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Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition — 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: Bethesda Game Studios · Publisher: Bethesda Softworks · Released: Dec 17, 2009 · Genres: RPG
Game facts and system requirements are as published on Steam (checked 4 November 2026).
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System requirements — Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition
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) |
|---|---|---|
| Operating system | Windows XP/Vista | Windows XP/Vista |
| Processor | 2.4 Ghz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor | Intel Core 2 Duo processor |
| Memory | 1 GB (XP)/ 2 GB (Vista) | 2 GB System RAM |
| Hard disk space | 7 GB | 7 GB |
| Video | Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 256MB RAM (NVIDIA 6800 or better/ATI X850 or better) | Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 512MB RAM (NVIDIA 8800 series, ATI 3800 series) |
| Sound | DirectX®: 9.0c | DirectX®: 9.0c |
| Controller support | Xbox 360 controller | Xbox 360 controller |
| Notes | ATI HD 4800 series, HD 4600 series, HD 3800 series, HD 3600 series, HD 3400 series, HD 2900 series, HD 2600 series, HD 2400 series, X1900 series, X1800 series, X1600 series, X1300 series, X850 series | — |
Hardware demand level
Low — estimated from the graphics card named in the recommended requirements above (integrated graphics). 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 Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition.
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