Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2005) will run on PC system with Windows 2000 and upwards. Looking for the other Most Wanted game from 2012, which has more of a Burnout Paradise style? Check out the Need for Speed Most Wanted 2012 system requirements. If you want to play the game you'll need to find a DVD copy used on sites like Amazon or eBay. There is no Need for Speed Most Wanted 2005 Download available. However, the developers recommend a CPU greater or equal to an Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz to play the game. An AMD Athlon XP 1700+ CPU is required at a minimum to run Need for Speed: Most Wanted.
However, the recommended GPU by the developers is an NVIDIA GeForce 6200. The minimum graphics card required is equivalent to an ATI Radeon 7500. The Need for Speed Most Wanted 2005 system requirements state that you will need at least 256 MB of RAM and 512MB is recommended - any modern PC will drastically exceed these requirements! The game will take up around 3 GB space on your storage drive.