14 DAY TRIAL // Electronic Arts and DICE have finally released the official PC system requirements for the upcoming Battlefield 3 first person shooter, confirming what exact specifications computers need to meet to run the new title.
Battlefield 3 has been in development for quite some time and we've heard a variety of details about it and its innovative Frostbite 2 engine, which allows the title to display realistic graphics and animations.
Since the game's official announcement, we've seen a variety of footage, taken from all the game's versions, including the PC, PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360, but only PC owners worried about what sorts of specifications their gaming rigs need to meet in order to handle Battlefield 3.
We already saw a leaked version of the system requirements appear many months ago, but only now did EA and DICE confirm a set of official specifications, so check out the minimum and recommended specs for Battlefield 3 below, via Eurogamer.
Minimum
OS: Vista Service Pack 2 32-bit Processor: 2GHZ Dual Core (Core 2 Duo 2.4GHZ or Athlon x2 2.7GHZ) Memory: 2GB RAM Hard drive: 20GB Graphics card AMD: DirextX 10.1 compatible with 512MB RAM (ATI Radion 3000, 4000, 5000 or 6000 series, with ATI Radion 3870 or higher performance) Graphics card Nvidia: DirectX 10.0 compatible with 512MB 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
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Processor: Quad Core CPU Memory: 4GB RAM Hard drive: 20GB Graphics card: DirectX 11 compatible with 1024MB RAM (Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 or ATI Radeon 6950) Sound card: DirectX compatible Keyboard and mouse DVD ROM drive While the minimum specifications aren't all that bad, the recommended ones are pretty steep, considering both video cards are the most recent generation made by their respective manufacturers.
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Battlefield is out on October 25, for the PC, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360.