The Players' Guide to the Cities/System Requirements

Overview

As with most actively developed software, the system requirements for City have gradually increased over time. Below is a copy of the specs recommended on the City of Villains website. The specs for City of Heroes are similar, but have a lower minimum requirement for memory (256 MB RAM).

Note that an optical drive is not actually required. The Game Client can be installed entirely via download as well.

Specifications

As with most actively developed software, the system requirements for City have gradually increased over time. Below is a copy of the specs recommended on the NCsoft website. Note that an optical drive is not actually required. The Game Client can be installed entirely via download as well.

Specifications

Windows

Requirement	Minimum	Recommended

Requirement	Minimum	Recommended
Operating System	Windows® 2000/XP	Windows® 2000/XP
Processor	Intel Pentium® III 800 MHz or AMD Athlon 800 MHz	Intel Pentium® 4 2.0 GHz or AMD Athlon XP 2000+
Memory	512 MB RAM	1 GB RAM
Optical Drive	CD-ROM Drive (DVD-ROM Drive if Collector's DVD Edition)	DVD-ROM drive
HDD	4 GB available hard disk space	4 GB available hard disk space
Graphics	NVIDIA® GeForce 2 Series, ATI™ Radeon® 8500 Series, or Intel i865G and above Video Card	NVIDIA GeForce 6200
DirectX	DirectX® 9.0c	DirectX® 9.0c
Audio	16-bit sound card	16-bit sound card
Internet Connection	56k Internet connection	Broadband Internet connection
Input Devices	Keyboard and mouse	Keyboard and mouse with wheel

Macintosh

Requirement	Minimum	Recommended
Operating System	Mac OS X 10.5.5 Leopard	Mac OS X 10.5.5 Leopard or higher
Processor	Intel Core Duo Processor	Intel Core Duo 2 Processor
Memory	1024 MB RAM	1024 MB RAM or higher
HDD	5 GB of free hard drive space	5 GB of free hard drive space
Graphics	ATI X1600 or NVidia 7300 GT with 128MB of Video RAM, or X3100 Intel integrated graphics chip	ATI X1600, NVidia 7300 GT or higher video card with 256 MB of Video RAM
DirectX	DirectX® 9.0c	DirectX® 9.0c
Audio	16-bit sound card	16-bit sound card
Internet Connection	56k Internet connection	Broadband Internet Connection
Input Devices	Keyboard and mouse	Keyboard and mouse with wheel

See Also

• City of Heroes Specs at NCsoft.com

Operating System Windows® 2000/XP Windows® 2000/XP Processor Intel Pentium® III 800 MHz or AMD Athlon 800 MHz Intel Pentium® 4 2.0 GHz or AMD Athlon XP 2000+ Memory 512 MB RAM 1 GB RAM Optical Drive CD-ROM Drive (DVD-ROM Drive if Collector's DVD Edition) DVD-ROM drive HDD 4 GB available hard disk space 4 GB available hard disk space Graphics NVIDIA® GeForce 2 Series, ATI™ Radeon® 8500 Series, or Intel i865G and above Video Card ATI® Radeon® 9500 or NVIDIA® GeForce™ 6200 Series graphics card DirectX DirectX® 9.0c DirectX® 9.0c Audio 16-bit sound card 16-bit sound card Internet Connection 56k Internet connection Broadband Internet connection Input Devices Keyboard and mouse Keyboard and mouse with wheel

See Also

• City of Heroes Specs at NCsoft.com