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Minimum and Recommended system requirements for Battlefield 3

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Battlefield 3 is expected to have similar system requirements as the previous Battlefield game, Bad Company 2. Battlefield 3 is powered by the Frostbite 2.0 engine, which is based on the previous Frostbite 1.5, which powered Bad Company 2.
While the Frostbite 2.0 engine has a lot of new features compared to 1.5, it is also more optimized as well, which will most likely result in similar performance and Battlefield 3 system requirements for the PC. Since Battlefield 3 won’t be supporting DirecX 9, it won’t run on Windows XP.

Minimum requirements for Battlefield 3

  • OS: Windows Vista or Windows 7
  • Processor: Core 2 Duo @ 2.0GHz
  • RAM: 2GB
  • Graphic card: DirectX 10 or 11 compatible Nvidia or AMD ATI card.
  • Graphics card memory: 512 MB
  • Hard drive: 15 GB for disc version or 10 GB for digital version

Recommended system requirements for Battlefield 3

  • OS: Windows 7 64-bit
  • Processor: Quad-core Intel or AMD CPU
  • RAM: 4GB
  • Graphics card: DirectX 11 Nvidia or AMD ATI card, GeForce GTX 460, Radeon Radeon HD 6850
  • Graphics card memory: 1 GB
  • Hard drive: 15 GB for disc version or 10 GB for digital version

Please note: these are our expected system requirements for Battlefield 3. When EA/DICE releases the official system requirements, we’ll update this page accordingly. <source>

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hardcoregamer24
hardcoregamer24 - - 866 comments

so this wont work on a xp. :( time to get windows 7

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nosfer4tu
nosfer4tu - - 1,378 comments

Yeah, i upgraded to windows 7 only when i found out directx 10 and 11 works only at seven.

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Chompster
Chompster - - 4,310 comments

knew i should have upgrades my video card too.. its right in the middle of the minimum and recommended. though ill still be able to run this easily(since i run BC2 with average of 50 to 60FPS)still need to upgrade it.

the rest is all a piece of cake for my rig

intel i7-2600K 2nd generation 3.4Ghz unlocked <---(Multithreading = 8 cores!)
8GB Corsair vengeance DDR3 RAM
BFG Nvidia GTX260 896MB overclocked

cant wait, pre-ordering soon!

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Giuseppe
Giuseppe - - 1,150 comments

Core 2 Duo @ 2.0GHz!?!?!? Even mw3 needs more then that

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Hitelf
Hitelf - - 190 comments

I am ready >:3

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Galen512
Galen512 - - 413 comments

woah
time to buy a new pc :P

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Jevuner
Jevuner - - 625 comments

How it would work maxed out on:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9500 2.82 GHz
4 GB DDR2 RAM
Nvidia GTS450 1GB

??

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Lоnerboner
Lоnerboner - - 8,303 comments

Not very good, i dont think "maxed out" is within your reach :(

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roadking
roadking - - 380 comments

I'm having a
AMD PhenomII X6 1090T @3.20Ghz
AMD Radeon HD6950 2GB GDDR5
8GB GeIl Black Dragon DDR3 Memory

I'm pretty sure I can easily run the game, but will it be necessary for me to upgrade my system by adding another graphic card?

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GhOsT11
GhOsT11 - - 556 comments

Can my video card compensate for my single core proc or i have to buy a new PC

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Lоnerboner
Lоnerboner - - 8,303 comments

No, it cant? lol...Your CPU and GPU must match eachother...so, with only 1 core, you have less threads between your GPU kernel and CPU kernel, so it can never run "Maxed out" its bottle-necking each other.

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romanius24
romanius24 - - 287 comments

not the ******* real ones...
Please note: these are our expected system requirements for Battlefield 3. When EA/DICE releases the official system requirements, we’ll update this page accordingly.

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Yoysome
Yoysome - - 1,517 comments

D: buh buh ....WWAAAAHHHH!!! Wait i have a ps3 I AM SAFE!! :D

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InsanityPays
InsanityPays - - 1,834 comments

lol, no, that means youre f*cked xD

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Yoysome
Yoysome - - 1,517 comments

my ps3 defenintly beats my pc lol

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Cpt.Dann
Cpt.Dann - - 6,959 comments

I might as well schedule a funeral for my system right now.

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crowhitewolf
crowhitewolf - - 297 comments

Wha wha wha wha it doesn't work on XP?????

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Sybe Author
Sybe - - 3 comments

Hello, all..:) Beta: 2 week for alpha test, buy moh and pre-order.

Battlefield 3
Date Friday 28 October 2011 to 08: 30: 00

Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2400 CPU @ 3.10GHz
Memory: 8192MB RAM
Hard Drive: 1 TB
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470
Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster P2370
Sound Card: SAMSUNG-1 (NVIDIA High Definition Audio)
Speakers/Headphones: Tritton AX360 True 5.1 Digital Audio Gaming Headphones
Keyboard: Logitech G15 Keyboard
Mouse: Logitech MX518 Optical Gaming Mouse
Mouse Surface: Gaming Mouse Mats / Razer eXactMat
Operating System: Windows 7 Professionnel 64-bit (Service Pack 1)
Motherboard: Intel Socket 1155 Intel P8P67
Computer Case: CAJA NZXT GUARDIAN 921 NEGRA-AZUL

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kaiserleomon
kaiserleomon - - 62 comments

Damn it I'm on minimum requirements -.-"

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Kebabmarcus
Kebabmarcus - - 1 comments

Iv got

AMD Phenom II X4 3.2 Ghz

4 gb ram

Gtx 460

and w7 64 bit

How high settings can i have on bf3

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version15
version15 - - 351 comments

alright i can run high settings!

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