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Sneaky Monkeys Forum _ Public Discussion _ BF3 Specs (Alpha)

Posted by: MonkeyFiend Jul 20 2011, 05:27 PM

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Q: What are the minimum hardware recommendations for the Alpha Trial?

A: [b]RECOMMENDED[/b] WINDOWS PC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

    OS: Windows 7 or Vista (SP1)
    Installed: Origin
    CPU: Quadcore @ 2.0 GHz or faster
    RAM: 4GB or more
    Hard Drive: 7.25 GB free disk space
    Video: 256 MB or greater
    DirectX 10 or 11 compatible card with latest drivers (AMD 11.5 or later, nVidia 275.33 or later)
    Sound: DirectX 10 or 11 compatible card
    Internet: broadband connection

Note that these do not necessarily represent the requirements for the final game.

Doesn't say too much: very low quality quad core, 4gb ram, windows 7 but no specific GFX card mention? 256mb graphics cards have been around for many years. However would guess 400 nvidia series

Posted by: MonkeyFiend Jul 20 2011, 05:34 PM

Just for comparison, the min and recommended spec for BC2

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Minimum Frostbite PC Specifications for BFBC2 & BF1943.
Processor: Core 2 Duo @ 2.0GHz
Main memory: 2GB
Graphics card: GeForce 7800 GT / ATI X1900
Graphics memory: 256MB
OS: Windows XP
Free HDD space:
15GB for Digital Version, 10GB for Disc Version (BFBC2)
10GB for Digital Version, 4GB for Disc Version (BF1943)

Recommended Frostbite PC Specifications for BFBC2 & BF1943
Processor: Quadcore
Main memory: 2GB
Graphics card: GeForce GTX 260
Graphics memory: 512MB
OS: Windows Vista or Windows 7
Free HDD space:
15GB for Digital Version, 10GB for Disc Version (BFBC2)
10GB for Digital Version, 4GB for Disc Version (BF1943)

BF3 req More real mem, less gfx memory? weirdy beardy.

Posted by: fido77 Jul 21 2011, 05:37 AM

so, i am going to have to get a quad core?

Posted by: Aki Jul 21 2011, 09:34 AM

Ditto... I knew this was going to be expensive

Posted by: GoochTyke Aug 18 2011, 09:05 AM

no doubt fido lol