With the release of BioShock: The Collection just a few days away, it’s time to make sure your PC can run the beefed up games.
Posting the requirements on Steam, 2K also provided details about how to upgrade your original versions of BioShock, BioShock 2 and Minerva’s Den to the free remastered versions.
Minimum Specs:
- OS: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 64-bit. Platform Update for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
- Processor: Intel E6750 Core 2 Duo 2.66 GHz / AMD Athlon X2 2.7 GHZ
- Memory: 4 GB
- Hard Drive: BioShock 25GB; BioShock 2 25GB; BioShock Infinite 20GB; Total for all three games 70GB
- Video Card: DirectX11 Compatible, AMD Radeon HD 7770 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560
- Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Device
- Other Requirements: Software installations required including DirectX and Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 & 2012 Redistributable Package.
Recommended Specs:
- OS: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 64-bit. Platform Update for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
- Processor: 3GHz Quad-Core
- Memory: 8 GB
- Hard Drive: BioShock 25GB; BioShock 2 25GB; BioShock Infinite 30GB; Total for all three games 80GB
- Video Card: 2GB ATI Radeon HD 7970, 2GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 or better
- Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Device
Those that already own one or more of the games on Steam will see new remastered versions of those games added to their Steam Library and available for download starting at 3pm PT on September 15.
Those that do own the games, but not through Stream, will need to provide profile information and proof of original purchase to 2K support. If you still have the game key for BioShock 2, it can be activated through Steam.
BioShock: The Collection releases September 13 for PS4 and Xbox One, following on PC on September 15.