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Can the XPS 15 9530 run BioShock Infinite?
BioShock Infinite by Irrational Games: the publisher’s own minimum requirements, compared with this exact laptop.
Minimum requirements
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Recommended requirements: not rated yet
We can’t rate the GeForce 8800 series (legacy) / Radeon HD 3870 yet. Here’s what we could check:
- Operating system — needs Windows Vista Service Pack 2 32-bit; macOS: 10.12 (Sierra); this laptop's value is not recorded
- RAM — needs 2 GB; this laptop's value is not recorded
- Graphics — this laptop's graphics chip is not recorded vs GeForce 8800 series (legacy) / Radeon HD 3870: not rated yet
How this was judged
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- BioShock Infinite system requirements · publisher requirements
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nvidia_graphics_processing_units · secondary source (Wikipedia), spec facts only
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_graphics_processing_units · secondary source (Wikipedia), spec facts only
Published requirements
Minimum requirements
- CPU
- Intel Core 2 DUO 2.4 GHz / AMD Athlon X2 2.7 GHz
- GPU
- DirectX10 Compatible ATI Radeon HD 3870 / NVIDIA 8800 GT / Intel HD 3000 Integrated Graphics
- RAM
- 2 GB
- OS
- Windows Vista Service Pack 2 32-bit; macOS: 10.12 (Sierra)
Recommended requirements
- CPU
- Quad Core Processor
- GPU
- DirectX11 Compatible, AMD Radeon HD 6950 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560
- RAM
- 4 GB
- OS
- Windows 7 Service Pack 1 64-bit; macOS: 10.12 (Sierra)
Sources and limits
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- Valve (Steam) — BioShock Infinite on Steam — System Requirements · retrieved 10/6/2026
The laptop’s figures come from its verified specification page. Requirements are the publisher’s and can change. This compares the laptop with the publisher’s listed native requirements — it does not account for emulation, translation layers or cloud gaming. See how we verify the specs.