To play Backgammon you will need a minimum CPU equivalent to an Intel Pentium 4 2.00GHz. You will need at least 200 MB of free disk space to install Backgammon. By contrast, the game developers recommend somewhere around 400 MB of free disk space on your system drive. The cheapest graphics card you can play it on is an NVIDIA GeForce 6100. Backgammon system requirements state that you will need at least 1 GB of RAM. If possible, make sure your have 4 GB of RAM in order to run Backgammon to its full potential.
Backgammon will run on PC system with XP and upwards. Additionally it has Mac and Linux versions.