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Max Payne 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: Rockstar Studios · Publisher: Rockstar Games · Released: May 31, 2012 · Genres: Action
Game facts and system requirements are as published on Steam (checked 4 November 2026).
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System requirements — Max Payne 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) |
|---|---|
| OS | Windows 10 64 Bit |
| Processor | Intel Dual Core 2.4 GHZ - i7 3930K 6 Core x 3.06 GHZ / AMD Dual Core 2.6 GHZ - FX-8150 8 Core x 3.6 GHZ |
| Memory | 2GB - 16GB RAM |
| Hard Drive | 35GB of free HDD Space |
| Graphics | NVIDIA® 8600 GT 512MB VRAM – NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 680 2GB VRAM / Radeon HD 3400 512MB VRAM - Radeon HD 7970 3GB VRAM |
| Sound Card | 100% Direct X 9.0 compatible – Direct X 9.0 compatible supporting Dolby Digital Live |
Hardware demand level
Low — estimated from the graphics card named in the minimum 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 Max Payne 3.
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