Console fans don't have to concern themselves with such things as system requirements for games, but it's bread and butter to the PC crowd.
Which is a very roundabout way of saying BioWare's revealed the minimum and recommended hardware specs for the PC version of Mass Effect, which is out in June.
We won't beat about the bush - here's the deal:
Minimum System Requirements for Mass Effect on the PC
* Operating System: Windows XP or Vista
* Processor: 2.4+GHZ Intel or 2.0+GHZ AMD
* Memory: 1 Gigabyte Ram (XP) / 2 Gigabyte Ram (Vista)
* Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 6 series(6800GT or better) / ATI 1300XT or better (X1550, X1600 Pro and HD2400 are below minimum system requirements)
* Hard Drive Space:12 Gigabytes
* Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card and drivers
Recommended System Requirements for Mass Effect on the PC
* Operating System: Windows XP or Vista
* Processor: 2.6+GHZ Intel or 2.4+GHZ AMD
* Memory: 2 Gigabyte Ram
* Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX or higher/ ATI X1800 XL series or higher
* Hard Drive Space: 12 Gigabytes
* Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card and drivers - 5.1 sound card recommended
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