Excited about the upcoming StarCraft: Remastered, but haven’t upgraded your gaming rig in a while? Like, say, in about a decade? Don’t worry! The StarCraft revamp may come with plenty of new bells and whistles, but it will run on pretty much any dusty old PC or laptop you have kicking around.
Here are your not-terribly-demanding StarCraft: Remastered system requirements:
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Minimum Requirements:
Operating System: Windows 7 / Windows 8 / Windows 10
Processor: Intel Pentium D or AMD Athlon™ 64 X2
Video: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 (256 MB) or ATI Radeon X1600 Pro (256 MB) or better
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Storage: 2.8 GB HD space
Broadband Internet connection
Resolution: 1024 x 768 minimum display resolution
Recommended Requirements:
Operating System: Windows 10 64-bit
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (2.4 GHz) or AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ (2.6 GHz) or better
Video: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT (512 MB) or ATI Radeon HD 4850 (512 MB) or better
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Storage: 2.8 GB HD space
Broadband Internet connection
Resolution: 1024 x 768 minimum display resolution
Aw, 2GB or RAM! Isn’t that adorable! I think microwaves come with 2GB of RAM these days. The recommended specs are slightly more demanding, but still nothing crazy.
For those who haven’t been keeping up, here’s some StarCraft: Remastered bullet point features:
- Full graphical upgrade of the original StarCraft and the StarCraft: Brood War expansion
- Widescreen UHD support for up to 4K resolution
- New matchmaking and leaderboards
- Player profiles that track individual statistics
- Cloud saving for campaign progress, hotkeys, and replays
- Higher fidelity music and sound
- Switch between Remastered and the original StarCraft with the click of a button
StarCraft: Remastered hits PC and PC on August 14.
[via Dark Side of Gaming]
