The sequel to last year’s STALKER Shadow of Chernobyl is right around the corner and site pcgameshardware.com has been kind enough to share it with the world. As you know S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Clear Sky will offer players DirectX10 support as well so the requirements this time round are a bit on the steep side.

Minimal requirements:
- Windows XP (Service Pack 2)/Windows 2000 SP4
- Processor: Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz / AMD XP 2200+
- RAM: 512 MB
- 10 GB free hard drive space
- 128 MB Direct X 8.0 compatible graphics card / Geforce 5700 / Radeon 9600
Recommended requirements:
- Windows XP (Service Pack 2)/Windows 2000 SP4
- Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 / AMD 64 X2 4200+-
- RAM: 1.5 GB
- 10 GB free hard drive space
- 256 MB Direct X 9.0c compatible graphics card / GeForce 7900 / Radeon X1950
Optimal requirements:
- Windows XP (Service Pack 2)/Windows 2000 SP4
- Processor: Intel Core2 Duo E6700 / AMD 64 X2 5200+
- RAM: 2 GB
- 10 GB free hard drive space
- 512 MB Direct X 9.0c compatible graphics card / GeForce 8800 / Radeon X2900
Extreme requirements:
- Windows Vista (Service Pack 1 required)
- Processor type: Intel Core2 Duo E8500 / AMD 64 X2 6000+
- RAM: 4 GB
- 10 GB free hard drive space
- Direct X 10 compatible graphics card with 512 MB VRAM / Geforce 9800 GX2 / Radeon HD 3870 X2
Nash, as he prefers being called, woke up to the wonders of gaming rather late but don't bring that up around him. It's a touchy subject. A self confessed Battlefield veteran, Nash spent a good part of 2010 on the Steam Battlefield - with Bad Company (see what we did there?). He has a zero tolerance policy towards RTS games but is currently showing an interest by picking up and moving people - who he refers to as units - in the office. Thank God he's not that enthusiastic about Angry Birds or we'd be seeing women flying all over the place. Bali... Bali, put the receptionist down now.
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