Mirror’s Edge Catalyst PC system requirements published

Upcoming first-and third-person open-world adventure platform game Mirror’s Edge Catalyst will start a (closed) beta on Friday 22^nd April. The game will be available on PC, Xbox One and PS4 and so that you know if your PC is ready for the beta test EA DICE has published a set of minimum and recommended specs for enjoying the game.

Mirror’s Edge Catalyst is a reboot of the original game, again featuring Faith Connors and her running, jumping, parkour skills around an urban environment. The new game is improved by not being linear: offering multiple paths among the open world to get to your destinations. Combat mechanics have also been overhauled with Faith’s melee attacks much more of a game focus this time around.

The closed beta starts tomorrow and if you have managed to get on board you can enjoy it until 26^th April. After the beta ends DICE has more or less a month to use the data and feedback to get the game ready for final release (24^th May).

So what kind of PC do you need to enjoy the upcoming game on PC? The official minimum and recommended specs are as follows:

MINIMUM:

• OS: Windows® 7 64-Bit (use the latest Service Pack)
• CPU: Intel i3-3250 / AMD FX-6350. (Note: Mirror's Edge Catalyst requires at least 4 logical cores to run.)
• RAM: 6 GB
• HARD DRIVE: At least 25 GB of free space
• VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 650 Ti 2GB or better / AMD Radeon™ R9 270x or better
• INPUT: Keyboard and mouse, dual analogue controller

RECOMMENDED:

• OS: Windows® 10 64-Bit (use the latest Service Pack)
• CPU: Intel Core i7-3770 at 3.4 GHz / AMD FX-8350 at 4.0 GHz
• RAM: 16 GB
• HARD DRIVE: At least 25 GB of free space
• VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 970 4GB or better / AMD Radeon™ R9 280x 3GB or better
• INPUT: Keyboard and mouse, dual analogue controller

You will notice from the above that a minimum of a ‘four logical core’ processor is required to enjoy the game. The recommended RAM of 16GB is pretty expansive and it will be interesting to see if common-or-garden 8GB systems suffer much degradation when the game is released in May.