Star Wars: Battlefront should be playable on most gaming PCs

The recent crop of PC games we’ve seen leave developer hands recently have demanded a fair bit from consumer’s gaming rigs. If anything, we wonder how on earth some of these titles actually run on consoles (like The Witcher 3, for instance). But it seems that DICE is bucking this trend.

EA’s latest dip into shooters is Star Wars: Battlefront, and it isn’t asking much from resident machines.

Here are the minimum required specs:

• OS: Windows 7 64-bit or later
• CPU: Intel Core-i3 6300T or equivalent
• RAM: 8GB
• Storage: At least 40GB of free space
• GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 2GB or ATI Radeon HD 7850 2GB
• DirectX: 11.0 or equivalent
• Connection: 512kbps or faster

 

Not at all bad then. Most of the hardware one should generally already own if using a three year old or younger PC. As for the recommended specs:

• OS: Windows 10 64-bit or later
• CPU: Intel Core-i5 6600 or equivalent
• RAM: 16GB
• Storage: At least 40GB of free space
• GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 4GB or AMD Radeon R9 290 4GB
• DirectX: 11.1 or equivalent
• Connection: 512kbps or faster Internet connection

 

Clearly 4GB of video memory is ideal, along with an Intel processor. DICE hasn’t actually specified any AMD CPUs, so we’re not sure how well they’ll run. Additionally, one of the most impressive aspects is the low internet connection speed required. Hopefully, the game will run extremely well on connections of 1Mbps and up then.

The game’s beta session will be open from 8 October to 12 October, with the title launching on 17 November for consoles and PC.