Operating system: Windows XP SP3 or Windows Vista™ SP2
Note that Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows ME and Windows NT 4.0 are not supported.

DirectX 9.0c (included)

Windows XP SP3
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz or equivalent
RAM: 1 GB
Video Card: ATI Radeon 9500 Pro 128MB or greater, NVIDIA GeForce 6600 256MB or greater, Pixel shader 2.0 and above.

Windows Vista™ SP2
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz or equivalent
RAM: 1.5 GB
Video Card: ATI Radeon 9500 Pro 128MB or greater, NVIDIA GeForce 6600 256MB or greater, Pixel shader 2.0 and above.

Sound Card - DirectX 9.0c compatible

Hard Drive space:
For Disc Users: 6.9 GB free hard disk space

For EA Store Users: 13.8 GB free hard disk space

Note that in both cases additional space is required for saved games and DirectX® 9.0c installation.

DVD-ROM Drive: 8x or faster DVD-ROM drive  

Internet connection: 128kbit Cable/DSL connection

In order to play the game at the recommended resolution, detail and performance levels, your computer should match or exceed the following specifications:

Operating system: Windows XP SP3 or Windows Vista™ SP2
DirectX 9.0c
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo
RAM: 2 GB
Video Card: 256 MB DirectX compliant video card, Pixel shader 2.0 and above.
Sound card: DirectX 9.0c compatible
Hard Drive space: please see above
Internet connection: please see above

Supported chipsets:

- ATI Radeon X700, X800 series (Radeon X800 Pro not supported)
- ATI Radeon X1xxx series
- ATI Radeon HD 2xxx series
- ATI Radeon HD 3xxx series
- ATI Radeon HD 4xxx series
- NVIDIA GeForce 6800
- NVIDIA GeForce 7xxx
- NVIDIA GeForce 8xxx
- NVIDIA GeForce 9xxx and higher
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 and 280

The following chipsets will allow you to play the game, but not the 3D match / 3D elements:

- ATI Radeon 7500
- ATI Radeon 8500
- ATI Radeon 9200, 9250
- NVIDIA GeForce FX series
- NVIDIA GeForce 2 (GTS, MX, Ultra/Ti)
- NVIDIA GeForce 3 (Ti)
- NVIDIA GeForce 4 (MX, Ti)
- Matrox Millennium (P650, P750)
- Intel GMA 900, 950
- Intel GMA X3000, GMA 3000