StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm System Requirements

What kind of computer power do you need to run the StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm system requirements? Here you can compare them to your PC & Mac specs. We’ve also added a gameplay video.

StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm comes to PC & Mac (as always, on the same disc) on March 12th, 2013, worldwide.

Developed by Blizzard, the game is optimized to run across a wide range of PC & Mac setups.

StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm System Requirements

Here are the Minimum & Recommended PC specs that you’ll want to have in your personal computer to power this first expansion pack to StarCraft 2.

PC Minimum requirements:

• Processor: Intel® Pentium® D or AMD Athlon™ 64 X2
• Operating System: Windows® XP/Windows Vista®/Windows® 7/Windows® 8 (Updated with the latest Service Packs) with DirectX® 9.0c
• RAM: 1.5 GB RAM
• Graphics Card: NVIDIA® GeForce® 7600 GT or ATI™ Radeon™ X800 XT or better
• Hard Drive: 20 GB available Hard Drive space
• Disc Drive: DVD-ROM drive or better
• Screen Resolution: 1024X768 minimum display resolution
• Internet: Broadband Internet connection

PC Recommended requirements:

• Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6600 or AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 5000+ or better
• Operating System: Windows® 7/Windows® 8 (latest service pack)
• RAM: 2 GB RAM
• Graphics Card: NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800 GT (512 MB) or ATI™ Radeon™ HD 4850 or better
• Hard Drive: 20 GB available Hard Drive space
• Disc Drive: DVD-ROM drive or better
• Screen Resolution: 1024X768 minimum display resolution
• Internet: Broadband Internet connection

Next, we have the system specifications for the Mac version.

Mac Minimum requirements:

• Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo
• Operating System: Mac® OS X 10.7.X (Latest Version)**
• RAM: 2 GB RAM
• Graphics Card: NVIDIA® GeForce® 9400M or ATI™ Radeon™ HD 2600 Pro or better
• Hard Drive: 20 GB available Hard Drive space
• Disc Drive: DVD-ROM drive or better
• Screen Resolution: 1024X768 minimum display resolution
• Internet: Broadband Internet connection

Mac Recommended requirements:

• Processor: Intel® Core™ i3 or better
• Operating System: Mac OS® X 10.8 or later
• RAM: 4 GB RAM
• Graphics Card: ATI™ Radeon™ HD 4850 or NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 650M or better
• Hard Drive: 20 GB available Hard Drive space
• Disc Drive: DVD-ROM drive or better
• Screen Resolution: 1024X768 minimum display resolution
• Internet: Broadband Internet connection

So what does it look like when running? Watch this StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm gameplay demonstration:

Be sure to watch the video in 720p HD!

Are you getting StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm?