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Far Cry 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: Ubisoft Montreal, Massive Entertainment, and Ubisoft Shanghai · Publisher: Ubisoft · Released: Dec 4, 2012 · Genres: Action, Adventure
Game facts and system requirements are as published on Steam (checked 4 November 2026).
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System requirements — Far Cry 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 XP, Windows Vista | — |
| Processor | Intel Core®2 Duo E6700 @ 2.6 GHz or AMD Athlon64 X2 6000+ @ 3.0Ghz or better | — |
| Memory | 4 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Graphics | 512MB Video RAM (1GB Video RAM), DirectX9c (DirectX11) Shader Model 3.0 (Shader Model 5.0) | 512MB Video RAM (1GB Video RAM), DirectX9c (DirectX11) Shader Model 3.0 (Shader Model 5.0) |
| DirectX® | 9.0c | 11 |
| Hard Drive | 15 GB HD space | 15 GB HD space |
| Sound | DirectX Compatible (Recommended Surround Sound 5.1 capable) | DirectX Compatible (Recommended Surround Sound 5.1 capable) |
| Other Requirements | Broadband Internet connection | Broadband Internet connection |
| Additional | *Supported Video Cards at Time of Release: AMD Radeon™ HD 2900 / 3000 / 4000 / 5000 / 6000 / 7000 series, NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800 GTX / 9 / 200 / 400 / 500 / 600 series. Laptop versions of these cards may work, but are not supported. These chipsets are the only ones that will run this game. For the most up-to-date minimum requirement listings, please visit the FAQ on our support website at . Requires a UPlay account | *Supported Video Cards at Time of Release: AMD Radeon™ HD 2900 / 3000 / 4000 / 5000 / 6000 / 7000 series, NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800 GTX / 9 / 200 / 400 / 500 / 600 series. Laptop versions of these cards may work, but are not supported. These chipsets are the only ones that will run this game. For the most up-to-date minimum requirement listings, please visit the FAQ on our support website at . Requires a UPlay account |
Hardware demand level
Low — estimated from the graphics card named in the recommended 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 Far Cry 3.
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