The system requirements for the Frostbite Engine, which powers the soon to be released DICE titles, Battlefield 1943 and Battlefield: Bad Company 2 have been revealed. Battlefield 1943 is expected to be released Q1 2010 and Battlefield Bad Company 2 is due out March 2nd 2010. Read on to find out the specifications and what we think about them.

Frostbite Engine minimum requirements CPU: Core 2 Duo @ 2.0GHz

RAM: 2GB

Video card: GeForce 7800 GT / ATI X1900

Graphics memory: 256MB

OS: Windows XP

Free HDD space: 15GB for Digital Version, 10GB for Disc Version (BFBC2) 10GB for Digital Version, 4GB for Disc Version (BF1943)

Frostbite Engine reccommended requirements: CPU: Quadcore

RAM: 2GB

Video card: GeForce GTX 260

Graphics memory: 512MB

OS: Windows Vista or Windows 7

Free HDD space: 15GB for Digital Version, 10GB for Disc Version (BFBC2) 10GB for Digital Version, 4GB for Disc Version (BF1943)



Now, the minimal requirements seem in order, with a dual core the correct choice due to the immense amount of physics processing, because of the destructible environment. The minimum GPU’s seem in order too, as the 7800GT and 1900XT are the GPU’s of the PS3 and Xbox 360 respectively.

The recommended system requirements seem a bit steep, with a quadcore recommended, along with a GTX 260. Whether this means that a GTX 260 with 512MB VRAM will be able to handle the game at FullHD remains to bee seen. And so does the fact that the game benefits entirely from using a quadcore or whether the quadcore simply allows the player to have physics calculations sped up to allow for better effects.

The biggest anomaly in the requirements might be the difference in size in the retail and digital download versions. I can only speculate that the retail versions may be compressed, but that seems like an unlikely explanation.

All that remains to be seen now is how the game looks on the PC, and if it justifies its requirements. However, with look of things, especially the fact that the game already looks decent on the PS3 beta, I presume the PC version only has better in store.