Just recently EA announced October 22 as the release date for Dragon Age: Origins. Now it seems like the system requirements have been revealed.
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Dragon Age: Origins is scheduled for release on October 22, 2009. The RPG is developed by Bioware and published by Electronic Arts. After several screenshots and trailer videos gave an impression of what to expect from the game, it seems like the system requirements have now been revealed. According to rpgsite.net your system has to
meet the specs below for Dragon Age: Origins. Until now neither EA nor Bioware have confirmed or denied the data.
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Windows XP Minimum Specifications
OS: Windows XP with SP3
CPU: Intel Core 2 (or equivalent) running at 1.4Ghz or greater
AMD X2 (or equivalent) running at 1.8Ghz or greater
RAM: 1GB or more
Video: ATI Radeon X850 128MB or greater
NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT 128MB or greater
DVD ROM (Physical copy)
20 GB HD space
Windows Vista Minimum Specifications
OS: Windows Vista with SP1
CPU: Intel Core 2 (or equivalent) running at 1.6Ghz or greater
AMD X2 (or equivalent) running at 2.2GHZ or greater
RAM: 1.5 GB or more
Video: ATI Radeon X1550 256MB or greater
NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT 256MB or greater
DVD ROM (Physical copy)
20 GB HD space
Recommended Specifications
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad 2.4Ghz Processor or equivalent
RAM: 4 GB (Vista) or 2 GB (XP)
Video: ATI 3850 512 MB or greater
NVIDIA 8800GTS 512 MB or greater
DVD ROM (Physical copy)
20 GB HD space
Update June 29, 2009 Bioware has revealed 15 new screenshots, among others you will see some bloody game scenes and cut scenes. The area "Korcari” is presented as well. More news can be found on the
official Dragon Age: Origins website.
Background about Dragon Age: Origins For Dragon Age: Origins Bioware developed a special engine. Xbox 360 and PS3 versions are planned as well but the PC version obtains priority. According to Dr. Ray Muzyka the PC traditionally is the perfect platform for Bioware games. To which extent Bioware is using current PC technologies which makes the PC version look different from consoles has not been revealed yet. At least we know that Dragon Age: Origins will not use a Securom copy protection.
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