The PC specs for Crystal Dynamics' Tomb Raider are out, courtesy of publisher Square Enix. The specs seem pretty standard overall, except for the fact that CD has decided to throw Windows XP users a bone and supporting the largely aged-out OS. Check out the full specs below:
Minimum system requirements for PC
- Windows XP Service Pack 3, Windows Vista,7,8 (32bit/64bit)
- DirectX 9 graphics card with 512Mb Video RAM - AMD Radeon HD 2600 XT/nVidia 8600
- Dual core CPU - AMD Athlon64 X2 2.1 Ghz (4050+)/Intel Core2 Duo 1.86 Ghz (E6300)
- 1GB Memory (2GB on Vista)
Recommended system requirements for PC
- Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8
- DirectX 11 graphics card with 1GB Video RAM - AMD Radeon HD 4870/nVidia GTX 480
- Quad core CPU - AMD Phenom II X2 565/Intel Core i5-750
- 4GB Memory
Square Enix also released a new developer diary about the game. This chapter, the third in the series, talks about the game's combat, and how it's going to buck the series repuatation for less than stellar fighting sequences.
Tomb Raider returns to Xbox 360, PS3, and PC March 5th.
