The system requirements for DICE’s Frostbite engine have been announced, effectively also telling us what kind of hardware we need to own to run their upcoming PC versions of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and Battlefield 1943 at desired settings. Find them detailed below.

Minimum Frostbite PC Specifications for BFBC2 & BF1943

• Processor: Core 2 Duo @ 2.0GHz
• Main memory: 2GB
• Graphics 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)

Recommended Frostbite PC Specifications for BFBC2 & BF1943

• Processor: Quadcore
• Main memory: 2GB
• Graphics 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)

Bad Company 2 will be out alongside its console brethren in March, while 1943 still remains with a vague first quarter 2010 release window, despite the PS3/360 versions launching in the summer.