Metro 2033 PC system requirements announced

Posted Feb 25th 2010 9:00AM by John Callaham
Filed under: Hardware, FPS

We already know that 4A Games' upcoming post-apocalypse first person shooter Metro 2033 will support DirectX 11 and Nvidia's 3D Vision technology. Now we have the details on the game's full PC system requirements courtesy of publisher THQ's UK web site. You can check out the list after the jump:

Not only are there minimal and recommended system specs listed but there is also an optimal system requirement for people who want the full DirectX 11 experience. As you can see those system specs include Nvidia's currently unavailable GeForce GTX 480 and 470 graphics cards as examples of a DirectX 11 product. Those cards are suppose to be released later in March. There are also system specs for people who want to see the game using Nvidia's 3D Vision technology.

Gallery: Metro 2033 DirectX 11 Screenshots

Minimum:

Dual core CPU (any Core 2 Duo or better will do)
DirectX 9, Shader Model 3 compliant graphics cards (GeForce 8800, GeForce GT220 and above)
1GB RAM

Recommended:

Any Quad Core or 3.0+ GHz Dual Core CPU
DirectX 10 compliant graphics card (GeForce GTX 260 and above)
2GB RAM

Optimum:

Core i7 CPU
NVIDIA DirectX 11 compliant graphics card (GeForce GTX 480 and 470)
As much RAM as possible (8GB+)
Fast HDD or SSD

Enabling 3D Vision
Metro 2033 utilizes NVIDIA 3D Vision with compatible cards and hardware. To play in 3D you will require:

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 and above recommended
A 120Hz (or above) monitor
NVIDIA 3D Vision kit
Microsoft Windows Vista or Windows 7

Tags: 4a-games, metro-2033, thq

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

That is just sad.in crysis one could see beautiful tropics.what do you get in this game.just wastlands and moles living in abandoned metros. How lamePosted at 9:23AM on Feb 25th 2010 by pubbaa

The sad thing is, this being an Eastern European game, the requirements are more likely to be born out of shonky coding rather than any massive visual experience.Posted at 9:43AM on Feb 25th 2010 by Optimaximal

Wow, the reqs are high but seriously even if its interiors I want them to look good. Also, beautiful tropics are overrated. I notice good graphics no matter where.
Shadows should be good, distance vectors should be noticeable
Skin should look realistic. This is some of the stuff you need to have to make games look good. Putting it in the tropics is not one of them.
As far as shoddy coding is concerned, let folks get some reviews and if you cant meet the optimum settings you could always just buy the 360 version.
Those cards from Nvidia are only listed because they seem to have some sort of tie up with Nvidia but I think the game will look really great on a 5870 also.
Also, the pacing of the game means that about 30-40 fps is more than enough to enjoy it and you dont really need 60 or above to get the best experience. I want the stuff to look good at a playable rate thats it.Posted at 11:56AM on Feb 25th 2010 by Arnie

Come on, for a Optimum experience RAM 8GB+ that shows how crap this games going to be, I mean if developers can get great graphics on a PS3 with less then 512MB and the developers of this game with DX11 you need 8GB or more, crap programming or what, and they need a i7 core.

I know where they can stick this game right up there ****.

Posted at 10:05PM on Feb 25th 2010 by mike

Mike, I don't think you fully understand how PC gaming works.Posted at 2:55AM on Feb 26th 2010 by SFLegend

SFU before you all talk..
They talk in a interview that the recommended are more than enough to run good the game..

The optimum requirements are for full Phyx + 3D with 2560X1600 with SSAA..
I think nobody need to run the game like that..

For who didnt know.. SSAA (Supersampling Anti-aliasing) forces higher resolution, for example if you are running at 1280X1024 and you force game to 4XSSAO the game will push the resolution to 5120X4096 and resize to your screen..

Just stick with recommended requirements.. they sayed in the interview that ATI 5xxx will run the game pretty well with tesslation, and fermi with all maxed out..
They say even a 4870 will run the game so much good..

So dont worry..
RegardsPosted at 6:47PM on Feb 28th 2010 by Obscureangel

I wonder How my 9800gtx+ will perform but my cpu amd phenom x3 @ 2.1 will suffer. I just got my gfx card a year ago and It was One of the coolest cards but now It sucks. o well il get myself a cheap ass gt card and use it for physics.Posted at 8:36AM on Mar 14th 2010 by wolfy

Is this game going to beat Gta 4's ridiculous system requirements?
Posted at 1:35AM on Mar 13th 2010 by zhovin

The developers described it as a love letter to PC gamers and chose to make the PC version "especially phenomenal". I can see who they were targeting. Only those who have higher end computers. I have a 2.93 Core2Duo and a GeForce 260 with 4GB RAM, so I should not have much problem, but still, the requirements are way too high for those with middle and lower end computers. Let's just hope the graphics are good enough. No, scratch that, not good enough. AMAZING!Posted at 1:41PM on Mar 19th 2010 by Abhijeet Mishra

I have an i5 750, 4 gb of ram, win7 64 ultimate and a 5770 GPU. I'm playing it on a 107" LCD - 1920 X 1080. My experience so far is that on high settings i cant get more that 25 FPS (with decent settings of course). On ultra high settings with full antialising i cant get more than 12-15 FPS. making some compromises i settled for a setup that gives me about 25 fps. Only by lowering the settings to "medium" i'm getting decent fps rates. This situation is appliable to dx10 and dx11 settings. I must admit tho that the use of DX11 reduce the fps rate with 10%-15%.Posted at 11:22AM on Mar 21st 2010 by sasha

To SFLegend, I think I know how PC gaming works, thank you very much, I have a high end machine including 2x5870, I can run this game easy but that is not my point, just look what kind of graphics you can get out of out dated machines like the xbox 360 and it still looks good, but then you have the PS3 which with the CELL can do more with post process effects to make games really look good.

Then we have this game a lot of power and I mean a lot of power for what just slightly better graphics, now if these graphic cards are in the next gen consoles just wait what will come out of them then.
Posted at 9:41PM on Mar 29th 2010 by mike

i run the game with 17 920 liquid cooled to 4 ghz and 6 gigs of ddr3 tri channel and a 4870x2+4870 hybrid fire and i run at 1680 x 1050 and i run at high with aaa and 16af dx 10 and never go lower than 33 so its playable and still looks good as crysis in dx10Posted at 5:25AM on Apr 20th 2010 by Violenttwo

hello,
i have core i5 430M processor
and ati mobility radeon 5650 1 gb gddr3 ram
4 gb ram

can i run this game ??Posted at 5:10AM on Apr 30th 2010 by prateek