In order for you to play Need for Speed Most Wanted on Windows with minimal graphics settings, your computer must meet the following requirements
OS *:
Windows Vista (Service Pack 2 and all available windows updates) 32-bit
Processor (CPU):
2 GHz Dual Core (Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHZ or Althon X2 2.7 GHz)
Memory (RAM):
2 GB RAM
Graphics Card:
DirectX 10.1 compatible with 512 MB RAM (ATI RADEON 3000, 4000, 5000 OR 6000 series, with ATI RADEON 3870 or higher performance)
Storage:
20 GB available space
Sound Card:
DirectX compatible
In order to play Need for Speed Most Wanted on Windows with maximum graphics settings, you need a computer with a configuration no worse than the following
OS *:
Windows 7 (Service Pack 1 and all available windows updates) 64-bit
Processor (CPU):
Quad-Core CPU
Memory (RAM):
4 GB RAM
Graphics Card:
DirectX 11 compatible with 1024 MB RAM (NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 or ATI RADEON 6950)
Storage:
20 GB available space
Sound Card:
DirectX compatible