After the holiday season and its plethora of demanding releases, it’s a bit jarring to see that I won’t have to completely rebuild my system to play Mass Effect 3. In fact, the requirement calls for a fairly simplistic build in comparison. While the hard drive space is unusually low at 2.5 gigs, I have to imagine that’s simply for the demo. The only negative I really see here is that I can’t use it as an excuse to pick up one of the new 7970’s.
You can play the demo on Febuary 14th, and you can wave goodbye to your social life on March 6th.
Mass Effect 3 System Requirements
Minimum Spec:
OS – Windows XP SP3/Vista SP1, Win 7
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: 2.5 GB of free space
Video: 256 MB* (with Pixel Shader 3.0 support)
*Supported chipsets: NVIDIA 7900 or better; ATI X1800 or better. Please note that NVIDIA GeForce 9300, 8500, 8400, and 8300 are below minimum system requirements, as are AMD/ATI Radeon HD3200, HD3300, and HD4350. Updates to your video and sound card drivers may be required.
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: 2.5 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