BioWare reveals PC specs needed for new Mass Effect 3

Andre Yoskowitz
23 Jan 2012 20:20

Developer BioWare has revealed the specs necessary for the new Mass Effect 3 PC game (or at least for the first demo).
The minimum specs:

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)

The recommended specs:

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 first demo (more information and availability here) will have single and multi-player modes. The single-player mode will have about 2 hours of content including the opening level.
Multiplayer will open on February 17th and include 2 maps.