BioShock Remastered — System Requirements, FPS Estimate & Settings

2016 · Shooter · Feral Interactive · ESRB Mature

BioShock Remastered cover art

Official system requirements

Publisher-published Minimum / Recommended values via RAWG, retrieved 2026-08-21. Real-world performance varies with drivers, resolution and your full build.

SpecMinimumRecommended
OSMinimum:Recommended:
ProcessorOS: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 64-bit. Platform Update for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1OS: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 64-bit. Platform Update for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
MemoryProcessor: Intel E6750 Core 2 Duo 2.66 GHz / AMD Athlon X2 2.7 GHZProcessor: 3GHz Quad-Core
GraphicsMemory: 4 GB RAMMemory: 8 GB RAM
StorageGraphics: 2GB AMD Radeon HD 7770 / 2GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670Graphics: 2GB ATI Radeon HD 7970, 2GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 or better
DirectXDirectX: Version 11DirectX: Version 11
Item 7Storage: 25 GB available spaceStorage: 25 GB available space
Item 8Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound DeviceSound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Device

Multi-GPU FPS estimate

Estimated average FPS by GPU at 1080p / 1440p / 4K, derived from BioShock Remastered's demand tier (tier 7, Demanding (high-end GPU)) and published TechPowerUp-style relative-performance indices (RTX 4090 = 100), retrieved 2026-08-29. Planning estimates, not benchmarks.

GPU1080p1440p4K
RTX 4090855632
RTX 4080 Super775129
RTX 4080744928
RX 7900 XTX825431
RX 7900 XT775129
RTX 4070 Ti Super654325
RX 7800 XT654325
RTX 4070 Super624123
RTX 4070583822
RX 7700 XT593923
RTX 3070543520
RX 6800 XT654325
RTX 4060 Ti473118
RX 6700 XT583822
RTX 3060432916
RX 6600 XT493219
RTX 2060392615
GTX 1660 Super322112
RX 580382514
GTX 1060 6GB312012
GTX 165024169
Intel Arc A770503319
UHD 770 (integrated)1088

Method: a game's demand tier maps to a “GPU index needed for ~60 FPS at 1080p”; each GPU's relative index produces an estimate via a diminishing-returns curve, then scaled for resolution. Source: TechPowerUp GPU database (relative performance), 2026-08-29.

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Optimize BioShock Remastered for your PC

This is a planning estimate derived from the game's demand tier, not a benchmark.

My BioShock Remastered Settings Card

Preset: Low · Est. 76–106 FPS @ 1080p
Preset recommendationLow
Expected FPS band76–106 FPS
Target refresh60 Hz
UpscalerFSR 3 Quality (or DLSS if supported) — Quality mode
Ray tracingTry RT Low/Medium; drop if FPS dips below your target
Frame capYour estimated range (76–106 FPS) clears your 60 Hz target — lock it with a frame cap to reduce GPU load.
Your CPU tier sits below what BioShock Remastered typically wants — expect frame dips in busy scenes even with a strong GPU.

Generated at GameFigs on 2026-09-25. Game demand tier: 7/9.

General tuning rules: drop Shadows, Reflection Quality andVolumetric Fog first (biggest GPU savings, low visual cost); use Render Scale / Resolution Scaling before lowering geometry; enable DLSS/FSR 3 on supported titles; cap FPS to your monitor's refresh rate to smooth frame pacing.

Release & version notes

Official release date: 2016-09-15. Ongoing patches and version history are published by the developer — for the latest patch notes, see the official store or support page. GameFigs summarizes the official release only and does not invent patch dates.

SingleplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportAtmospheric

About BioShock Remastered

BioShock is set in an alternate dimension in 1960. Our main protagonist Jack is the sole survivor of a plane crash in the Atlantic Ocean. With help, he gets to the Rapture - underwater city created by Andrew Ryan that wanted to create a utopia. After arriving in the city, however, he discovers Little Sisters and Big Daddies, and it is clear to Jack that there is something not okay with the city.

Being a first-person shooter, BioShock works with an active weapon and a plasmid, on the other hand, giving the player the ability to use some supernatural powers and developing unique combos with it. Many of the weapons have different types of ammunition that are effective against some specific types of enemies. Same goes for plasmids, as you need to know weapon will be effective. By retrieving EVE, you will be able to fill your resources and use plasmid once more. Although the economics of the game is more complicated as you need to gather money for refilling resources and ADAM for purchasing new skills for your plasmid. In Remastered edition, games framerate and technical issues being fully fixed making this a modern-looking game.

● Data updated 2026-08-29

Sources & attribution

  • Game data (release year, genres, platforms, system requirements, description, cover art) via RAWG.io, retrieved 2026-08-21.
  • GPU relative-performance indices via TechPowerUp GPU database (relative performance), retrieved 2026-08-29.
  • FPS estimates on this page are GameFigs planning estimates from the demand-tier + GPU-index model — not benchmark results.
How the BioShock Remastered optimization card & FPS estimate are computed

Each game is scored on a 0–9 demand tier from its published PC requirements (and a year/genre fallback when requirements are absent). The FPS estimate compares your selected GPU's relative-performance index against the tier's required index using a diminishing-returns curve, then scales for resolution. The settings card maps the demand tier and your hardware to a starting preset, an FPS band and an upscaler recommendation. All outputs are planning guides — verify in-game with the built-in benchmark when available.

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