It’s nice to know that in today’s world of PC-obliterating system requirements that lead to hundreds of dollars in upgrades just to run the next big game, there is still some sanity out there.
Electronic Arts has recently come forward with the minimum system configurations required to run the upcoming evolutionary sim, Spore. Brought to you by Sims creator Will Wright, the game will ship on September 7 for both the PC and Mac. The requirements for all platforms are as follows:
WINDOWS XP
2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent
512 MB RAM
A 128 MB Video Card, with support for Pixel Shader 2.0
At least 6 GB of hard drive space
WINDOWS VISTA
2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent
768 MB RAM
A 128 MB Video Card, with support for Pixel Shader 2.0
At least 6 GB of hard drive space
Supported Video Cards:
ATI Radeon series
9500, 9600, 9800
X300, X600, X700, X800, X850
X1300, X1600, X1800, X1900, X1950
2400, 2600, 2900,
3650, 3850
NVIDIA GeForce series
FX 5900, FX 5950
6200, 6500, 6600, 6800,
7200, 7300, 7600, 7800, 7900, 7950
8400, 8500, 8600, 8800
Intel Extreme Graphics
GMA 950, GMA X3000, GMA X3100
MAC
Mac OS X 10.5.3 Leopard or higher
Intel Core Duo Processor
1024 MB RAM
ATI X1600 or NVidia 7300 GT with 128 MB of Video RAM, or Intel Integrated GMA X3100
At least 4.7GB of hard drive space for installation, plus additional space for creations.*
Supported Video Cards:
ATI Radeon series
X1600, X1900, HD 2400, HD 2600
NVIDIA GeForce series
7300, 7600, 8600, 8800
Intel Extreme Graphics
GMA X3100
That’s right, Spore will run on integrated graphics, but if you plan on using any of the listed chipsets, EA recommends a 2.6 GHz Pentium D CPU, 1.8 GHz Core 2 Duo, or equivalent and 768 MB of RAM on PC or dual 2.0GHz CPUs, 1.7GHz Core 2 Duo, or equivalent on Mac.
You know, that’s still not too steep. Bravo.
[via shacknews]
