Crystal Dynamics and Square Enix have revealed the specs you'll need to get Tomb Raider up and running on the PC, with recommendations for the game's minimum requirements and high-end set ups.
Tomb Raider, which is set for release on the PC simultaneously with its console counterparts, carries a wide variety of enhancements on the PC version. These include tessellation, SSAO, high resolution textures, high quality shadows, post-filter effects, and mouse and keyboard support.
Players with the minimum specs will be able to play the game with most of the settings turned down,and those with better rigs can make full use of its PC-specific enhancements.
In general, the PC version of Tomb Raider comes with native support for Steamworks to offer cloud storage, multiplayer matchmaking, achievements, and automatic updates. It also supports Steam's Big Picture Mode, so you can play it entirely with a controller.
The following details were pulled from VG247.
High-end graphics:
Very high resolution textures with up to 16x the amount of data
Detail Tessellation to enhance the detail on many surfaces in the game
Higher quality shadows
High quality bokeh depth of field with near-blur
Tessellation algorithms used to smooth out geometry
Improved cloth, SSAO, quality wetness effects, and post-filter effects.
LOD quality is adjustable for better quality on higher-end machines.
Low-end graphics:
Crystal want Tomb Raider to run on older systems, unlike many other games they still support Windows XP.
A lot of scalability options to suit a range of machines.
And here's what you'll need to get the game running.
Minimum system requirements for PC:
Windows XP Service Pack 3, Windows Vista,7,8 (32bit/64bit)
DirectX 9 graphics card with 512Mb Video RAM:
AMD Radeon HD 2600 XT
nVidia 8600
Dual core CPU:
AMD Athlon64 X2 2.1 Ghz (4050+)
Intel Core2 Duo 1.86 Ghz (E6300)
1GB Memory (2GB on Vista)
Recommended system requirements for PC:
Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8
DirectX 11 graphics card with 1GB Video RAM:
AMD Radeon HD 4870
nVidia GTX 480
Quad core CPU:
AMD Phenom II X2 565
Intel Core i5-750
4GB Memory
