System requirements · PC
Battlefield 3 PC system requirements
Battlefield 3 needs at least a processor listed as “2 GHz Dual Core (Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or Althon X2 2.7 GHz)”, 2 GB of RAM and a graphics card listed as “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)”, on Windows 7 64-bit.
For the recommended settings: a processor listed as “Quad-core CPU”, 4 GB of RAM and a graphics card listed as “Graphics Card: DirectX 11 compatible with 1024 MB RAM (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 or ATI Radeon 6950)”. It takes 20 GB of storage.
Minimum and recommended requirements
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| Operating system | Windows 7 64-bit Same for both: minimum and recommended | |
| Processor | 2 GHz Dual Core (Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or Althon X2 2.7 GHz) | Quad-core CPU |
| Memory | 2 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Graphics | 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) | Graphics Card: DirectX 11 compatible with 1024 MB RAM (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 or ATI Radeon 6950) |
| DirectX | Version 10 | Version 11 |
| Storage | 20 GB available space Same for both: minimum and recommended | |
| Sound card | DirectX Compatible Same for both: minimum and recommended | |
How demanding is Battlefield 3?
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Memory: Needs more minimum RAM than 5% of the 1,937 PC games with requirements we track (2 GB).
It is on our list of low-end PC games (4 GB of RAM or less).
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Storage: Larger than 57% of the 1,852 games with a storage figure (20 GB).
Compared with the minimum requirements of every game that has a requirements page on gamekeys.deals. We compare memory and storage only: processor and graphics card names cannot be ranked reliably from Steam's text.
Other platforms
Battlefield 3 is also available on Xbox One. The PC specifications on this page do not apply to console editions.
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