Mass Effect 3 System Requirements For Your PC Specs. Origin Required

What kind of computer power do you need to run Mass Effect 3?

Here are the Minimum and Recommended PC specs that you’ll want to have in your personal computer to power one of the most epic games of the year.

It’s very important to note that you:
A) Require EA’s Origin digital distribution client to play the game, even if you bought the PC version at retail or via another digital distributor. The game won’t be on Steam either.
B) Do not require a DirectX 10-compatible video card to run Mass Effect 3.

Minimum PC Requirements:

OS – Windows XP SP3/Vista SP1, Win 7
CPU: 1.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (equivalent AMD CPU)
RAM: 1GB for XP / 2GB RAM for Vista/Win 7
Disc Drive: 1x speed
Hard Drive: 2.5 GB of free space
Video: 256 MB* (with Pixel Shader 3.0 support)
*Supported chipsets: NVIDIA 7900 or better; ATI X1800 or better. Please note that NVIDIA GeForce 9300, 8500, 8400, and 8300 are below minimum system requirements, as are AMD/ATI Radeon HD3200, HD3300, and HD4350. Updates to your video and sound card drivers may be required.
Sound: DirectX 9.0c compatible
DirectX: DirectX 9.0c August 2009 (included)

Recommended PC Requirements:

OS: Windows XP SP3/Vista SP1, Win 7
CPU: 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (equivalent AMD CPU)
RAM: 2GB for XP / 4GB RAM for Vista/Win 7
Disc Drive: 1x speed
Hard Drive: 2.5 GB of free space
Video: AMD/ATI Radeon HD 4850 512 MB or greater, NVidia GeForce 9800 GT 512 MB or greater
Sound: DirectX 9.0c compatible

Here is a trailer for Mass Effect 3.

The Mass Effect 3 release date is on March 6, 2012 for PC, Xbox 360 & PS3 and is sure to be one of the biggest sellers of the year.