- Detailed, authentic gameplay — Gamers will be able to enjoy gameplay that has enjoyed years of improvement and innovations. Details such as quick freekicks, hidden throw-ins, updated collision animations and shielding delivers a complete football experience.
- Leading Edge Visual Quality — FIFA 09 on PC now delivers the jump in quality demanded by PC gamers around the world. The latest shader and visual techniques leverage hi-spec graphics cards for a visually spectacular recreation of the beautiful game.
- PC Specific Controls - Customizable mouse and keyboard control configurations deliver PC-specific control unique to sports games. Determine exactly where you want the ball played with a click of the mouse button. Furthermore, send your players on pin-point accurate runs using similar commands.
- PC Connected Experience — A unique, fully customizable widget design integrated into the menu system. You determine what information you receive directly through your game from online rankings and the Interactive Leagues to real-world football news.
- Pro Skill Moves — Use your mouse to draw trick plays or perform one of 32 skill moves, including new scoop turns, rainbow flicks, heel-to-heel knocks and ball rolls.
- EA SPORTS™ Interactive Leagues: – Represent your club online in the Barclays Premier League, Bundesliga, Italian League, French League or Mexican 1st Division. Play and knock–off rival clubs more often in new-to-PC Rivals Match-up option.
- Manager Mode – New options for pre-season friendlies, and the ability to create formations to customize your club for each opponent.
- Tournament Mode – Play 61 tournaments, including 42 officially licensed ones, or create one of your own.
- Challenge Mode – Take on the challenge of overcoming a variety of difficult scenarios to earn rewards and unlockables.
- Complete Authenticity — Featuring over 500 licensed teams and 30 leagues accurately represented with correct kits and badges.
Minimum system requirements:
Required Operating Systems:
Windows XP SP2 or
Windows Vista™
Note that
Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows ME and
Windows NT 4.0 are not supported.
2.6 GHz CPU(single-core) Pentium III or higher.
512 Megabytes of RAM (1 GB required for
Windows Vista™)
DirectX® 9.0c Compatible 3D accelerated 128 MB video card or equivalent
(must support Shader Model 2.0 or above -)
4.26 GB free hard disk space for DVD-ROM format (additional space required for saved games and DirectX® 9.0c installation)
8x or faster DVD-ROM drive
DirectX® 9.0c Compatible Sound Card
512Kbps or greater broadband connection for online gameplay
MS compatible mouse
Keyboard
(Please note that 16 bit colour is not supported)
For EA Store Users:
11.58 GB free hard disk space for DD format
Additional space required for saved games and DirectX® 9.0c installation
Required Software:
DirectX® 9.0c
Recommended Chipsets:
- NVIDIA: GeForce® 6xxx series (6600 or greater), GeForce® 7xxx series, GeForce® 8xxx series, GeForce® 9xxx series
- ATI Radeon™: 9xxx series (9800 Pro or greater), X300, X550, X600, X700, X800/850, X1300, X1600, X1800, X1900, X1950, HD 2xxx series, HD 3xxx series, HD 48xx series
NOTE: Laptop models of these chipsets may work, but are not officially supported as they have not been tested.
*NVIDIA GeForce® MX series are not supported.
*Only DirectX® 9 ‘capable’ cards are supported by FIFA 09 running on Windows Vista™.
*Performance issues may be experienced on some graphic cards when running FIFA 09 on Windows Vista™.
*Video card must support Shader Model 2.0 or above