Mafia II — Settings, Requirements & Optimization
2010 · Shooter, Action · 2K Czech · ESRB Mature · Metacritic 77

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My Mafia II Settings Card
Generated at GameFigs on 2026-08-21. Game demand tier: 3/9.
Official system requirements
Publisher-published Minimum / Recommended values via RAWG. Real-world performance varies with drivers, resolution and your full build.
| Spec | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Minimum: | Recommended: |
| Processor | OS: Microsoft Windows XP (SP2 or later) / Windows Vista / Windows 7 | OS: Microsoft Windows XP (SP2 or later) / Windows Vista / Windows 7 |
| Memory | Processor: Pentium D 3Ghz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+ (Dual core) or higher | Processor: 2.4 GHz Quad Core processor |
| Graphics | RAM: 1.5 GB RAM | RAM: 2GB |
| Storage | Hard Disk Space: 8GB | Hard Disk Space: 10GB |
| DirectX | Video Card: nVidia GeForce 8600 / ATI HD2600 Pro or better | Video Card: nVidia GeForce 9800 GTX / ATI Radeon HD 3870 or better |
| Item 7 | Sound Card: 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card | Sound Card: 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card |
| Item 8 | Peripherals: Keyboard and mouse or Windows compatible gamepad | Peripherals: Keyboard and mouse or Windows compatible gamepad |
About Mafia II
Mafia II is the second game in the franchise about Italian mafia operating in America after World War II. Vito Scalleta returns from the war in Italy being wounded. As he returns and reunites with his friend Joe, he and Henry Tomassino convince Vito to be apart of an Italian mafia in fictional city Empire Bay. Starting to work for Alberto Clemente, Vito must go through every aspect of being a part of the family and become a big thing in it. Even though the game has an open world mechanic, you won't probably explore it. Travelling to missions give an opportunity to listen to music of this time in America - Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters, Dean Martin and others, providing the game with a great atmosphere of the USA in its 50s. The gameplay has a variety of missions to offer, in which you can confront your enemies in melee combat, shoot them with different guns like M1911 or Thompson, or stealthily engaging your opponents. The game is pretty strict to the player reaching highest of empathy with Vito and every situation he's in.
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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.
How the Mafia II optimization card is computed
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