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Final BioShock Infinite System Specs Released, 20GB Mandatory Install

Posted on Tuesday, January 15 @ 11:30:23 Eastern by Jonathan_Leack

Irrational Games is only two months from releasing its next work, BioShock Infinite. Bassed on what we've seen it's going to be a beautiful game, but PC gamers are still left wondering how much work has gone into the PC version.

The system requirements for BioShock Infinite have been finalized, and the recommended specs are moderate. Judging by the information, it's not quite the head-burster that Crysis 3 will be, but it's not afraid to devour your hard drive space. See below for the minimum and recommended system specifications:
MINIMUM
 
OS: Windows Vista Service Pack 2 32-bit
Processor: Intel Core 2 DUO 2.4 GHz / AMD Athlon X2 2.7 GHZ
Memory: 2 GB
Hard Drive: 20 GB free
Video Card: DirectX10 Compatible ATI Radeon 3870 / NVIDIA 8800 GT / Intel HD 3000 Integrated Graphics
Video Card Memory: 512 MB
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
 
RECOMMENDED
 
OS: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 64-bit
Processor: Quad Core Processor
Memory: 4 GB
Hard Drive: 30 GB free
Video Card: DirectX11 Compatible, ATI Radeon 6950 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560
Video Card Memory: 1024 MB
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
Windows XP's support is beginning to fade away, and so is DirectX 9. While some gamers will be affected by this, DirectX 11's tesselation is noticeable enough to make Windows 7 worth the price tag. Thankfully, Windows 8 is nowhere to be seen. Phew.

In terms of hard drive space, the jump from a massive 20GB to the even larger 30GB hints at optional HD textures. If true, Irrational Games hasn't neglected the PC gaming crowd, granted the game isn't a glitch-fest.

For those of you with gaming rigs, do you meet the recommended specs? Better yet, do you plan to buy this for your PC, console, or even at all?
Related Games:   BioShock Infinite
Tags:   BioShock


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  • Ivory_Soul
    Ivory_Soul
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Jan 15th, 2013 at 12:29 pm
    Max Payne 3 still holds the record at 35GB.
    0 2
  • fix42o
    fix42o
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Jan 15th, 2013 at 1:40 pm
    35GB's of cut scenes
    0 1
  • FATAL1TY
    FATAL1TY
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Jan 15th, 2013 at 2:38 pm
    It's not MGS4 homie
    0 2
  • Sourdeez
    Sourdeez
    Joined: Feb 2012
    Posted: Jan 15th, 2013 at 2:49 pm
    A lot of them are rendered in real time though.
    0 1
  • Sourdeez
    Sourdeez
    Joined: Feb 2012
    Posted: Jan 15th, 2013 at 12:44 pm
    The dx11 support is awesome, i really hope there is a hd texture pack
    0 3
  • FATAL1TY
    FATAL1TY
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Jan 15th, 2013 at 2:38 pm
    Looks like I need to clear some space off of the old hard drive.
    0 2
  • Chunibrow
    Chunibrow
    Joined: Mar 2010
    Posted: Jan 15th, 2013 at 3:08 pm
    If I have the money ill be buying it as soon as it comes out
    0 1
  • dirty_f
    dirty_f
    Joined: Nov 2010
    Posted: Jan 15th, 2013 at 4:05 pm
    wow holy ****. it's been a long time since i've installed (or played, for that matter) a game on a computer. i had no idea games needed that much hard drive space nowadays.

    huh. well, there you go.
    0 1
  • Ivory_Soul
    Ivory_Soul
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Jan 15th, 2013 at 10:35 pm
    The average game today needs about 8-10GB of space.
    0 1
  • sliverstorm
    sliverstorm
    Joined: Jun 2007
    Posted: Jan 15th, 2013 at 5:27 pm
    Probably won't get to this for a few years, when I finally upgrade the computer. I'm pretty anal about my frame rates, and I'm still running on XP right now.
    0 1
  • xDUMPWEEDx
    xDUMPWEEDx
    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Jan 16th, 2013 at 1:21 am
    I'm kind of the same way. I usually wait a couple years to play high-end PC games. I didn't play the original Crysis until 2010.
    0 2
  • mrallamericanboy
    mrallamericanboy
    Joined: Jun 2006
    Posted: Jan 16th, 2013 at 7:11 am
    you should visit thetechreport .com, it's a great site about PC's games and tech in general, their reviews and articles are extremely thorough and their members are extremely knowledgeable, a lot like game revolution actually...
    they've done a huge analysis about FPS and new ways of determining fluidity in gameplay and would really interest you.
    0 0
  • Klandathu
    Klandathu
    Joined: Apr 2008
    Posted: Jan 16th, 2013 at 12:44 pm
    Is this an appropriate forum to have another PC gaming vs. console gaming flame war?

    Anywho...I'll be at a midnight launch.
    0 0
  • oblivion437
    oblivion437
    Joined: Nov 2006
    Posted: Jan 16th, 2013 at 6:36 pm
    30GB is just north of what three dual-layer DVDs or one single-layer Blu-Ray can hold. Unless the PC BD-ROM and PS3 releases are dual-layer discs every single boxed copy will have multiple discs. At the recommended install size I'm guessing the game does not use the discs to read information at all. Steam should open up pre-loading the files at the earliest possible date lest people be waiting several days post launch to play the game due to absurd install times.
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