Need for Speed: Carbon System Requirements: Can You Run It?
- Developer:
- EA Black Box, EA Canada
- Publisher:
- Electronic Arts
- Release date:
- 31 October 2006 (18 years ago)
- User score:
- 4.2 / 5 (189 votes)
- Ray Tracing:
- no data
Official Need for Speed: Carbon system requirements for PC
To run Need for Speed: Carbon, you'll need at least 512 MB of RAM and 4.7 GB of free disk space. The game requires a minimum graphics card like the Radeon 8500, but for a better experience, the developers recommend using an GeForce 6800. As for your CPU, an Pentium 4 1.80 is the minimum, but if you want to crank up the settings and enjoy smoother gameplay, aim for an Pentium 4 2.4 GHz or better.
Minimum requirements
Minimum requirements- Graphics card:
- A video card with 64 MB memory and one of these chipsets is required: NVIDIA GeForce3 / NVIDIA GeForce4 (Ti series only) / ATI Radeon 8500. Laptop versions of these chipsets may work but are not supported.
- CPU:
- Pentium 4 or equivalent 1.7 GHz
- RAM:
- 512 MB
- File size:
- 4.7 GB for CD/DVD versions / 11 GB for EA Downloader version (5GB for download, 6GB for install)
- Operating system:
- Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 / Windows XP Service Pack 2 (64-bit versions are not compatible)
- DirectX:
- DirectX 9.0c
Recommended requirements
- Graphics card:
- 128MB DirectX 9.0c compatible video card (NVIDIA Geforce 6800+/ATI Radeon 9800+) Laptop versions of these chipsets may work but are not supported.
- CPU:
- Pentium 4 or equivalent 2.4GHz
- RAM:
- 1 GB
- File size:
- 4.7 GB for CD/DVD versions / 11 GB for EA Downloader version (5GB for download, 6GB for install)
- Operating system:
- Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 / Windows XP Service Pack 2 (64-bit versions are not compatible)
- DirectX:
- DirectX 9.0c
Need for Speed: Carbon performance on your PC
Need for Speed: Carbon performance on your GPU
GeForce RTX 3060's performance compared to the game's official system requirements.
GeForce RTX 3060 is 156.7x faster than GeForce 6800. Your GPU can run Need for Speed: Carbon at recommended settings.
Need for Speed: Carbon performance on your CPU
Core i5-12400's performance compared to the game's official system requirements.
Core i5-12400 is 146.5x faster than Pentium 4 2.4 GHz. Your CPU can run Need for Speed: Carbon at recommended settings.
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