News just in from EA, here are the system requirements for the Fifa Manager 12 game that is due out later this year

Lets take a look shall we...

Fifa Manager 12 Minimum system requirements

OS: Windows XP SP3

CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz or equivalent,

RAM: 1GB

GFX: ATI Radeon 9500 Pro 128MB or higher, NVIDIA GeForce 6600 256MB or higher, must support Shader Model 2.0 or higher

HDD: 8GB of free hard disk space

AUDIO: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card

OTHER: 8 x DVD-ROM drive

Fifa Manager 12 Recommended system requirements

OS: Windows Vista™ SP2 / Windows 7:

CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz or equivalent

RAM: 1.5GB

GFX: ATI Radeon 9500 Pro 128MB or higher, NVIDIA GeForce 6600 256MB or higher, must support Shader Model 2.0 or higher.

Fifa Manager 12 Supported operating systems:

Microsoft Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista™ SP2, Windows 7 (Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98/ME, Windows 2000 and Microsoft Windows NT are not supported).

Online mode

The online mode that was successfully launched two years ago should also, of course, not be absent in FM12. All the premium features from the previous year were made freely accessible for all players. The players can now exchange various action items in return for their manager points, there is an extensive avatar editor and the option of creating fantasy leagues. A large number of new statistics rounds off this game section.

Transfer market

In the transfer section you can now field players in trials in test matches or commission a detailed analysis of the squad so the team's weak points can be specifically eliminated. Due to the fact that all the AI managers make use of these squad analysis options, the transfers will once again become even more realistic. In this way AI clubs can also cash in expensive stars who do not want to extend their contracts just before their contracts expire.

3D match

A special highlight this year is the 3D game option of FIFA MANAGER 12. This area of the game representation is a matter close to the heart for a lot of fans of the franchise, so that this year a whole team consisting of designers, graphic artists and programmers have put the entire logic of the 3D mode to the test and completely reprogrammed large sections of it.