Minimum Requirements:

• Operating System: Windows XP
• Memory: 768MB of RAM
• HDD space: 5GB available HDD space
• CPU: 2GHz or faster CPU
• Video card: Nvidia GeForce 6600 or ATI Radeon 9800 DirectX 9 class GPU with at least 128MB of VRAM
• Sound: a working sound device
• Keyboard
• Mouse
• DVD-ROM

Recommended System Requirements:

• Operating System: Windows XP (Service Pack 2)/ Windows Vista
• Memory: 768MB of RAM
• HDD space: 5GB available HDD space
• CPU: 2GHz or faster dual core CPU
• Video card: Nvidia GeForce 8800 or ATI Radeon 3000 DirectX 10 class GPU or newer
• Sound: a working sound device
• Keyboard
• Mouse
• DVD-ROM

Test System:

• Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9770
• 2GB of Crucial Ballistix DDR3-2000 memory running at 1333MHz
• 2 74GB WD Raptor SATA HDDs in RAID 0 mode
• GIGABYTE GTX260 Super Overclocked running 190.68 Forceware drivers
• Sapphire RADEON HD 5870 running HD 5800 DRIVERS
• XFX nForce 790i Ultra SLI motherboard
• Onboard sound

Playing the game on the video card test platform with the HD 5870 was a great experience when PhysX was turned off. Frame rates were high throughout, graphics were without visual artifacts and the game played as it was supposed to. Turning PhysX on in the game caused the card to run frame rates under 10 fps in most cases and in some cases under 2 fps, making it totally unplayable.

Playing the game on a GTX 260 on the other hand was a totally different experience on the same system. The game was totally playable throughout without PhysX, but it was also totally playable with PhysX turned on. The GIGABYTE 260 card is overclocked over 100MHz over the default GTX260 and performance was in the mid 40s throughout with PhysX enabled. The game showed PhysX effects with fog, smoke, gun fire and it was a totally different experience.