See if your PC measures up to Battlefield Hardline’s system requirements

By Will Fulton February 3, 2015

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Developer Visceral Games has released the minimum and recommended Windows system requirements for its cops-vs-robbers shooter, Battlefield Hardline.

The game’s planned release on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in addition to the newer consoles means that even the recommended specifications aren’t too beefy for any reasonably up-to-date gaming PC to handle — you can still run it on 32-bit Windows Vista if so inclined. The recommended video cards are each a few years old, so you can pick them up for less than the sticker price if this game is your excuse to upgrade your rig.

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Battlefield Hardline launches for Windows, as well as PlayStation and Xbox consoles, on March 17 in North America, March 19 in continental Europe, and March 19 in the UK. An open beta is running on all platforms from February 3 through February 8.

Minimum requirements:OS
Windows Vista SP2 32-bit (with KB971512 platform update)
PROCESSOR
AMD Athlon X2 2.8 GHZ
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHZ
MEMORY
4 GB
GRAPHICS CARD
AMD Radeon HD 3870
Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT
GRAPHICS MEMORY
512 MB
HARD DRIVE
30 GB

Recommended requirements:OS
Windows 8 64-bit
PROCESSOR
AMD Six-Core CPU
Intel Quad-Core CPU
MEMORY
8 GB
GRAPHICS CARD
AMD Radeon HD 7870
Nvidia GeForce GTX 660
GRAPHICS MEMORY
3 GB
HARD DRIVE
30 GB

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