The Bureau: XCOM Declassified System Requirements

Written by Andrew Moynihan on Wed, Jul 24, 2013 4:05 PM
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We all know it - the government is hiding things from us! Roswell, Area 51; it's so obvious, aliens are real man, they just won't tell us!

If you want you chance to get in on the cover up (and look dashing while doing so) you'll want to try the latest XCOM game; if you can run it. Find out in The Bureau: XCOM Declassified System Requirements...

The Bureau: XCOM Declassified Minimum System Requirements

OS: Windows XP

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E4600 2.4GHz or AMD Athlon X2 Dual Core 5200+

RAM: 2GB System Memory

GPU: GeForce 8800 GT or ATI Radeon HD 3870

DX: DirectX 9.0c

HDD: 12 GB Free Hard Drive Space

The Bureau: XCOM Declassified Recommended System Requirements

OS: Windows 7 64bit

CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 2.5GHz or AMD Phenom II X4 900e

RAM: 4GB System Memory

GPU: GeForce GTX 560 or ATI Radeon HD 6950

DX: DirectX 9.0c

 

Given the gameplay we've seen, it's quite surprising how high the recommended requirements are; but the minimums are suitably low which makes reasonable sense for a third person strategy. This is likely very similar to the popular XCom: Enemy Unknown.

The Bureau has a slightly different take on the XCOM style of strategy; time will continue to flow although you can always pause to give orders to your squad mates. Make sure you stay in cover though; the aliens can and will kill you, and once a man goes down, he's not getting back up.

What do you think of the back story for The Bureau? Tell us your thoughts below!

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23:12 Aug-11-2013

The game is probably not as demanding as it says it is. It's usually like that.

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08:13 Aug-02-2013

What settings do you recommend for me?

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12:47 Jul-27-2013

What setting on me?

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15:32 Jul-28-2013

low-medium setting !

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15:40 Jul-25-2013

According to Steam the minimum requirements says: Windows Vista, not Windows XP

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15:43 Jul-25-2013

it really doesnt matter

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15:45 Jul-25-2013

vista is just a remake of xp isnt it? just the same just a new look sorta thing?

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15:47 Jul-25-2013

yeah, basically
but the code was new in most areas
if it had been based off XP, it would have been a success

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17:42 Jul-25-2013

vista was the biggest fail, XP was the better OS ever made.
XP gave me lots of fun.

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17:45 Jul-25-2013

yeah
but right now i prefer Win 7

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20:59 Jul-25-2013

xp was good, vista just failed.... and win7 i just find amazing, i can navigate round it so easily

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15:44 Jul-25-2013

So it seems but it still reads 'DirectX 9' ;)

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15:46 Jul-25-2013

exactly

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04:05 Jul-25-2013

recommend:gtx 560,now i know it....

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02:32 Jul-25-2013

if is good optimized maybe i get max setting in 720p resolution

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03:37 Jul-25-2013

Yes probably :)

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02:14 Jul-25-2013

What settings for me? and btw decent graphics for a DX9 game ;)

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02:25 Jul-25-2013

I'd stick to medium settings with textures on ultra

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01:55 Jul-25-2013

can run it on low

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02:16 Jul-25-2013

Yes low would be suitable for playable FPS on your res.

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23:50 Jul-24-2013

will i be able to run in 1280x720 with low or medium?

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23:53 Jul-24-2013

you should be able to, depends how well its optimized though

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22:31 Jul-24-2013

this game looks cool what settings for me ?

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22:45 Jul-24-2013

high or v.high should be fine, because of your gpu lol

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23:16 Jul-24-2013

thanx i cant wait to play this game :)

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21:49 Jul-24-2013

Will I be able to run it ?

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22:07 Jul-24-2013

Yup in many cases HD 6670=8800 GTX

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22:08 Jul-24-2013

Yes! Buddy

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06:00 Jul-25-2013

In what settings ?

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06:09 Jul-25-2013

low-medium settings mate...

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07:36 Jul-25-2013

Ok thank you :)

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07:40 Jul-25-2013

no problem mate...

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19:32 Jul-24-2013

can't run it based on requirements....f****...oh well I suppose, the game seems interesting, and maybe it'll be well-optimized like Enemy unknown, so I'll have a chance to play it, I'd rather not play it on console, shooters are better for PC I find.

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19:28 Jul-24-2013

Can i... ?

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19:38 Jul-24-2013

Yeah you have a chance :)

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18:53 Jul-24-2013

If a game with "normal'' graphics like this one require a 6950,then what will PS4/XBOX One futur games require??

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03:42 Jul-25-2013

Dont worry my friend, the xbox one will use a modded 7770 and the PS4 a modded 7790, so you're fineee.

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06:24 Jul-25-2013

Yeah but it's a lot easier to optimize the games for consoles ;)

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07:12 Jul-25-2013

Here we go tero is praising consoles because he owns a ps3 what a shame xD

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07:18 Jul-25-2013

tero is not rich, tero is a man with debts and a child.

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07:21 Jul-25-2013

Oh come on look at his pc,he owns a ps3 and he organises house warming parties so i think he is rich xD

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10:03 Jul-25-2013

I'm not praising consoles and Inter is right, I'm far from being rich :/

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10:17 Jul-25-2013

oh come on don't say that :/

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10:41 Jul-25-2013

I have around 1€ on my bank account and roughly 40€ on my wallet... :P

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10:48 Jul-25-2013

liar liar liar xD

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10:51 Jul-25-2013

Why would I lie...?

