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Battlefield 3 Official PC System Requirements

Post by Mobster » Wed Sep 21, 2011 7:49 pm

WHAT ARE THE MINIMUM AND RECOMMENDED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS FOR PLAYING ON PC?

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
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Re: Battlefield 3 Offical PC System Requirements

Post by Mobster » Wed Sep 21, 2011 7:50 pm

Well I am set... :)

And my old Video card made the minimum system requirements. lol

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Re: Battlefield 3 Official PC System Requirements

Post by ZombieSlayer » Thu Sep 22, 2011 3:06 am

So my card is just barely meeting the minimum (hd 6570)?
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Re: Battlefield 3 Official PC System Requirements

Post by Mobster » Thu Sep 22, 2011 10:46 am

Here is the comparison of your AMD Radeon HD 6570 & my old nVidia GeForce 8800 GT:
http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php ... &card2=544

I would say low settings maybe medium.
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Re: Battlefield 3 Official PC System Requirements

Post by ZombieSlayer » Thu Sep 22, 2011 2:37 pm

Yea just hoping for low settings, never expected to play on higher settings :D
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Re: Battlefield 3 Official PC System Requirements

Post by Mobster » Fri Sep 23, 2011 10:47 am

For those wondering if the recommended settings mean medium or high:
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Re: Battlefield 3 Official PC System Requirements

Post by BaronVonRotterdam » Fri Sep 23, 2011 11:04 am

That's sweet man! They did mention though that there will be an Ultra graphics mode. I think that's when the GTX 580 comes in lol.
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Re: Battlefield 3 Official PC System Requirements

Post by ZombieSlayer » Fri Sep 23, 2011 2:19 pm

So who are those tards? Was that some sort of Q n A with someone from EA or 2 censored arguing about who's mom isn't a wh0re (devil)
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Re: Battlefield 3 Official PC System Requirements

Post by BaronVonRotterdam » Fri Sep 23, 2011 2:29 pm

zh1nt0 and Johan Andersson are from DICE
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Re: Battlefield 3 Official PC System Requirements

Post by ZombieSlayer » Fri Sep 23, 2011 2:30 pm

Sweet :) Tells you how much I pay attention to BF3 :P
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