Well, I meet all those recommended stats except the RAM, and possibly the GPU, since mine is an pretty good X800 XL, but its only got 2.0 shaders. Yippee.
To all those who don't meet the requirements and are considering upgrades, I can't help but mention the whole DX10 deal coming up. There is a lot of emphasis being put on the arrival of DX10 and the new cards coming to take advantage of it. Thing is, it puts people (like me) in a bit of a predicament. When the DX10 cards do start coming out, all the DX9 cards will have huge price drops and you'll be able to get a powerful card for not much money, which I would really like to do. But then, I think about DX10, and all these games coming out that perform substantially better on DX10 video cards. It's pissing me off, because DX10 cards will be expensive for a while, and if I buy one, it will cost me my education
, but if I wait for price cuts, I won't be able to play these new games in all their glory with my X800 XL.
It really is pissing me off. I would really like to just get a X1900 or something when its cheap, but then I'm thinking I'll regret it when I see all those DX10 games. Now, don't get me wrong, you can still play those games with an older card, but I've been hearing that DX10 makes quite the difference.
Plus, there's all the talk of the necessity to have dual-core processors. Another costly upgrade, ho hum....
So anyway, just make sure that you're sure about upgrading, cause I'm definitely not.