12th August 2021 - Specs
reviewed
Official Minimum Requirements
- CPU: 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon X2 or equivalent
- CPU SPEED: 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon X2 or equivalent
- RAM: 1 GB
- OS: Windows XP or Vista
- VIDEO CARD: 128MB 3D graphics card with Shader Model 3.0 support (NVIDIA 7600 or ATI X1300 or better)
- DISK SPACE: 15GB HDD space
Official Recommended Requirements
- CPU: 3.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon X2 or equivalent
- CPU SPEED: 3.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon X2 or equivalent
- RAM: 2 GB
- OS: Windows XP or Vista
- VIDEO CARD: 256MB 3D graphics card with Shader Model 3.0 support (NVIDIA 8800GT or ATI HD3850 or better)
- DISK SPACE: 15GB HDD space
Your PC will need a graphics card thats as powerful as a GeForce 8800 GTS/Radeon HD 3800 series and it should be paired with either a Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4000+/Pentium 4 3.2GHz CPU to match the Saints Row 2 recommended system specs. This PC setup will deliver 60 Frames Per Second on High graphics settings on 1080p monitor resolution. You should also have 2 GB system memory. You should also have 1 GB system memory for min specs. You will require a DirectX 9.00 GPU. This means you will require a 16 year old PC to play smoothly.
FPS System Benchmark
200+
FPS
High
Graphics Card
How well optimised is Saints Row 2 for PC?
2.5
2.5
Where does Saints Row 2 rank in the list of the most demanding games?
Genres:
Sandbox
Saints Row 2 System Requirements
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Minimum
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Recommended
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1 GB
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2 GB
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Windows XP 32-bit
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Windows XP 32-bit
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| DirectX |
9
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9
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| HDD Space |
15 GB
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15 GB
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Saints Row 2 PC Release Date:
30 Jan 2009
Xbox 360
PlayStation 3
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PC Specs
Can i run this game with around 25-30 fps at lowest settings with optimization patches?
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Can my laptop run this game at all?
It has Intel Pentium Dual-Core 2117U 1.8GHz
Graphics Card is Intel HD Graphics 2500 (GT1)
4 gigs of RAM
I have my Dedicated video memory up to 512MB, but I think that made the game choppy, dunno.
Even on Low & Medium settings, I get about 20 frames, and very choppy speeds. Trying to figure out what games this laptop runs.
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Can I run it?
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Maybe with gentlemen of the row mod, you might get 720p lowest settings, but I don't know if it will be 30 fps or not. The optimization is awful for this game.
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Lol, still cant play it at constant 60fps (everything is maxed), but it's smooth enough. I have been waiting so long to play this game. I love the sequels, so I bought this a few years ago, but my pc wasn't enough(i5 2430m, hd6470m, 4gb ram(yes it was a notebook))
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despite bad optimiztion...will i be able to run this on low setting on the lowest res?
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bad optimization :(
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can i run it?
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can i run this?
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if i turn shadows and AA down to min what settings and resolution would be good for me?
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This game is awefully optimized.
I can play Saints Row 4 at medium settings on constant 35fps but i have to tweak REALLY TWEAK the med settings here just to barely get 33fps with drops down to 23fps.
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I can play Ultra and i have 40+ fps
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what settings can i run, considering bad pc port? iv oc'ed my cpu to 3.6Ghz
and gpu isnt whats on my profile as mine wasnt listed but close to that one, mine is HIS radeon Iceq 5670 GDDR5 1GB
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well Ithink medium to high will be smooth
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Can i run this?
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not very noligable on Nvidia (im an amd person) your cpu will properly run it relatively comfortably, but your graphics may lag so keep to low settings, also the game was badly ported to pc, so it even lags on mine
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Thank you for your reply mate,and iam planning to upgrade my computer soon.
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i dont think upgrades will make to much of a difference in fps to this game, because of they way it was ported, heck it runs faster on my radeon laptop than my desktop, its just sheer luck with this game xD
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Settings and FPS please?
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your CPU should handle this well but keep on low settings as your graphics are your weak point, also the game was badly ported to pc with not much optimization so it even lags on my rig
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When I played everything on low, i got 17 fps, when maxed,its 15 fps. so what's the point?
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Terrible port. I'm maxed out. Hitting 60 FPS only in cut-scenes
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why are the minimum reqs higher then the reccomended reqs?
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It's just the CPU's for some reason.
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This game doesn't need cores but need a thread with high number o heartz.
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Makes sense.
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ATTENTION! THIS IS THE WORST OPTIMIZED GAME OF ALL TIME. Mine can't even max out smooth and looks terrible. also horrible Res selection. Don't bother. Don't buy unless it's free or get it for console.
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If you get the Gentlemen of the Row patch its quite good
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Oh good to know thanks man! Too bad I already beat it on the xbox already haha still good to know though.
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can i run it?
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Probably medium 30-45 FPS
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can i ?
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Probably on low to tweaked medium fps may be a little choppy here and there but you should be able to run it :)
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playable?
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Yes playable
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no chance i can run this right ?
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you can run this even on high
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lol are u sure?
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can i run it on low or medium
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Low to medium 30-45 fps