Far Cry 2 PC system requirements revealed

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Far Cry 2 PC system requirements revealed

Posted Aug 8th 2008 8:00AM by John Callaham
Filed under: Hardware, FPS, Far Cry 2

Here's a question that many of you have been wondering about? "Can Ubisoft's upcoming first person open world shooter Far Cry 2 run on my PC rig?" Well, we can't go about answering that question for every single one of you but we have the next best thing; the official system requirements for the game as presented on the Far Cry 2 message boards.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

CPU: Pentium 4 3.2 Ghz, Pentium D 2.66 Ghz, AMD Athlon 64 3500+ or better
RAM: 1 GB
Video card: NVidia 6800 or ATI X1650 or better
Shader Model 3 required
256 Mb of graphic memory
Media reader: DVD-ROM
Hard drive space: ~12 Gig of HD space. (TBD)

RECOMMENDED:

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo Family, AMD 64 X2 5200+, AMD Phenom or better
RAM: 2 GB
Video card: NVidia 8600 GTS or better, ATI X1900 or better
512 Mb of graphic memory
Sound: 5.1 sound card recommended

SUPPORTED VIDEO CARDS:

NVidia 6800, NVidia 7000 series, 8000 series, 9000 series, 200 series. 8800M and 8700M supported for laptops.
ATI X1650 – 1950 series, HD2000 series, HD3000 series, HD4000 series.

It looks like the minimal requirements will be higher than the 2007 title Crysis which "only" needed a 2.8 Ghx Pentium 4 or an AMD Athlon 2800+ for its processor and either an GeForce 6800 GT or an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro for its minimal rig.

Gallery: Far Cry 2

Tags: far-cry, far-cry-2, ubisoft

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Wow, those are actually kind of hefty. Looks like one of the first games where a dual core is pretty much a requirement. It doesn't bother me any but I just hope this doesn't impede sales much like similar specs did with Crysis.

...bysmittyPosted at 8:44AM on Aug 8th 2008 by bysmitty

I think they're very similar to the requirements for Assassin's Creed, and that game sold very well. Besides, the first Far Cry game was known for having high system requirements, but they were overcome fairly quickly. I'm really looking forward to this game. Posted at 9:21AM on Aug 8th 2008 by Steven Wong

^ Good point. There is precedent with the series and other Ubi games for demanding requirements. I also forgot to add that FC2 look sick! I'm a big fan of open ended, open world shooters so FC2 has me way stoked.

...bysmittyPosted at 9:47AM on Aug 8th 2008 by bysmitty

Well, Im pretty sure I can play it. So, I'm happy.

CPU: Core 2 Extreme q6850
Ram; 2GB Corsair
Video: 8800GT 512MB
Sound: 5.1 Surround CardPosted at 11:49AM on Aug 8th 2008 by Erik Stroud

Will my rig be able to run tis on highest settings with a low resolution
my rig:
E8400(3 gig)
GTX 260
2 gig ramPosted at 1:18PM on Sep 1st 2008 by Daywalker 679

Can I piss on your face while I wipe my ass with your hand?

Come on dude E8400 3.0ghz and 260, just remember your pc will be old in 6 months and then my pc will be better than yours and so will many others.

Specs:
Vista Ultimate
320gig HD
E6600 stock 2.4ghz O/C to 3.0ghz
800mhz kingston ram O/C 833mhz
XFX XXX Alpha Dog 8800GT 512megPosted at 6:53AM on Oct 1st 2008 by shlubby