Duke Nukem Forever system requirements outed

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Duke Nukem 3D was released in 1996, and ran on MS DOS and eight megabytes of memory. Duke Nukem Forever is coming out in June 2011, and will require a fair bit more than that. Read on for the full minimum and recommended system requirements.

The requirements were announced on the Gearbox community site, and look like this:

Minimum Specifications

  • OS: Windows XP/Vista/7

  • Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.0 Ghz / AMD Athlon 64 X2 @ 2.0 Ghz

  • Memory: 1 Gb

  • Hard Drive: 10 Gb free

  • Video Memory: 256 MB

  • Video Card: nVidia GeForce 7600 / ATI Radeon HD 2600

  • Sound Card: DirectX Compatible

Recommended Specifications

  • OS: Windows XP/Vista/7

  • Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.4 Ghz / AMD Athlon 64 X2 @ 2.6 Ghz

  • Memory: 2 Gb

  • Hard Drive: 10 Gb free

  • Video Memory: 512 MB

  • Video Card: nVidia GeForce 8800 GTS / ATI Radeon HD 3850

  • Sound Card: DirectX Compatible

Duke Nukem Forever is coming out on June 14 in the US, and June 10 internationally. For more on the game, check out the latest trailers , or head over to the official Duke Nukem Forever site .

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