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Official system requirements and recommendations

Following are the system requirements and recommendations for Gothic 3:

Minimum

• Windows 2000/XP/XP64
• 1024MB RAM
• Intel Pentium 4 / AMD CPU 2GHz or equivalent
• Direct3D compatible graphics card with at least 128MB and Shader Model 1.4

Recommended

• Windows 2000/XP/XP64
• 1.5GB RAM
• Intel Pentium 4 / AMD CPU 3GHz or equivalent
• ATI X1600 or better, GeForce 6800 or better, at least 256MB

Other

• 4.6GB available fixed-disk storage
• DirectX 9.0c (included)
• DirectX 8.1 compatible sound card
• DVD-Drive

Aspyr's recommendations

However, the system requirements from the Aspyr site, while obviously much too low, say:

Minimum

• 3D Hardware Accelerator Card Required – 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible 128 MB with latest drivers
• Windows XP
• DirectX 9.0c
• Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 3200+
• 512 MB RAM
• 4.6 GB free hard disk space
• DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
• Windows XP compatible mouse and keyboard with latest drivers
• 4X DVD-ROM drive

Recommended

• Intel Pentium D 3.0 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 4000+
• 256 MB 3D Hardware Accelerator Card
• 1 GB RAM

RPGWatch recommendations

Minimum
* Windows 2000/XP/XP64
* 1024MB RAM
* Intel Pentium 4 / AMD CPU 2GHz or equivalent
* Direct3D compatible graphics card with at least 128MB and Shader Model 1.4

Recommended
* Windows 2000/XP/XP64
* 1.5GB RAM, preferable 2GB RAM
* Intel Pentium 4 / AMD CPU 3GHz or equivalent
* ATI X1600 or better, GeForce 6800 or better, at least 256MB

Other
* 4.6GB available fixed-disk storage
* DirectX 9.0c (included)
* DirectX 8.1 compatible sound card
* DVD-Drive

(The RPGWatch recommendations could previously found at the game overview, but they do belong here)

Unofficial recommendations

As with many official recommendations for games these days, the reality can be somewhat different. Gorath from the RpgWatch.com forums∞, suggested the following:

Absolute minimum (slideshow)

P4 1,6 GHz / XP 1600+
512 MB RAM
Shader Model 1.4 -> GeForce 5, most Radeons since 9000

Average (acceptable gameplay)

P4 2.0 GHz / XP 2200+
1 GB RAM
GeForce 6600 / Radeon 9700 class

Good (comfortable gameplay)

P4 3.0 GHz / Athlon 64 3000+
DualCore CPUs are supported. A 3500+ is fine.
1.5 GB RAM (2 GB recommended. 3GB is reported to still make a difference.)
Very recent video card. Recommended: at least a mainstream Shader Model 3 card.

Priorities

1. A lot of RAM. More RAM means faster loading times.
2. At least a 3 GHz (or equivalent) CPU. More doesn't hurt, though.
3. A modern graphics card.

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