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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

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.