Empire Total War System requirements

The message is not very long, almost laconic, but it contains information that should be of interest to budding strategists. Mark O'Connell of The Creative Assembly has actually published a few lines on the official forums. Lines through which, it outlines the minimum requirements to run the highly anticipated Empire: Total War.

Minimum System Requirements

Simple heart processor running at 2.4 GHz
RAM 1 GB (XP) / 2 GB (Vista)
256 MB graphics card supports DirectX 9.0c

While the release date set for next March varies between 6 and 27 according to the sources, we hope to soon have additional information to give you regarding the recommended ... In the meantime, we invite you to view the video report that we made last December in the premises of The Creative Assembly in Horsham, near London.

According to above post the specs are really affordable and really basic .It features full Shader model 3.0 HDR effects, but these might not be compulsory .2GB of RAM will probably be a necessity .