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--System Requirements--
"Minimum" System Requirements
Command & Conquer:Generals System Requirements (Taken from CCG box)
OS: Windows XP/Me/2000/98 (Windows 95/NT not supported)
CPUT: 800 MHz Intel Pentium III or AMD Athlon processor
RAM: 128 MB
CD/DVD-Rom Speed: 8x
Hard Drive Space: 1.8 GB free hard disk space plus space for saved games,
Windows swapfile, and DirectX 8.1
Video: 32MB AGP video card using the Nvidia GeForce2, ATI Radeo 7500 or more recent chipset with DirectX 8.1 compatible driver
Sound: DirectX 8.1 compatible sound card
Input: Keyboard, Mouse
Required for Multiplayer
265 MB RAM (3-8 players). One set of game discs per player. Disc 1 and Disc 2
cannot be used simultaneously for multiplayer games.
Internet (2-4 players) 56 Kbps or faster direct Internet connefction
Internet (5-8 players) Cable, DSL, or a faster direct Internet connection
Network (2-8 players) TCP/IP compliant network
Rcommended
1.8 GHz or faster Intel Pentium IV or AMD Athlon processor, 256 MB or more
RAM, Nvidia GeForce3 or more recent Direct3D capable video card.
Now dont take these verbatum, because I have a
P3 600 MHz, 640 Ram GeForce 3 Ti 200 comp, and it runs pretty well.