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560
Video card memory 512 MB 1024 MB
Sound card DirectX Compatible
Hard disk space 20 GB free 30 GB free
Protection Steamworks (Steam)
Peripherals Mouse and keyboard, Xbox 360 Wired Controller, or PlayStation 3 DualShock Wireless Controller

BioShock: The Collection[]

Announced on Steam.[2]

Minimum Recommended
Operating System Windows 7 Service Pack 1 64-bit, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 and higher
CPU Intel E6750 Core 2 Duo 2.66 GHz or AMD Athlon X2 2.7 GHz 3 GHz Quad-core
System RAM 4 GB 8 GB
Video card DirectX 11 compliant card, AMD Radeon HD 7770 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 2GB AMD Radeon HD 7970, 2GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 or better
Sound card DirectX Compatible Sound Device
Other Requirements Software installations required including DirectX and Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 & 2012 Redistributable Package.
Hard disk space 20 GB of free space 30 GB of free space

Mac Requirements[]

On August 1st, 2013, The GameAgent Blog announced the official system requirements for BioShock Infinite for Macintosh.[3]

Operating System Mountain Lion 10.8.5
Processor/CPU Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz
Memory/RAM 4 GB
Video card ATI Radeon HD 3870 / NVidia Geforce 640M / Intel HD 4000
Video card memory 512 MB
Hard disk space 30 GB free
Protection Steamworks (Steam/Mac App Store)
Peripherals Macintosh mouse and keyboard, Xbox 360 Wired Controller, or PlayStation 3 DualShock Wireless Controller

References[]

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