Battlefield 3 PC Requirements Revealed and it’s not pretty

Posted By | On 20th, Sep. 2011


The official Battlefield 3 specs are out, and the recommended PC requirements are, well, a little on the higher side. So make sure you have a good PC before even attempting to play this game on the PC. Check them out below and tell us what you think in the comments section.

Minimum System Requirements

OS: Windows Vista (Service Pack 2) 32-BIT
PROCESSOR: 2 GHZ Dual Core (Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHZ OR Athlon X2 2.7 GHZ)
MEMORY: 2 GB
HARD DRIVE: 20 GB
GRAPHICS CARD (AMD): DirectX 10.1 compatible with 512 MB RAM (ATI RADEON 3000, 4000, 5000 OR 6000 series, with ATI RADEON 3870 or higher performance)
GRAPHICS CARD (NVIDIA): DirectX 10.0 compatible with 512 MB RAM (NVIDIA GEFORCE 8, 9, 200, 300, 400 OR 500 series with nVidia GEFORCE 8800 GT or higher performance)
SOUND CARD: DirectX compatible
Keyboard and Mouse
DVD ROM Drive

Recommended System Requirements

OS: Windows 7 64-BIT
PROCESSOR: Quad-Core CPU
MEMORY: 4 GB
HARD DRIVE: 20 GB
GRAPHICS CARD: DirectX 11 compatible with 1024 MB RAM (Nvidia Geforce GTX 560 OR ATI Radeon 6950)
SOUND CARD: DirectX compatible
Keyboard and Mouse
DVD ROM Drive

Bolded and underlined the main shocking requirement for emphasis. Do you have a PC capable of running this game at the recommended specs? Tell us.


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