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11:00 Jul-25-2013

my rig is better than tero's, doesn't mean im rich....
P.S. i am NOT bragging, im clearly stating a true fact.....

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11:06 Jul-25-2013

@tero i mean come on just 1€ in ur bank account and u want to me to believe that >:(

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11:21 Jul-25-2013

I pay everything that's left on my bank account at the end of each month to pay off the 1732€ bill I got :S

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11:23 Jul-25-2013

1732€ bill :O

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11:26 Jul-25-2013

Yep, got it from my old apartment :/
Our huskies tore up the floor...

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11:47 Jul-25-2013

LMAO XD

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11:51 Jul-25-2013

What's so funny about that...? :/

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13:12 Jul-25-2013

I don't know that word huskies made me laugh btw it means dogs right o.O

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13:15 Jul-25-2013

yeah
the sled pulling ones

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17:48 Jul-24-2013

560 or 6950? Lol

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17:51 Jul-24-2013

560 for NVIDIA
6950 for AMD

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17:53 Jul-24-2013

Thanks captain obvious

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no problem....

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19:22 Jul-24-2013

Ahahahhahahah :D
The HD6950 should perform a bit better :)

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03:06 Jul-25-2013

I know, what I meant was theyre a little bit outdated.

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16:58 Jul-24-2013

Can i run this game? low settings?

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17:31 Jul-24-2013

There is a chance, thanks to your low resolution :)

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16:48 Jul-24-2013

whens the release date? or is it already out?

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16:49 Jul-24-2013

released on 23rd next month
along with the new splinter cell and sr 4

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*releases

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17:25 Jul-24-2013

sweet, thanks man

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16:44 Jul-24-2013

might try it
but the damn aliens have so cliched look in this game, the little green men one

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17:30 Jul-24-2013

So? :D

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17:31 Jul-24-2013

i dont like it
but i have it on preorder
i probably will cancel it

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17:35 Jul-24-2013

i like my aliens complex
like ME

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16:30 Jul-24-2013

such low CPU requirement. hopefully this game turns out okay

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16:12 Jul-24-2013

what settings?

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16:26 Jul-24-2013

Lowest at best, but I wont lie to you. Due to your CPU, it may very well be unplayable. :(

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17:49 Jul-24-2013

i hate my cpu

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It's still enough for Fallout 2 ;)

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Can They Run... |

| 60FPS, High, 1080p
Core i9-9900K 8-Core 3.6GHz GeForce GTX 1060 Gigabyte Mini ITX OC 6GB 32GB
| 60FPS, High, 1080p
Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core 3.6GHz Radeon RX 5700 PowerColor Red Dragon 8GB 16GB
| 60FPS, High, 1080p
Ryzen 3 3100 4-Core 3.6GHz GeForce RTX 3050 16GB
0% No [1 votes]
| 60FPS, Ultra, 4k
Core i9-9900K 8-Core 3.6GHz GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Asus ROG Strix OC 11GB 32GB
| 30FPS, Ultra, 1440p
Ryzen 5 2600X 6-Core 3.6GHz GeForce GTX 1080 16GB
100% Yes [1 votes]
| 60FPS, High, 1080p
Ryzen 3 3100 4-Core 3.6GHz GeForce RTX 3050 16GB
| 60FPS, High, 1080p
Ryzen 3 3100 4-Core 3.6GHz GeForce RTX 3050 16GB
100% Yes [1 votes]
| 60FPS, High, 1080p
Ryzen 3 3100 4-Core 3.6GHz GeForce RTX 3050 16GB
100% Yes [1 votes]
| 60FPS, High, 1080p
Ryzen 3 3100 4-Core 3.6GHz GeForce RTX 3050 16GB
| 60FPS, Ultra, 1080p
Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core 3.7GHz Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB 32GB
| 30FPS, Low, 720p
Core i3-2367M 1.4GHz Intel HD Graphics 3000 Desktop 4GB
| High, 1080p
Ryzen 5 2600 GeForce GTX 1070 Ti MSI Gaming 8GB 16GB
100% Yes [1 votes]
Core i7-7700K 4-Core 4.2GHz Intel HD Graphics 630 Mobile 24GB
0% No [1 votes]
| 30FPS, Low, 1080p
Core i5-7600K 3.8GHz GeForce GTX 970 MSI Gaming 4GB Edition 16GB
100% Yes [2 votes]
| 30FPS, Low, 1080p
Ryzen 3 3200G GeForce GTX 1050 Ti MSI Gaming X 4GB 8GB
50% Yes [2 votes]
| 60FPS, High, 1080p
Ryzen 5 2600 GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Gigabyte Gaming OC 6GB 16GB
100% Yes [2 votes]
| 60FPS, High, 1080p
Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core 3.6GHz GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Asus Phoenix 6GB 16GB
100% Yes [4 votes]
| 60FPS, Ultra, 1080p
Core i7-10750H 6-Core 2.60GHz GeForce RTX 2060 6GB 16GB
100% Yes [2 votes]
| 30FPS, Low, 720p
Pentium Gold G5500 2-Core 3.8GHz Radeon RX 550 2GB 8GB
| 60FPS, High, 1080p
Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz GeForce GTX 1080 Ti ASUS ROG STRIX 11GB 16GB
100% Yes [1 votes]