Has your rig got what it takes to play cops and robbers?
With the Battlefield Hardline open beta scheduled for 3 February (a 10GB pre-load is available now through Origin), EA has released the Battlefield Hardline PC system requirements.
Visceral has already stated that if you can run Battlefield 4 then running Battlefield Hardline should not be an issue. That said, this is a beta test and we know how those can turn out. Game runs fine in the beta, then retail release hits and the game is suddenly running like a dog.
It’s worth pointing out that you will need a 64bit OS this time and it takes up a fair chunk of hard drive space as well, 60GB to be exact. That’s double what Battlefield 4 asked for.
According to the system specs article, the game is still undergoing optimisation for lower-end PCs so people with only 4GB of RAM might “experience issues.” In a Battlefield game? Surely not.
There’s also a special video explaining why Hardline will be super-duper great on PC. You may recall a similar “made by PC gamers for PC gamers” hype video being produced for Dragon Age: Inquisition. Hopefully this situation turns out a little better.
Recommended:
OS: WINDOWS 8 64-BIT (with KB971512 Update)
CPU: INTEL QUAD-CORE CPU, AMD SIX-CORE CPU
MEMORY: 8 GB RAM
GRAPHICS CARD: AMD Radeon R9 290, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760
GRAPHICS MEMORY: 3 GB
HARD DRIVE: 60 GB
DIRECTX 11
Minimum:
OS: WINDOWS VISTA SP2 64-BIT (with KB971512 Update)
PROCESSOR: Athlon II/Phenom II 2.8 GHz, Intel Core i3/i5 2.4GHz
MEMORY: 4 GB RAM
GRAPHICS CARD: ATI Radeon HD 5770 (1 GB), NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 (896 MB)
HARD DRIVE: 60 GB
DIRECTX 11
