Dead Space 2 — Settings, Requirements & Optimization

2011 · Shooter, Action · Electronic Arts · ESRB Mature · Metacritic 87

Dead Space 2 cover art
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Preset: Low · Est. 7198 FPS @ 1080p
Preset recommendationLow
Expected FPS band7198 FPS
Target refresh60 Hz
UpscalerFSR 3 Quality (or DLSS if supported) — Quality mode
Ray tracingRT off unless GPU tier ≥ 6; prefer raster settings
Frame capYour estimated range (71–98 FPS) clears your 60 Hz target — lock it with a frame cap to reduce GPU load.
Your CPU tier sits below what Dead Space 2 typically wants — expect frame dips in busy scenes even with a strong GPU.

Generated at GameFigs on 2026-08-21. Game demand tier: 8/9.

Official system requirements

Publisher-published Minimum / Recommended values via RAWG. Real-world performance varies with drivers, resolution and your full build.

SpecMinimumRecommended
OSProcessor: 2.8 GHz processor or equivalent
ProcessorMemory: 1 GB RAM (XP), 2 GB RAM (Vista or Windows 7)
MemoryHard Disk Space: At least 10GB of hard drive space for installation, plus additional space for saved games
GraphicsVideo Card: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 or better (7300, 7600 GS, and 8500 are below minimum system requirements), ATI X1600 Pro or better (X1300, X1300 Pro and HD2400 are below minimum system requirements), 256MB Video Card and Shader Model 3.0 required
StorageDirectX®: DirectX 9.0c

About Dead Space 2

Dead Space 2 is a third-person action shooter including both survival and horror elements. The game is a direct sequel to the first chapter of the Dead Space franchise. The game is set in the space environment of the future. The story of the second part begins in 2511, 3 years after the events held in the first game. The main character Isaac Clarke is awakened after 3-year coma (after the escape from Aegis VII) in an insane asylum in the Sprawl on Titan. A soon as the event pace raises and antagonists start pursuing him to get his brains (for building a new Marker), Isaac realizes his only goal – the destruction of the Marker. Players are offered to join the protagonist’s space adventures to complete his main mission and to force a Necromorph outbreak. As in the previous part, Isaac uses a special Resource Integration Gear – special suit, which displays important in-game parameters including health and oxygen level (required for vacuum spaces), and which also serves as a gameplay HUD. In case if one of the scales reaches the zero point, Isaac will die, and the game will be restarted from the last checkpoint.

SingleplayerMultiplayerAtmosphericCo-op

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Sources & attribution

  • Game data (release year, genres, platforms, system requirements, description, cover art) via RAWG.io, retrieved 2026-08-21.
  • FPS bands, presets and upscaler advice on this page are GameFigs planning estimates from the game's demand tier — not benchmark results.
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