EA has published its minimum and recommended specs lists for Star Wars: Battlefront on Windows PCs. The minimum specs include an Intel i3 6300T or equivalent, 8GB of RAM, a GTX 660/HD 7850 and 64-bit Windows 7 or later. To meet the recommended specs you must be packing an Intel 'Skylake' Core i5 processor with 16GB of RAM and a GTX 970/R9 290. I've bullet pointed the full lists below.
Minimum PC System Requirements
- OS: 64-bit Windows 7 or later
- Processor (Intel): Intel i3 6300T or equivalent
- Memory: 8GB RAM
- Hard Drive: At least 40 GB of free space
- Graphics card (NVIDIA): Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 2GB
- Graphics card (ATI): ATI Radeon HD 7850 2GB
- DirectX: 11.0 Compatible video card or equivalent
- Online Connection Requirements: 512 KBPS or faster Internet connection
Recommended PC System Requirements
- OS: 64-bit Windows 10 or later
- Processor (Intel): Intel i5 6600 or equivalent
- Memory: 16GB RAM
- Hard Drive: At least 40 GB of free space
- Graphics card (NVIDIA): Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 4GB
- Graphics card (AMD): AMD Radeon R9 290 4GB
- DirectX: 11.1 Compatible video card or equivalent
- Online Connection Requirements: 512 KBPS or faster Internet connection
Also yesterday EA announced that it would be opening up a dedicated forum for beta players; the Star Wars: Battlefront beta forums. This forum, for feedback, discussion of issues and problem solving, will become active tomorrow, when the beta launches.
Beta playable from tomorrow
The Star Wars: Battlefront beta becomes available to play from tomorrow (8th Oct) via Origin, the beta will close on 12th Oct. Those interested can pre-load the beta and play "as soon as it's live". The finished game should be ready between 17th and 20th November, depending upon your region, on PC, Xbox One and PS4.
No microtransactions
According to an interview, given by DICE's Niklas Fegraeus to GameSpot recently, there will be no microtransactions in Star Wars: Battlefront. The senior developer said that "the currency system is based on your game performance". You won't be buying such credits, insisted Fegraeus "The credits that you use to buy things in the game are earned. You play the game, complete challenges, and that's how you get credits".
