Tropico 4’s island paradise won’t tax your PC

Even PC owners with fairly old system specs will be able to handle the island economy/dictatorship sim Tropico 4.
Publisher Kalypso has sent through the refreshingly un-taxing requirements, which you can read below:
Minimum Required:
Operating System: Windows XP SP3 (32-bit),  Vista / 7 (32 or 64-bit)
Processor: 2 GHz Dual Core CPU
Memory: 1 GB RAM
HDD: 5 GB free hard disk space
Graphics: Shader Model 3.0 (Geforce 6600 or higher, Radeon X1600-Series), 256 MB, DirectX 9.0c

Recommended:
Operating System: Windows Vista / 7 (32 or 64-bit)
Processor: 2 GHz Quad Core CPU
Memory: 2 GB RAM
HDD: 5 GB free hard disk space
Graphics: Shader Model 3.0 (Geforce 8800 or higher, Radeon HD4000-Series or higher), 512 MB, DirectX 9.0c
Much like Tropico 3, this fourth installment will see you take the role of El Presidente, glorious (and possibly unelected) ruler of a small island nation. New features, like the ability to elect a council of ministers, are promised. But I strongly suspect the aim of the game will remain the same: fill your secret Swiss bank account with as much ill-gotten loot as possible.
Tropico 4 will be released for both PC and Xbox 360 on 26 August in the UK and 1 September in the US.