The system requirements are posted on the support pages of the EA company. Here are the official system requirements for the latest Need for Speed Most Wanted:
Minimum System Requirement:
- OS: Windows Vista (Service Pack 2 and all available windows updates) 32-Bit
- Processor: 2 GHz Dual Core (Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHZ or Atlhon X2 2.7 GHz)
- Memory: 2 GB
- Hard Drive: 20 GB
- Disk Drive: DVD ROM Drive
- Graphics Card (AMD): DirectX 10.1 compatible with 512 MB RAM (ATI RADEON 3000, 4000, - 5000 OR 6000 series, with ATI RADEON 3870 or higher performance)
- Graphics Card (NVIDIA): DirectX 10.0 compatible with 512 MB RAM (NVIDIA GEFORCE 8, 9, - 200, 300, 400 OR 500 series with NVIDIA GEFORCE 8800 GT or higher performance)
- Sound card: DirectX compatible
- Peripherals: Keyboard and Mouse
Recommended System Requirement:
- OS: Windows 7 (Service Pack 1 and all available windows updates) 64-bit
- Processor: Quad-Core CPU
- Memory: 4 GB
- Hard Drive: 20 GB
- Disk Drive: DVD ROM Drive
- Graphics Card: DirectX 11 compatible with 1024 MB RAM (NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 or ATI - RADEON 6950)
- Sound Card: DirectX compatible
- Peripherals: Keyboard and Mouse
Support page link: http://help.ea.com/au/article/need-for-speed-most-wanted-system-requirements/
