Rockstar Games Releases Max Payne 3 PC System Requirements

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Think your PC has what it takes to play May Payne 3's bullet-time graphics smoothly? Rockstar Games has just announced the hardware you need to play the action-noir sequel at acceptable frame-rates, or (with the right gear) go all-out by turning up the graphics options to maximum levels. Rockstar assures us the PC version isn't just a mere port by pointing out the advanced graphics support for DirectX 11 such as tessellation, but one look at the game's hard disk footprint might make a few gamers groan: a whopping 35GB. North American Max Payne fans can grab the PC version on May 29, with a European release to follow on June 1. Check out the latest PC screenshots to see whether Max Payne 3 for the PC fares graphically better than its console counterparts. 

Minimum System Requirements: 

• Operating System: Windows XP 32/64 SP 3
• Processor: Intel Dual Core 2.4 GHZ / AMD Dual Core 2.6 GHZ 
• RAM: 2GB 
• Video Card: NVIDIA® 8600 GT 512MB VRAM / Radeon HD 3400 512MB VRAM
• 100% Direct X 9.0 compatible soundcard
• HDD Space: 35 GB

Want all the graphical bells and whistles maxed out? Here's what Rockstar recommends:

• Operating System: Windows 7 32/64 SP 1 or Windows Vista 32/64 SP 2
• Processor: i7 3930K 6 Core  x 3.06 GHZ / FX8150 8 Core x 3.6 GHZ
• RAM: 16GB
• Video Card: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 680 2GB VRAM / Radeon HD 7970 3GB VRAM
• Direct X 9.0 compatible soundcard supporting Dolby Digital Live
• HDD Space: 35 GB

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Tommy on April 23, 2012 11:53AM Wow, those recommended specs seem rather steep by todays standards. reply to this

Doug on April 23, 2012 12:40PM Steep? Those specs are recommended for running at max settings.....The min specs are pretty low. core 2duo with an 8600 GT? That's pretty ancient at this point. Anyways....who doesn't have at least one gtx 680 by now? :P reply to this

venomoc on April 23, 2012 06:55PM i doubt you'll need that much to max it out but if you do, then thats a good reason to upgrade reply to this

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