DirectX

Just Cause 2

README file 09/12/2009 Version 1.0

Part 1: Things You Should Know

Please read through the DirectX section of this document. This section has information that is vital to successfully running Just Cause 2 on your system.

1.1 DirectX

This game is optimised for Microsoft's DirectX 10. In order for you to play the game, you must have DirectX 10 compliant drivers for your video card and sound card. Please note that although DirectX 10 is installed with the game, your video and sound card drivers will not be upgraded to DirectX 10 drivers.

You will need to obtain the latest DirectX 10 drivers from the manufacturer or PC supplier. These drivers cannot be supplied by Square Enix.

1.2 Memory and Performance

While the game will run fine in 2 GB of RAM, your playing experience will be smoother if you have at least 3 GB RAM

Regardless of how much memory you have, you can maximize your available memory and increase the overall performance of the game engine by doing the following:

 Closing any open windows

 Shutting down all other programs, including menu-bar programs like ICQ

 Defragmenting your hard drive

Square Enix recommends that you have no other programs running at all while playing Just Cause 2. Other programs, including system utilities and screen savers can cause system degradation when playing games and may conflict with the game for system resources, potentially resulting in instability and crashes.

1.3 Known Issues

 Ensure you are running latest drivers from nVidia and ATI.

 If you experience any issues in game this could be linked to your sound card, try reducing the hardware acceleration option within the DXDIAG tool – To Run DXDIAG see the `Technical support section` below, once loaded select the SOUND tab and move the slider option (Hardware Sound Acceleration) to the left.

Avalanche Studios and Square Enix are committed to providing customer support for our games on a continuing basis. In that spirit, there may be a patch for Just Cause 2 forthcoming; visit the Square Enix website for more information.

http://www.eidos.com/

 Updates

We are committed to bringing you the best game experience possible therefore its likely that we will keep your version up to date with patch downloads from time to time. Your game will automatically update to the latest version through Steam.

Part 2: Technical Issues

2.1 Installation & Set-up

Please Note: Internet connection: Internet connection required for product activation

The minimum system requirements are as follows:

OPERATING SYSTEM:

Microsoft Windows Vista (Windows XP is unsupported)

DIRECTX:

Microsoft DirectX 10

CPU:

Dual-core CPU with SSE3 (Athlon 64 X2 4200 / Pentium D 3GHz)

RAM:

2GB system Memory

GRAPHICS:

DX10 compatible graphics card with 256 MB of memory

(Nvidia GeForce 8800 series/ ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro)

SOUND:

100% DirectX 10 compatible sound card

DVD-ROM:

Quad-speed (4x) DVD-ROM drive

HARD DRIVE:

10GB of free drive space

INPUT DEVICES:

Keyboard and Mouse.

The recommended system requirements are as follows:

OPERATING SYSTEM:

Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 or Windows 7

DIRECTX:

Microsoft DirectX 10.1

CPU:

Intel Core® 2 Duo 2.6 GHz or AMD Phenom X3 2.4GHz or equivalent

RAM:

3GB system Memory

GRAPHICS:

DX10 compatible graphics card with 512 MB of memory

(Nvidia GeForce GTS 250 series/ ATI Radeon HD 5750 series)

SOUND:

100% DirectX 10 compatible Dolby Digital 5.1 sound card

DVD-ROM:

8 Speed DVD-ROM drive

HARD DRIVE:

10GB of free drive space

INPUT DEVICES:

Keyboard and Mouse. (Microsoft Xbox360 controller supported)

CPUs supporting SSE3

Athlon 64 Revision E/F/G : 2005-2008 : SSE SSE2 SSE3

Phenom : 2007 – 2008 : SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSE4a (not SSE4. 1/4.2)

Phenom II : 2009 – : SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSE4a (not SSE4. 1/4.2)

Graphic Cards supported

ATI Radeon HD 2400, 2600, 2900GT

ATI Radeon HD 3450, 3650, 3850, 3870, 3870 X2, 3870 Crossfire

ATI Radeon HD 4800, 4850, 4850 Crossfire, 4870, 4870 X2

Nvidia GeForce 8400 GS, 8500 GT, 8600 GTS, 8800 GT, 8800 GTS, 8800 SLI

Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT, 9800 GT, 9800 GTX

Nvidia Geforce