Mass Effect 3 PC Requirements
Following on from today’s Mass Effect 3 demo announcement and trailer, BioWare has released the specifications list for PC players and more info on the demo’s content.
First up, the PC tech specs, which are specifically for the demo but shouldn’t be much different from that of the final game:
Minimum Spec:
CPU – 1.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (equivalent AMD CPU)
RAM – 1GB for XP / 2GB RAM for Vista/Win 7
Disc Drive – 1x speed
Hard Drive – 15 GB of free space
Video – 256 MB* (with Pixel Shader 3.0 support)
Sound – DirectX 9.0c compatible
DirectX – DirectX 9.0c August 2009 (included)
Recommended Spec:
OS – Windows XP SP3/Vista SP1, Win 7
CPU – 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (equivalent AMD CPU)
RAM – 2GB for XP / 4GB RAM for Vista/Win 7
Disc Drive – 1x speed
Hard Drive – 15 GB of free space
Video – AMD/ATI Radeon HD 4850 512 MB or greater, NVidia GeForce 9800 GT 512 MB or greater
Sound – DirectX 9.0c compatible
The developer goes on to confirm the contents of the demo. It will contain both single- and multiplayer modes.
The single-player options serves up “roughly 1 to 2 hours of content” in two areas; “The opening level featuring the Reaper attack on Earth, and a level further into the game where Shepard travels to an alien home world to seek their assistance in the war effort”, explains BioWare.
The co-op multiplayer portion gives you two maps, Slum and Noveria, and opens to all players on February 17. However, those who own Battlefield 3 and have activated BF3′s Online Pass code will gain early access to this mode on February 14 by logging in with the same EA Origin account.
There’s much more on the official Q&A.
