Requirements

Requirements, or: "What sort of a system do I need to run Spring?"

You need a 3D graphics card to run Spring, which will probably require at least a a GeForce4 MX and the latest driver supported. Minimum CPU requirements are a little more complex. A more powerful CPU will have the capability to support larger maps and a greater maximum unit limit. A 1 GHz CPU should be able to support an estimated 500 units. The needed memory will also vary with unit count and map size, but 512 MB should be enough. However, 1024MB you should already have, so it'll run fine.

CPU	RAM	GPU, Video Ram	Resolution; Settings	Result
Intel Pentium 4 2600 MHz (HT)	1024 MB	Intel 82865G (built-in)		Works ok, laggy on high (visible) unit count or on big maps when most of the terrain is visible.
AMD Turion MT-32 (1,8 GHz)	448 MB	ATi Radeon Express 200M, 64 MB	1280 x 800; minimum settings	Works fine, but a bit laggy on higher unit counts (750+). Lags bad after detonation of nukes or commanders (video chip sucks in rendering clouds).
Intel Pentium 4 1700 MHz	256 MB	GeForce FX 5200, 128 MB	1280x1024; minimum settings	Slow on water map with the nice-shining-animated-water (works very well with the standard one). Slow when some smoke is shown too. Disregard that, no display matter. 16x16 maps work fine if <100~ units, otherwise very slow. 8x8 maps like SmallDivide work well. Running linux.