Saints Row III PC Review

Minimum System Requirements

• Windows  XP
• 2GHz Dual Core Processor (Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon X2) or higher
• 2GB System RAM or more
• 320MB Video RAM GPU w/ Shader Model 3.0 support) NVIDIA GeForce 8800 640MB series or better ATI Radeon HD3800 1GB series or better)
• DirectX 9.0c
• 10 GB HDD space
• 100% DirectX 9.0C compliant sound card or equivalent onboard sound
• Online Steam Account
• DVD ROM (for physical copy only)

Recommended System Requirements

• Windows 7
• Any Quad Core Processor (Intel Core i5 or AMD Phenom II X4) or 3.0+ Dual Core CPU
• 4GB System RAM or more
• 1GB Video RAM GPU w/ Shader Model 4.0 support (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 400 series or better,  ATI Radeon HD5000 series or better)
• DirectX 11
• 10 GB HDD space
• 100% DirectX 9.0C compliant sound card or equivalent onboard sound
• Online Steam Account
• DVD ROM (for physical copy only)

Review System Specification

• Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit
• Intel Core i5 3570k
• 8GB DDR3 1800Mhz
• 2 x EVGA GTX 660Ti 1GB SLI

The system requirements for this game aren’t going to break the bank and any half descent gaming system of the last few years should be more than capable. My test system was overkill but even with everything dialled up to maximum and heavy amounts of AA, AF and other advanced graphics features all enabled in NVidia’s control panel the game never dropped below 60FPS even in the most chaotic of sequences (of which there are a lot).

Now even though my system made easy work of the game it’s certainly not lacking in graphical prowess and the games engine streams the massive environment seamlessly and with ease. Physics play a big part here too and while they may be dialled up to look ridiculous and impressive there is still lot of hardcore number crunching for your GPU/CPU to perform as the games environments can get immensely littered with dozens of on screen vehicles, characters, fires, explosions and bullet fire.

The game is also immensely colourful, even more so when you compare it to the 50 shades of brown they used for most of Grand Theft Auto 4 (which is still a fantastic looking game). But bright colours and special effects are plentiful here and while it does give the game a cartoonish look it does provide quite a treat for the eyes and the game certainly isn’t boring to look at.