• "Age of Empires III" is a real-time strategy game developed by Ensemble Studios and released in 2005 for the PC. Players take the role of a European power with the objective to explore and colonize the New World from the age of discovery through to the industrial age. Your PC will need to meet a minimum set of hardware requirements to run the game.
  
  

Operating System

• You will need to have Windows XP or a more recent edition installed to play.
  
  

Processor

• A CPU that is equivalent to 1.4 GHz or higher and supports Streaming SIMD Extensions is required.
  
  

Memory

• A minimum of 256 MB of RAM is needed to run the game.
  
  

Hard Drive

• Age of Empires III requires 2 GB of available hard drive space for installation.
  
  

Disk Drive

• You will need to have a disk drive that is the equivalent of a 32x speed CD-ROM drive or greater.
  
  

Graphics Card

• A 64 MB video card with hardware transformation and lighting support is the minimum required.
  
  

Internet

• An internet connection of at least 56.6 Kbps is necessary for online play.
  
  

DirectX

• You will need to have DirectX 9.0c or above installed.