Mass Effect 3 PC Specs Announced

[Lil' ½ Dead]

Today Bioware announced the minimum and recommended PC specs for Mass Effect 3, and they are not that daunting at all. While Bioware is pushing for every last ounce of power the Unreal Engine 3 can muster, it’s still a somewhat dated engine at this point. This translates into the PC version of Mass Effect 3 being able to run on a wider variety of PC’s, which is great for sales. Now PC owners just have to come to terms with the fact that the game will require EA’s Origin service to run on a PC platform, dirty pool EA….dirty pool.

The single and multiplayer demo for the final installment in Bioware’s Mass Effect trilogy will be landing on February 14th on the PC, Xbox Live, and Playstation Network. Why spend Valentine’s day with a woman when you can spend it with Commander Shepard and company? Here is how the specs break down…

Minimum Spec:

OS – Windows XP SP3/Vista SP1, Win 7
*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.
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

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[realneil]

I think that most games have a long way to go before they truly start taxing present day PC's, and PC's are being updated faster and faster, all of the time.
Game developers, try to keep up!

[aryan51]

wow those specs are low

[Biff73]

Just bought a copy of Mass effect 3,installing now,can't wait

[Lil' ½ Dead]

Just bought a copy of Mass effect 3,installing now,can't wait

I'll be getting this soon!

[PC_User]

got to love the console port specs....

[realneil]

I guess that they're trying to please as many gamers as possible, but it would be nice to have our own higher quality, made for PC's, ME3.

[Solara2xb]

Nice!!
Ill be getting this game soon, but I am also waiting for Diablo 3

[aryan51]

got the game it is wicked

[Lil' ½ Dead]

Just finish it... dislike the ending. Bioware screwed up the endings so badly that part of the fanbase is thinking that it was a dream or a hallucination.

[Irocing]

Just finish it... dislike the ending. Bioware screwed up the endings so badly that part of the fanbase is thinking that it was a dream or a hallucination.

Was going to get that and then found out about (The Ending).

In fact was going to get the first two if I could, and start from scratch.
Not Now!

I like having some input as to succeeding and beating the game.
Not the writer.

Later

[realneil]

Lots of rumbling on the web about the crappy ending. People are trying to get them to change it.

[Irocing]

Lots of rumbling on the web about the crappy ending. People are trying to get them to change it.

Some are saying thiers a Sequel to it but if thats the case, To me kind of a money scam
Add to trailer you pay for also comes to mind.

My Take.

Later

[aryan51]

Just finish it... dislike the ending. Bioware screwed up the endings so badly that part of the fanbase is thinking that it was a dream or a hallucination.

i can't get passed london ?

[Irocing]

i can't get passed london ?

Back to Boot Camp for you.

Later

[PoLoMoTo]

I never trust the recommended setups, my friend has a radeon 5870 and it struggles to play BF3 while the recommended is like a 4950...