Max Payne 3 System Requirements

Max Payne 3 system requirements state that you will need at least 2 GB. If possible, make sure your have 16 GB in order to run Max Payne 3 to its full potential. The cheapest graphics card you can play it on is an NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT. Furthermore, an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 is recommended in order to run Max Payne 3 with the highest settings. To play Max Payne 3 you will need a minimum CPU equivalent to an Intel Core 2 Duo E8400. Whereas, an Intel Core i7-3930K is recommended in order to run it. The Max Payne 3 size is around 35GB, so make sure you have this space free.

Max Payne 3 Performance tips

• Close resource-heavy background programs before running xxx - 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.

Max Payne 3 will run on PC system with Windows 7 32/64 Service Pack 1 and upwards. Additionally it has a Linux version.

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Max Payne 3 FPS - what frame rate can you expect?

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

What frame rate does Max Payne 3 run at?

Here are the typical frame rate samples

Avg FPS	CPU	GPU	RAM
352	Intel Core i7-5600U	NVIDIA GeForce 840M	16 GB
230	Intel Core i5-7200U	Intel HD Graphics 620	12 GB
146	Intel Core i7-8850H	Intel UHD 630	32 GB
39	Intel Core i5-6500T	Intel HD 530	8 GB
29	Intel Core i7-5500U	Intel HD 5500	8 GB

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