Original sentence: 1 GB RAM or better.128 MB Video Card or better.2.0 GHz processor or better.Much criticism has been made regarding PlanetSide's system resource consumption.Recommended system specs are as follows:.The game is considered a system hog.The game uses, on average, over 450mb of RAM while running.The inclusion of an afterburner and increased speed and manuverability required the aircraft armor to be lightened noticably.This being said, even with the minimum specs met, most gamers agree that the program is unplayable
Edited sentence: 1 GB RAM (2 GB for maximum resolution textures) - See note.128 MB VRAM or more (256 MB for maximum resolution textures).AMD XP 3200 / Intel P4 3.2 Ghz or better.Note: As modern (DDR) consumer RAM requires either a single stick or parity to operate at full speed, 1.5 GB of RAM (which would be a sufficent requirement in terms of actual total RAM) is effectively slower than having 1 GB of full speed dual channel RAM, thus effectivly bumping up the RAM requirement to 2 GB.Of particular note is that game requires in the region of 500 MB of free RAM while running (up to something in the region of 750 MB free RAM if the high resolution 'environmental' textures and high quality sounds are enabled).Realistic optimal configuration:.The inclusion of an afterburner and increased speed and manuverability required the aircraft armor to be lightened noticeably.The sheer scope of the environment and the number of unique textures required for all the characters, vechiles, buildings, effects, terrain and flora in the game world means that cards with less than 128 MB VRAM will not be able to make much use of anything above the 'Medium' and 'Low' texture settings, without at best suffering from intermittant suttering and significant framerate drops.Though it should be pointed out that the minimum specifications (which are not consistant across all packaging), and even the offically 'recommended' specifications, are inadequate for all practicle purposes