The Players' Guide to the Cities/System Requirements

Last updated for Issue 16 on 21 October 2009.

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 NCsoft website.

Note that an optical drive is not actually required. The Game Client can be installed entirely via download as well.

Specifications

Windows

Requirement	Minimum	Recommended	Ultra Mode
Operating System	Windows® XP/Vista/7	Windows® XP/Vista/7	Windows® XP/Vista/7
Processor	Intel Pentium® III 1 GHz or AMD Athlon 1 GHz	Intel® or AMD Dual Core processor	Intel® or AMD Dual Core processor or higher
Memory	512 Mb RAM	2 Gb RAM	4 Gb RAM
Optical Drive	CD-ROM Drive (if original) DVD-ROM Drive	DVD-ROM drive	DVD-ROM drive
HDD	4 Gb available hard disk space	6 Gb available HDD space	6 Gb Available HDD Space
Graphics	NVIDIA® GeForce 2 Series, ATI™ Radeon® 8500 Series, or Intel i810G and above Video Card	NVIDIA® GeForce FX 5600 Series (or higher), ATI™ Radeon® 9600 (or higher)	NVIDIA® GeForce 8 Series (or higher), ATI™ Radeon® HD 2000 Series (or higher)
Internet Connection	Broadband	Broadband	Broadband
Input Devices	Keyboard and mouse	Keyboard and mouse	Keyboard and mouse

Macintosh

Requirement	Minimum	Recommended
Operating System	Mac OS X 10.5.5 Leopard	Mac OS X 10.5.5 Leopard or higher
Processor	Intel Core Duo Processor	Intel Core Duo 2 Processor
Memory	1024 MB RAM	1024 MB RAM or higher
HDD	5 GB of free hard drive space	5 GB of free hard drive space
Graphics	ATI X1600 or NVidia 7300 GT with 128MB of Video RAM, or X3100 Intel integrated graphics chip	ATI X1600, NVidia 7300 GT or higher video card with 256 MB of Video RAM
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 NCsoft.com