Dirt 2 system specs released

Author: Joe Martin
Published: 13th November 2009
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Dirt 2 system specs released

The PC version of Colin McRae: Dirt 2 may be a bit late, but it does have new DirectX 11 content.

Codemasters may be a little late in releasing the PC version of the rather good Colin McRae: Dirt 2, but at least the developers have been thoughtful enough to include some DirectX 11 enhancements to placate PC gamers.

If you're worried about whether or not you'll be able to handle the new graphics though then you might want to look below at the recently released hardware requirements for Dirt 2.

Recommended Specifications: Enhanced for DirectX 11
OS: Microsoft Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7
Processor: Intel Core i7 or AMD Phenom II
Memory: 3GB
HD Space: 10GB
Video Card: ATi Radeon HD 5700 Series

Minimum Specifications
OS: Microsoft Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7
Processor: Intel Pentium 4 3.0Ghz or AMD Athlon 64 3400+
Memory: 1GB (2Gb for Windows Vista)
HD Space: 10GB
Video Card: ATI Radeon X1500 orNVIDIA GeForce 6800

If you're more concerned about whether or not the game itself is any good then you can check out or review of Colin McRae: Dirt 2 on the Xbox 360 for more information, or let us know your thoughts in the forums.
Quote V3ctor 13th November 2009, 12:20
Bah... Have a HD5870, but don't have an i7... Time to OC my Q6600 the hell out of him...
Quote proxess 13th November 2009, 12:21
Another game which goes from pixel art to art with pixels.
Quote Doomah 13th November 2009, 12:22
Quote:
Recommended Specifications: Enhanced for DirectX 11
OS: Microsoft Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7

Great! I didn't knew I was able to play DX11 on my XP machine! :D
Quote impar 13th November 2009, 12:40
Greetings!
Quote:
Originally Posted by V3ctor
Bah... Have a HD5870, but don't have an i7... Time to OC my Q6600 the hell out of him...
Relax. It also says Phenom II. :)
Quote Hustler 13th November 2009, 12:50
Yeah but what kind of Phenom II..?

Dual,triple,quad.....???
Quote impar 13th November 2009, 13:15
Greetings!
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hustler
Yeah but what kind of Phenom II..?
Dual,triple,quad.....???
Even if it is the X4, your overclocked Q6600 will be able to match its performance.
Q6600 is a legendary CPU. And, yes, I have one.
Quote gavomatic57 13th November 2009, 16:04
Seems a bit heavy for what is basically a slightly warmed up version of the last one.
Quote wuyanxu 13th November 2009, 16:43
i7? either really good use of 8 threads or complete waste of processing power.

also, 3GB of RAM? heard of pre-loading? it's a PC game, we don't want to see any kind of texture streaming in our high-end machines. there's 8GB of RAM there for a reason.

apart from Dx11 being PC exclusive, seems like another consolefied port. especially on the memory usage front.
Quote technogiant 13th November 2009, 16:52
Relax.... the only reason it says core i7 is because Codemasters have been working with / having support from Intel on this game and with op dragon rising.......it'll run fine on a Q6600 particularly if you're ocing it above 3.0ghz
Quote $plit 13th November 2009, 17:02
least its not a console port..
Quote Evildead666 13th November 2009, 17:49
Recommended OS for DX11.....WIndows XP ?????

and the minimum specs do go from a single core P4 3GHz to a 4core/8thread monster on the recommended specs ?
Have they so badly coded this that any DX11 content is going to need that much of a markup ?
A core i5 won't be able to play games ?
Quote frontline 13th November 2009, 18:32
Will be interesting to see if the claims about DX11 using system resources more efficiently are true. Free copy of the game already registered on steam at least.
Quote SMIFFYDUDE 13th November 2009, 22:20
What is the point of releasing Minimum Specs, everyone knows they mean sweet FA in real terms.
Quote Gunsmith 13th November 2009, 22:39
real pc gamers with real machines dont read specs.

it will work

end.
Quote sub routine 14th November 2009, 06:45
^^ >.>
Quote storm20200 14th November 2009, 09:11
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gunsmith
real pc gamers with real machines dont read specs.

it will work

end.

That comment is so full of fail it just makes me wanna cry. Enthusiast misunderstood article anyone?
Quote The Jambo 14th November 2009, 23:13
Quote:
Originally Posted by storm20200
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gunsmith
real pc gamers with real machines dont read specs.

it will work

end.

That comment is so full of fail it just makes me wanna cry. Enthusiast misunderstood article anyone?

I think he's trying to say that Real gamers have PC's so high they never have to look at requirements. Or if its incompatible, they'll find a way to make it work.
Quote gavomatic57 14th November 2009, 23:17
Quote:
Originally Posted by The Jambo
I think he's trying to say that Real gamers have PC's so high they never have to look at requirements. Or if its incompatible, they'll find a way to make it work.

I'd agree with that. Since Crysis, everything else has been pretty easy to run...apart from maybe GTA4...

With all the dumbed-down console sh** hitting the shelves from the likes of Activision, it is getting even easier.
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