[Edited by Steven283, 2/13/2012 4:13:11 AM]

[Edited by YunaFFX2, 2/11/2012 5:46:50 PM]

Already pass 3 years, cheathappens never disappointment me..

[Edited by YunaFFX2, 2/11/2012 5:48:32 PM]

===============================================================
Mass Effect ONE--Recommended System Requirements
===============================================================
Operating System: Windows XP or Vista
Processor: 2.6+GHZ Intel or 2.4+GHZ AMD
Memory: 2 Gigabyte Ram
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX or higher. ATI X1800 XL series or higher

===============================================================
Mass Effect TWO--Recommended System Requirements
===============================================================
Operating System: Windows XP SP3 / Windows Vista SP1 / Windows 7
Processor: 2.6+ GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or equivalent AMD CPU
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Video Card: ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT, NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT, or better recommended

===============================================================
Mass Effect THREE--Recommended System Requirements
===============================================================
Operating System: Windows XP SP3 / Vista SP1 / Win 7
Processor: 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or equivalent AMD CPU
Memory: 2GB for XP / 4GB RAM for Vista/Win 7
Video Card: AMD/ATI Radeon HD 4850 512 MB or greater, NVidia GeForce 9800 GT 512 MB or greater
===============================================================

Now ME1 didn't say single-core or dual, but anyone that ran a high-end single core knew it was pretty bad and we had a couple of hotfixes for us single-core users. So it would seem like they meant to put Dual-Core in those Reqs for ME1 but didn't state it.
But, if you just look at the SysReq for the 3 games, besides the GPU, nothing has changed. I Applaud This! Between ME1 and ME2 the code was cleaned up so much that it looked so much better and ran a lot smoother. Also, ME3 has even a Lower CPU requirement (requires a little better GPU though) than ME2 and states 4G RAM for Vista/7, which usually goes without saying for games since 2010. It's the same DirectX, Same CPU, Same HDD Space (me1 was 12g where me2/3 are 15g).

So, the blanket question "I ran ME1 and ME2, can I run ME3?" can have the blanket answer, "Yes, and ummm Sure.. and Yup."

[Edited by DABhand, 2/21/2012 3:34:49 AM]

For now my Radeon HD 6870 is good enough, though i think that's the first bottleneck i will encounter in due time, but not for ME3

[Edited by Seagon, 2/21/2012 5:25:15 AM]