As expected Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics are gearing up the press machine prior to the March 5^th release of their Tomb Raider reboot.  Today we have the details on how it’s been optimized and what you’ll need to in your PC. to run the highly anticipated and simply named Tomb Raider.

Thanks to the hard work of the developers PC users will receive full integration with Steamworks to offer cloud storage for saves, multiplayer matchmaking, achievements, automatic updates and new content.  Support for Steam Big Picture Mode, Configurable mouse and keyboard support, and Gamepad support is also coming.

AMD Graphics and Crystal Dynamics have teamed up to bring the best looking graphics ever in the Tomb Raider series and best possible looking Lara. Matt Skynner, Corporate Vice President and General Manager, AMD Graphics explains “By leveraging the power of AMD Radeon™ and Graphics Core Next, Lara and her environment have come to life like never before… to capture the realism of one of video gaming’s most iconic characters, Lara Croft.”

Darrell Gallagher, studio head of Crystal Dynamics adds that “With over a decade of experience working alongside AMD and Nixxes at Crystal Dynamics alone, we had rock solid partners on board to create a superb TOMB RAIDER experience for PC gamers around the world. At Crystal we approach each of our projects with the sole intention of creating the best possible consumer experience for that format, and we are proud to have worked alongside two great partners who hold the very same values.”

Jurjen Katsman, Director of Nixxes also commented “The team at Crystal intended to make the game of their careers and we are extremely proud of the part we have played in the project’s development.”

Minimum system requirements for PC
• Windows XP Service Pack 3, Windows Vista,7,8 (32bit/64bit)
• DirectX 9 graphics card with 512Mb Video RAM:

- AMD Radeon HD 2600 XT

- nVidia 8600
• Dual core CPU:

           - AMD Athlon64 X2 2.1 Ghz (4050+)

- Intel Core2 Duo 1.86 Ghz (E6300)

• 1GB Memory (2GB on Vista)

Recommended system requirements for PC
• Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8
• DirectX 11 graphics card with 1GB Video RAM:

- AMD Radeon HD 4870
- nVidia GTX 480

• Quad core CPU:

- AMD Phenom II X2 565
- Intel Core i5-750

• 4GB Memory

Also to note Tomb Raider will support AMD HD3D and AMD Eyefinity technologies

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