Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics have revealed the PC specs for the upcoming adventure game, Tomb Raider.

The PC version of Tomb Raider includes several enhanced features:

General

• Full integration with Steamworks to offer cloud storage for saves, multiplayer matchmaking, achievements, as well as automatic updates and new content.
• Support for Steam Big Picture Mode.
• Configurable mouse and keyboard support.
• Gamepad support.

High-end graphics

• Very high resolution textures with up to 16x the amount of data
• Detail Tessellation to enhance the detail on many surfaces in the game
• Higher quality shadows
• High quality bokeh depth of field with near-blur
• Tessellation algorithms used to smooth out geometry
• Improved cloth, SSAO, quality wetness effects, and post-filter effects.
• LOD quality is adjustable for better quality on higher-end machines.

Low-end graphics

• Crystal care about TR fans being able to run on older systems, unlike many other games they still support Windows XP.
• A lot of scalability options to suit a range of machines.

The full list of PC minimum and recommended system requirements are below:

Minimum system requirements for PC

• Windows XP Service Pack 3, Windows Vista, 7 or 8 (32bit/64bit)
• DirectX 9 graphics card with 512Mb Video RAM:
  • AMD Radeon HD 2600 XT/nVidia 8600
• Dual core CPU:
  • AMD Athlon64 X2 2.1 Ghz (4050+)/Intel Core2 Duo 1.86 Ghz (E6300)
• 1GB Memory (2GB on Vista)

Recommended system requirements for PC

• Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8
• DirectX 11 graphics card with 1GB Video RAM:
  • AMD Radeon HD 4870/nVidia GTX 480
• Quad core CPU:
  • AMD Phenom II X2 565/Intel Core i5-750
• 4GB Memory

Tomb Raider will be available March 5, 2013 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.