1.2.1.      System Requirements

The System Requirements necessary to run Football Manager™ 2012 are as follows:

PC Requirements

OS: Windows XP/Vista/W7

Processor:

XP : 1.4GHz or Faster

Vista/W7 : 2.0GHz or Faster

*Supported Processors: Intel Pentium 4, Intel Core, AMD Athlon

Memory:

XP : 512MB RAM

Vista/W7 : 1.0GB RAM

Hard Drive Space: 2GB

DVD-Drive: 4x Speed

Video Card: 128MB**

**Supported Chipsets - Nvidia FX 5900 Ultra or greater; ATI Radeon 9800 or greater; Intel 82915G/82910GL or greater.Earlier cards may only display 2D Match Viewer Mode and are not supported. Earlier cards may require the DirectX 9.0 SDK is installed to run the game. This can be downloaded from the following url:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=5493F76A-6D37-478D-BA17-28B1CCA4865A&displaylang=enLaptop versions of these chipsets may work but are not supported.

Sound Card:DirectX 9.0c compatible

DirectX:Version 9.0c (included)

LAN:TCP/IP compliant

Input:Keyboard, Mouse

Mac Requirements

Minimum spec: Intel Processor, OS X 10.5.8/10.6.8/10.7.x or higher, Nvidia Geforce 7300 GT or greater; ATI Radeon X1600 or greater

Note: The game's performance and/or graphical quality may differ according to your computer's hardware and/or video card. Computers with high-performance hardware will provide the best game performance.

1.2.2.      Installing Football Manager™ 2012

Insert the Football Manager™ 2012 DVD into your CD/DVD drive and wait for the autoplay program to begin. From here, follow the simple on-screen steps to install the game.