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Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition — system requirements & benchmark status
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Developer: CREATIVE ASSEMBLY, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux) · Publisher: SEGA, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux) · Released: Mar 4, 2009 · Genres: Strategy
Game facts and system requirements are as published on Steam (checked 4 November 2026).
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System requirements — Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition
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.
| Component | Minimum (Steam) |
|---|---|
| Supported OS | Windows® XP Service Pack 2 or Windows Vista™ |
| Processor | 2.4 GHz Intel® Pentium® or greater or AMD® Athlon® equivalent CPU |
| Memory | 1 GB RAM (XP,) 2 GB RAM (Vista™) |
| Graphics | 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible hardware accelerated video card with shader version 2.0 support, 256 MB video memory |
| Display | Minimum screen resolution of 1280 x 1024 pixels |
| Sound | Directx9.0c compatible sound card |
| Hard Drive | 15 GB free hard disk space formatted as NTFS |
| Peripherals | Windows compatible mouse and keyboard |
Hardware demand level
Low — estimated from the graphics card named in the minimum 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
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