Battlefield 3 System Requirements

The Battlefield 3 system requirementsask for a minimum graphics card equivalent to an ATI Radeon 3000. Furthermore, an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 is recommended in order to run Battlefield 3 with the highest settings. The minimum memory requirement for Battlefield 3 is 2 GB of RAM installed on your computer. Additionally, the game developers recommend somewhere around 4 GB of RAM in your system. To play Battlefield 3 you will need a minimum CPU equivalent to an Intel Core 2 Duo T7250. Whereas, an Intel Core 2 Quad Q9000 is recommended in order to run it. As an old title, the Battlefield 3 download size isn't too big, at around 20GB.

There is a Battlefield 3 Steam release, as well as being available through EA's own Origin and their game subscription service EA Play.

Battlefield 3 Performance Guide

BF3 is almost a decade old now, so most modern PCs will have no trouble at all running the game maxed out with high frame rates. However if you are still encountering performance issues, here are some steps to try.

• Close resource-heavy background programs before running BF3 - Open Task Manager (Ctrl + Shift + Esc) to see which programs are using the most resources.
• Run the game in fullscreen as opposed to windowed.
• Ensure you have the latest graphics cards drivers installed.

New Battlefield game

For the latest game, check our Battlefield 6 requirements for the minimum and recommended specs.

Battlefield 3 will run on PC system with Windows 7 64-bit and upwards.

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Battlefield 3 FPS - what frame rate can you expect?

How many FPS will I get on Battlefield 3? We reference thousands of reports from PCGameBenchmark users running our free tool on Overwolf to tell you exactly how Battlefield 3 performs across a range of different settings and resolutions on the most popular PC gaming setups.

What frame rate does Battlefield 3 run at?

Here are the typical frame rate samples

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