Quote Originally Posted by Caledonian Rhyfelwyr
Isn't an 8800 one of the best graphics cards out there? They can't ask their customers to have dual 8800's, not even some hardcore gamers have those. 1GB of RAM seems a likely requirement though.
That's the point. Rendering moving water well is one of the most difficult computer graphics tasks out there. And if those are real screenshots, they're putting a lot of detail into the water. It's going to chug like a dying moose if you try to run in on a FX 5200 or a 7300--which can barely run M2TW at low detail. And what's the fun of that?

Considering Vista requires 1GB itself, if it's a DX10 game they'd be foolish not to require 2GB of RAM at minimum. Good thing there's a year to save up for that upgraded system.