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

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	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 PlayNC.com
• City of Villains Specs at PlayNC.com