It is hard to believe Far Cry 3 is almost here! If it plays as well as it looks than Ubisoft will have a real winner on their hands here. In preparation for a scheduled release of December 4 for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360, Ubisoft have announced the requirements for PC and they look pretty good actually!
(Image courtesy of wikipedia)
Minimum Requirements
DirectX9c graphics card with 512MB Video RAM Dual core CPU 4GB Memory
Example minimum 1 (NVidia/Intel)
NVidia GTX8800
Intel Core2 Duo E6700
Example minimum 2 (AMD)
AMD Radeon HD2900
AMD Athlon64 X2 6000+
Recommended Specs
DirectX11 graphics card with 1024MB Video RAM Quad core CPU 4GB Memory
Example recommended 1 (NVidia/Intel)
NVidia GTX480
Intel Core i3-530
Example recommended 2 (AMD)
AMD Radeon HD5770
AMD Phenom II X2 565
High Performance Specs
Latest DirectX11 graphics card
Latest quad core CPU
8GB Memory
Example high performance (NVidia/Intel)
NVidia GTX680
Intel Core i7-2600K
Example high performance (AMD)
AMD Radeon HD7970
AMD Bulldozer FX4150
DirectX9c graphics card with 512MB Video RAM Dual core CPU 4GB Memory
Example minimum 1 (NVidia/Intel)
NVidia GTX8800
Intel Core2 Duo E6700
Example minimum 2 (AMD)
AMD Radeon HD2900
AMD Athlon64 X2 6000+
Recommended Specs
DirectX11 graphics card with 1024MB Video RAM Quad core CPU 4GB Memory
Example recommended 1 (NVidia/Intel)
NVidia GTX480
Intel Core i3-530
Example recommended 2 (AMD)
AMD Radeon HD5770
AMD Phenom II X2 565
High Performance Specs
Latest DirectX11 graphics card
Latest quad core CPU
8GB Memory
Example high performance (NVidia/Intel)
NVidia GTX680
Intel Core i7-2600K
Example high performance (AMD)
AMD Radeon HD7970
AMD Bulldozer FX4150
These are very reasonable specs indeed and not out of reach of most PC gamers. Visit the official site for heaps more information including screenshots and videos. There is no official word on DRM I think we can safely assume it will use UPlay, Ubisofts own DRM system. While not ideal the good news is that recently Ubisoft DRM was changed to be a lot more friendly, only requiring an active internet connection for a one-time activation process. Once this is done it can be played offline for single player.
If you don't know much about the game already than have a look at the video below to meet two of the savages on the island; Vaas and Buck!
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Source: www.gamingexaminer.com
