Irrational Games has revealed what many PC gamers have eagerly been awaiting, the system requirements for their upcoming title BioShock Infinite. The new blog post reveals the minimum and required system specs for the action title, however also reveals details on just what to expect for the PC version, including DirectX 11 support, Steam Big Picture Mode, mappable keybindings, left-hand support, controller support and more.

MINIMUM

• OS: Windows Vista Service Pack 2 32-bit
  
• Processor: Intel Core 2 DUO 2.4 GHz / AMD Athlon X2 2.7 GHz
  
• Memory: 2 GB
  
• Hard Drive: 20 GB free
  
• Video Card: DirectX10 Compatible ATI Radeon HD 3870 / NVIDIA 8800 GT / Intel HD 3000 Integrated Graphics
  
• Video Card Memory: 512 MB
  
• Sound Card: DirectX Compatible

RECOMMENDED

• OS: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 64-bit
  
• Processor: Quad Core Processor
  
• Memory: 4 GB
  
• Hard Drive: 30 GB free
  
• Video Card: DirectX11 Compatible, AMD Radeon HD 6950 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560
  
• Video Card Memory: 1024 MB
  
• Sound Card: DirectX Compatible

Along with the requirements, Irrational Games has revealed that BioShock Infinite will be coming on three discs for retail, which will include hi-resolution textures for those with beefy enough computers. Steam Cloud support will also be included, along with adjustable graphics settings, wide screen support (which includes AMD Eyefinity, NVIDIA Surround, and Matrox TripleHead2Go) and controller support for those who prefer the D-pad.

You can check out the full list of what will be shipping for PC players over at the official blog.

Sound Card: DirectX Compatible

Are there any that aren't these days?

If the mixer shows up in windows as a sound device when you plug int via USB, then its a DirectX compatible sound card/device.

I am so god damn excited holy crap