SOE has announced that they will begin accepting beta applications for the EverQuest II beta test program on May 3, 2004 (8 days away!). They have posted the following as the minimum and recommended system requirements:
Minimum:
- Operating System: Windows 98/2000/ME/XP
- Processor: 1 Ghz
- RAM: 512 MB
- 16x CD-ROM or DVD-ROM
- Video Card: DirectX 9 compatible. Pixel shader and Vertex shader compatible hardware with 64 MB of texture memory
- Sound Card: DirectSound compatible audio hardware
Recommended:
- Operating System: Windows 98/2000/ME/XP
- Processor: 2 Ghz or greater
- RAM: 1 GB
- 16x CD-ROM or DVD-ROM
- Video Card: DirectX 9 compatible. Pixel shader and Vertex shader compatible hardware with 128 MB of texture memory or greater
- Sound Card: DirectSound compatible audio hardware
You can read the official announcement at the SOE site at this link.