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By: Jarno Kokko Oct 09, 2008

Fallout 3 Gold - System Requirements Revealed

Fallout 3 has gone Gold, and Beteshda has published a FAQ for the game. Included are the official system requirements for Fallout 3.

Minimum System Requirements:

Windows XP/Vista
1GB System RAM (XP)/ 2GB System RAM (Vista)
2.4 Ghz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor
Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 256MB RAM (NVIDIA 6800 or better/ATI X850 or better)

Recommended System Requirements:

Intel Core 2 Duo processor
2 GB System RAM
Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 512MB RAM (NVIDIA 8800 series, ATI 3800 series)

Supported Video Card Chipsets:

NVIDIA GeForce 200 series
NVIDIA Geforce 9800 series
NVIDIA Geforce 9600 series
NVIDIA Geforce 8800 series
NVIDIA Geforce 8600 series
NVIDIA Geforce 8500 series
NVIDIA Geforce 8400 series
NVIDIA Geforce 7900 series
NVIDIA Geforce 7800 series
NVIDIA Geforce 7600 series
NVIDIA Geforce 7300 series
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 series

ATI HD 4800 series
ATI HD 4600 series
ATI HD 3800 series
ATI HD 3600 series
ATI HD 3400 series
ATI HD 2900 series
ATI HD 2600 series
ATI HD 2400 series
ATI X1900 series
ATI X1800 series
ATI X1600 series
ATI X1300 series
ATI X850 series

That's some serious video hardware as recommended, but on the other hand it seems you can run it on fairly low end hardware as well - it remains to be seen how much you'll have to compromise with the visuals. Unsure if your system is able to cope? You can figure that out using our Game-o-Meter.

Release date of Fallout 3 for PC, Xbox 360, and PLAYSTATION 3 in North America is October 28th, 2008 and in Europe October 31st, 2008. Japan gets it on December 4th, 2008.