1up has posted both the minimum and recommended PC system requirements for Mass Effect 2.
All I can say is I am glad this game is coming to Xbox 360. I can’t deal with installations and constant upgrades, even if it does mean better graphics and more customization to the game (mods).
They are as follows:
PC MINIMUM System Requirements
- OS = Windows XP SP3 / Windows Vista SP1 / Windows 7
- Processor = 1.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or equivalent AMD CPU
- Memory = 1 GB RAM for Windows XP / 2 GB RAM for Windows Vista and Windows 7
- Hard Drive = 15 GB
- DVD ROM = 1x Speed
- Sound Card = DirectX 9.0c compatible
- Direct X = DirectX 9.0c August 2008 (included)
- Input = Keyboard / Mouse
- Video Card = 256 MB (with Pixel Shader 3.0 support). Supported Chipsets: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 or greater; ATI Radeon X1600 Pro or greater.
Please note that NVIDIA GeForce 7300, 8100, 8200, 8300, 8400, and 9300; ATI Radeon HD3200, and HD4350 are below minimum system requirements. Updates to your video and sound card drivers may be required. Intel and S3 video cards are not officially supported in Mass Effect 2.
PC RECOMMENDED System Requirements
- Windows XP SP3 / Windows Vista SP1 / Windows 7
- 2.6+ GHz Core 2 Duo Intel or equivalent AMD CPU
- 2 GB RAM
- ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT, NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT, or better recommended
- 100% DirectX compatible sound card and drivers
- DirectX August 2008
NOTES: For the best results, make sure you have the latest drivers for your video and audio cards. Laptop or mobile versions of the above supported video cards have not had extensive testing and may have driver or other performance issues. As such, they are not officially supported in Mass Effect 2. Intel and S3 video cards are not officially supported in Mass Effect 2.
Will your PC be able to handle this game or will you need an upgrade? Or are you playing it safe like me and getting the Xbox 360 version?
Source: 1up
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I was actually thinking the same thing not too long ago when i saw a system like that at the mall the friday before last just so i wouldn’t have to switch consoles when changing to certain games. Consoles like the nes and snes are some of the perfect consoles (to me) where you can fully get into the game… Why? Because most of those games you have to beat the same day lol.
What consoles can u play the old NES and SNES games on? That would be awesome!
@m cat
The ones that i’ve seen do that i don’t think they’re actually licensed by nintendo but where i’ve seen them is usually in smaller stores. Like pawn shops, locally owned gaming stores ( not gamestop) , etc. The most recent one i saw was at the mall from this dude that had one of these small vending carts like in the middle of the hallway/walkway and he sold lots of nes/snes games aswell.
http://www.buy.com/prod/retro-duo-twin-video-game-system-nes-snes-silver-black/q/loc/108/210893765.html
They have other colors too…
I think my rig would handle it okay…but I not sure about the video card.
The system requirements say “the ATI Radeon HD3200, and HD4350 are below minimum system requirements” but the Radeon HD 2900 XT is recommended, now I'm not one for math but I'm pretty Darn sure that 2900 is a lot lower then 3200 or 4350 so what's up with that?
I have a Radeon HD 4830 with 512 Mb of GDDR3 RAM so I would think I could play it just fine but I'm not sure.
The rest of my system I'm 99.95% sure will work great. My system is as follows:
AMD phenom 2 945 x4 3.0Ghz,
6Gb DDR2 800 Ram,
ECS A780GM-A Black Series,
Asus ATI Radeon HD4830 512Mb GDDR3
I don't know if this forum is still active or not, but if so please reply.
P.S. I have no problems playing Dragon Age: Origins at maxed settings with only a few minor (at least to me) hick ups in some of the videos, but then some other games like Fallout 3 are very jumpy and have a lot of lag between when you move the mouse and when you see it on the screen at full settings. Fallout 3 works okay for me on the high preset with all view distances maxed though.