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Age of Empires: Minimum System Requirements

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Article Last Modified on 8/16/2005

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SUMMARY

This article describes the minimum system requirements to run Microsoft Age of Empires.

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The minimum system requirements to run Age of Empires are:
  • A multimedia PC with a Pentium 90 or faster processor.

  • Microsoft Windows 95 operating system or later, or Windows NT Workstation 4.0 with Service Pack 3 or later.

  • 16 megabytes (MB) of random access memory (RAM) for Windows 95, or 24 MB of RAM for Windows NT (or for an 8-player multiplayer game in Windows 95/98).

  • 80 MB of available hard disk space.

  • 50 MB of available disk space for swap file.

  • A local Bus SVGA video adapter with 1 MB of Video RAM and a color SVGA monitor.

  • A keyboard and Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device.

  • A double-speed (2X) or faster CD-ROM drive for gameplay, or a quad-speed CD-ROM drive for cinematics.

  • A Windows-compatible sound card with speakers or headphones to hear sound playback.

  • A 28.8 kilobytes per second (KBPS) or faster modem for head-to-head or Internet play.

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