Street Fighter IV PC Specs

Putting a fighting game, where things like individual frames and such are important to gameplay, on a PC, where the range of hardware is so widely varied that developers can't really guarantee how well their games will run on one machine to the next, sounds kind of dicey to me. But as long as you meet the hardware requirements, you'll probably be fine, right?

Capcom has released the minimum and recommended hardware specs for the upcoming PC release of Street Fighter IV. So if you've been wringing your hands, wondering if your setup will be able to handle all that hot fighting action, wonder no more.

Minimum

OS: Windows XP

CPU: Intel Pentium4 2.0GHz or higher

RAM: 1GB or higher

HDD: 10GB of free space or more

Video Card: DirectX 9.0c/Shader3.0 or higher compatible, NVIDIA GeForce6600 series, ATI Radeon(TM) X1600 or higher or higher, VRAM ：256MB or higher

Sound: DirectSound compatible, DirectX 9.0c (or higher) compatible

Input Devices: Mouse, Keyboard

Maximum

OS: Windows Vista

CPU: Intel Core2Duo 2.0GHz or higher

RAM: 2GB or higher

HDD: 10GB of free space or more

Video Card: DirectX 9.0c/Shader3.0 or higher compatible, NVIDIA GeForce8600 series or higher, ATI Radeon(TM) X 1900 or higher, VRAM ：512MB or higher

Sound: DirectSound compatible, DirectX 9.0c (or higher) compatible

Input Devices: Gamepad ：Xbox360 Controller for Windows

I don't know if I'd consider using an Xbox 360 controller to be the "maximum" way to play SFIV, but if they put "dude, buy one of our pricey joysticks" in that space, that'd just be weird... but that's totally how I intend to play this version of the game. Now I just need to sit back and wonder if this Games for Windows Live release will have separate achievements or if it'll share points with the 360 release.