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FM 2012 system requirements

Four-speed DVD drive.

The Football Manager 2012 minimum system requirements for PC and Mac have been confirmed.

The oldest supported graphics cards are from 2003: the Nvidia FX 5900 Ultra, ATI Radeon 9800 and Intel 82915G/82910GL.

You'll need a four-speed DVD drive.

The minimum system requirements, courtesy of the SI Games forum:

PC Hardware Requirements:

  • OS - Windows XP/Vista/W7
  • Processor - XP : 1.4GHz or Faster; Vista/W7 : 2.0GHz or Faster
  • Supported Processors: Intel Pentium 4, Intel Core, AMD Athlon
  • Memory - XP : 512MB RAM; Vista/W7 : 1.0GB RAM
  • Hard Drive Space - 2GB
  • DVD-Drive - 4x Speed
  • Video Card - 128MB.
  • Supported Chipsets - Nvidia FX 5900 Ultra or greater; ATI Radeon 9800 or greater; Intel 82915G/82910GL or greater.
  • Earlier cards may only display 2D Match Viewer Mode and are not supported. Laptop versions of these chipsets may work but are not supported.
  • Sound Card - DirectX 9.0c compatible
  • DirectX - Version 9.0c (included)
  • LAN - TCP/IP compliant
  • Input - Keyboard, Mouse.

Mac Hardware Requirements:

  • OS - OS X 10.5.8/10.6.x or higher
  • Processor - Intel Processor
  • Video Card - Nvidia Geforce 7300 GT or greater; ATI Radeon X1600 or greater.
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