9/20/2011 07:05:00 PM
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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: DirectX 10.1 compatible with 512MB RAM (ATI Radeon 3000, 4000, 5000 or 6000 series, with ATI Radeon 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.
What do you think? Share your thoughts about these requirements below.
Battlefield is out on October 25, for the PC, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360.
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