System requirements · PC
Saints Row: The Third PC system requirements
Saints Row: The Third needs at least a processor listed as “2GHz Dual Core Processor (Intel® Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon™ X2) or higher”, 2 GB of RAM and a graphics card listed as “320MB Video RAM GPU w/ Shader Model 3.0 support. NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800 series or better. ATI Radeon™ HD3800 series or better”, on Windows® XP.
For the recommended settings: a processor listed as “Any Quad Core Processor (Intel® Core i5 or AMD Phenom™ II X4) or 3.0+ Dual Core CPU”, 4 GB of RAM and a graphics card listed as “1GB Video RAM GPU w/ Shader Model 4.0 support. NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 400 series or better. ATI Radeon™ HD5000 series or better”. It takes 10 GB of storage.
Minimum and recommended requirements
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| Operating system | Windows® XP | Microsoft® Windows® 7 |
| Processor | 2GHz Dual Core Processor (Intel® Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon™ X2) or higher | Any Quad Core Processor (Intel® Core i5 or AMD Phenom™ II X4) or 3.0+ Dual Core CPU |
| Memory | 2GB System RAM or more | 4GB System RAM or more |
| Graphics | 320MB Video RAM GPU w/ Shader Model 3.0 support. NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800 series or better. ATI Radeon™ HD3800 series or better | 1GB Video RAM GPU w/ Shader Model 4.0 support. NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 400 series or better. ATI Radeon™ HD5000 series or better |
| DirectX | 9.0c | DirectX® 11 |
| Storage | 10GB | 10 GB |
| Sound card | 100% DirectX® 9.0C compliant sound card or equivalent onboard sound Same for both: minimum and recommended | |
| Additional notes | NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800 cards require 640MB of Video RAM. ATI Radeon™ HD3800 cards require 1GB of Video RAM | Not listed |
How demanding is Saints Row: The Third?
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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 40% of the 1,852 games with a storage figure (10 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
Linux and SteamOS
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| Operating system | Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS, Ubuntu 15.04, Linux Mint 17.1, Steam OS Brewmaster Same for both: minimum and recommended | |
| Processor | Intel Core i5-4570T (2.9 GHz) or equivalent or AMD Athlon II X2 270 (3.8 GHz) or equivalent | Intel Core i5-4670K (3.4 GHz) or equivalent or AMD Athlon X4 860K (3.7 GHz) or equivalent |
| Memory | 4096 MB | 8192 MB |
| Storage | Around 7 GB Same for both: minimum and recommended | |
| Additional notes | GeForce GT 630 (1024 MB) or equivalent or Radeon HD 6850 (1024 MB) or equivalent Nvidia: 352, 355 or 358 series driver / AMD: AMD Catalyst (fglrx) 15.9 or better. MESA drivers and Intel Graphics are not currently supported. | GeForce GTX 760 (2048 MB) or equivalent or Radeon HD 7950 (2048 MB) or equivalent Nvidia: 352, 355 or 358 series driver / AMD: AMD Catalyst (fglrx) 15.9 or better. MESA drivers and Intel Graphics are not currently supported. |
Saints Row: The Third is also available on Xbox One. The PC specifications on this page do not apply to console editions.
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