BioWare officially uncovers the system requirements for their upcoming title Mass Effect 3. In addition, they've confirmed that players will be able to try out a segment of the game, in a demo that's going to be released on February 14, 2012.

Here are the specs for the PC edition of Mass Effect 3:

Minimum Spec:

• OS - Windows XP SP3/Vista SP1, Win 7
  *Supported chipsets: NVIDIA 7900 or better; ATI X1800 or better. Please note that NVIDIA GeForce 9300, 8500, 8400, and 8300 are below minimum system requirements, as are AMD/ATI Radeon HD3200, HD3300, and HD4350. Updates to your video and sound card drivers may be required.
• CPU - 1.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (equivalent AMD CPU)
• RAM - 1GB for XP / 2GB RAM for Vista/Win 7
• Disc Drive - 1x speed
• Hard Drive - 15 GB of free space
• Video - 256 MB* (with Pixel Shader 3.0 support)
• Sound - DirectX 9.0c compatible
• DirectX - DirectX 9.0c August 2009 (included)

Recommended Spec:

• OS - Windows XP SP3/Vista SP1, Win 7
• CPU - 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (equivalent AMD CPU) RAM - 2GB for XP / 4GB
• RAM for Vista/Win 7 Disc Drive - 1x speed
• Hard Drive - 15 GB of free space
• Video - AMD/ATI Radeon HD 4850 512 MB or greater, NVidia GeForce 9800 GT 512 MB or greater
• Sound - DirectX 9.0c compatible

The playable demo for Mass Effect 3 will be available for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.