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Battlefield 3 — system requirements & benchmark status
This game is in the catalog, but no published review benchmarks have been collected for it yet — so this page carries no frame-rate numbers, no verdicts and no estimates. Below are the publisher's own system requirements and what they say about the hardware the game targets. A game joins the calculator only when published review benchmarks cover both its CPU and GPU sides.
Developer: DICE · Publisher: Electronic Arts · Released: Jun 11, 2020 · Genres: Action
Game facts and system requirements are as published on Steam (checked 4 November 2026).
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System requirements — Battlefield 3
As published by the publisher on Steam (checked 4 November 2026). Requirements are the publisher's target figures, not measurements — they describe the hardware the developer aims at, not the frame rate any part delivers.
| Component | Minimum (Steam) | Recommended (Steam) |
|---|---|---|
| OS * | Windows 7 64-bit | Windows 7 64-bit |
| Processor | 2 GHz Dual Core (Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or Althon X2 2.7 GHz) | Quad-core CPU |
| Memory | 2 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Graphics | 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) | Graphics Card: DirectX 11 compatible with 1024 MB RAM (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 or ATI Radeon 6950) |
| DirectX | Version 10 | Version 11 |
| Storage | 20 GB available space | 20 GB available space |
| Sound Card | DirectX Compatible | DirectX Compatible |
Hardware demand level
Low — estimated from the graphics card named in the minimum requirements above (an older GeForce card). The demand level classifies the publisher's published requirements only; it is not a benchmark result and predicts no frame rate.
Benchmark status
Not yet measured. Bottleneck Verdict adds a game to the calculator when published review benchmarks cover both sides at the game's highest settings, native resolution, no upscaling — the same bar the measured games met. Until then this page claims no performance figures for Battlefield 3.
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