Crytek has announced the minimum and recommended PC specifications for the upcoming launch of Crysis 3.

The third installment in the series famed for being graphically intensive does not support Windows XP; However its minimum RAM requirements remains at 2GB — or 3GB on Windows Vista operating systems, the same demanded of Crysis 2.

Full specifications are available below:

Minimum system operating requirements for PC:

• Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8

• DirectX 11 graphics card with 1Gb Video RAM

• Dual core CPU

• 2GB Memory (3GB on Vista)

• Example 1 (Nvidia/Intel):

• Nvidia GTS 450

• Intel Core2 Duo 2.4 Ghz (E6600)

• Example 2 (AMD):

• AMD Radeon HD5770

• AMD Athlon64 X2 2.7 Ghz (5200+)

Recommended system operating requirements for PC:

• Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8

• DirectX 11 graphics card with 1GB Video RAM

• Quad core GPU

• 4GB Memory

• Example 1 (Nvidia/Intel):

• Nvidia GTX 560

• Intel Core i3-530

• Example 2 (AMD):

• AMD Radeon HD5870

• AMD Phenom II X2 565

Hi-Performance PC specifications:

• Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8

• Latest DirectX 11 graphics card

• Latest quad core CPU

• 8GB Memory

• Example 1 (Nvidia/Intel):

• NVidia GTX 680

• Intel Core i7-2600k

• Example 2 (AMD):

• AMD Radeon HD7970

• AMD Bulldozer FX4150

Crysis 3 is scheduled to launch February 2013 on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.