Sherlock Holmes: Crimes And Punishments Minimum System Requirements

If there's one September PC title we're really hyped about, it has to be Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments. Not just because the BBC's Sherlock prepped us for all things Baker Street in 2014, but also since the early trailers of the game and its new engine seems to show big upgrades from earlier Sherlock Holmes games.
Developer Frogwares has just unveiled the minimum system requirements for the game, so we took a look over them to see what kind of rig you'll need to step into the shoes of the most iconic of detectives...

Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments Minimum System Requirements

OS: Windows Vista SP2 or higher
CPU: Core 2 Duo E4600 2.4GHz Athlon 64 X2 5200+
RAM: 2 GB RAM
HD: 14 GB

GPU: AMD Radeon HD 4890Nvidia Geforce GTS 450Intel Iris Pro 5
VRAM: 1GB
DX: 9.0c

The game has been built with Unreal Engine 3 in place of the series' old engine, so we expected a bit of a hike in system requirements. In terms of the CPU specs, we were expecting something around this point. The GPU requirements are a little higher than we'd anticipated, however; we thought they might be closer to something like the HD 3850. Those GPUs are rated 6 stars on GD right now, so you'll need a fairly decent rig to get this game running assuming the requirements are accurate. We'd hope you'd be able to play this title on slightly weaker graphics card with the settings tweaked, and we will be sure to benchmark Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments on some of our weaker GD systems when the title launches.

Once again, we're seeing game sizes consistently over 10GB this year even with smaller titles; Crimes and Punishments will eat up 14GB space, although it will only need a fairly modest 2GB RAM to get the game going.