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Left 4 Dead — system requirements & benchmark status

This game is in the catalog, but no published review benchmarks have been collected for it yet — so this page carries no frame-rate numbers, no verdicts and no estimates. Below are the publisher's own system requirements and what they say about the hardware the game targets. A game joins the calculator only when published review benchmarks cover both its CPU and GPU sides.

Developer: Valve · Released: Nov 17, 2008 · Genres: Action
Game facts and system requirements are as published on Steam (checked 4 November 2026).

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System requirements — Left 4 Dead

As published by the publisher on Steam (checked 4 November 2026). Requirements are the publisher's target figures, not measurements — they describe the hardware the developer aims at, not the frame rate any part delivers.

ComponentMinimum (Steam)Recommended (Steam)
Supported OSWindows® 7 32/64-bit / Vista 32/64 / XPWindows® 7 32/64-bit / Vista 32/64 / XP
ProcessorPentium 4 3.0GHzIntel core 2 duo 2.4GHz
Memory1 GB1 GB
Graphics128 MB, Shader model 2.0, ATI 9600, NVidia 6600 or betterShader model 3.0, NVidia 7600, ATI X1600 or better
Hard DriveAt least 7.5 GB of free space—
Sound CardDirectX 9.0c compatible sound card—

Hardware demand level

Low — estimated from the graphics card named in the recommended requirements above (integrated graphics). The demand level classifies the publisher's published requirements only; it is not a benchmark result and predicts no frame rate.

Benchmark status

Not yet measured. Bottleneck Verdict adds a game to the calculator when published review benchmarks cover both sides at the game's highest settings, native resolution, no upscaling — the same bar the measured games met. Until then this page claims no performance figures for Left 4 Dead.

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