Battlefield 3 Requirements - Not official and/or final

[kailtas]

Hello, tought i would post the BF3 requirements.

Keep in mind, these are not offical statements from Dice and/or EA games. This list is seemingly made by Gamestop. And even if it is not the final requirements for the game, it should give an idea of what to get. And they are not very detailed either.

These are both Minimum and recommended.

Minimum:

Hard Drive Space: 15 GB for disc version or 10 GB for digital version
OS: Windows Vista or Windows 7
Processor: Core 2 Duo @ 2.0GHz
RAM: 2GB
Video Card: DirectX 10 or 11 compatible Nvidia or AMD ATI card

Recommended:

Hard Drive Space: 15 GB for disc version or 10 GB for digital version
OS: Windows 7 64-bit
Processor: Quad-core Intel or AMD CPU
RAM: 4GB
Video Card: DirectX 11 Nvidia or AMD ATI card, GeForce GTX 460, Radeon Radeon HD 6850


Source: http://www.vg247.com/2011/07/08/gamestop-lists-minimum-and-recommended-specs-for-bf3-on-pc/
Secondary source: http://www.gamerzines.com/pc/news/battlefield-3-pc-specs.html

Both the sources claim that Gamestop posted the requirements. I have not found them on Gamestops sites, but i only searched for a minute.

[Deleted]

That's nice, I'll just hit up at Recommended video card with my current rig.

[BicycleMafioso]

Not only are they not official, DICE have gone out and called them fake and fabricated.


(And yet it just keeps getting posted everywhere D: )
EDIT - And I doubt I'll be playing it at satisfiable levels even with an i5-760 @ 4.0, 8GiB RAM, HD6970 @ 985core/6100mem. Especially in 6080*1080-resolution.

[Deleted]

While the system requirements for Battlefield 3 is all but speculation at this point, I wonder if anyone - somewhere - knows of the specifications of the computers that ran the multiplayer demo at E3 this year. I mean, someone must know? For these events computers are usually borrowed so it would make sense that someone has snapped up what specifications DICE wanted for their demo-machines at the show - right?

[BicycleMafioso]

While the system requirements for Battlefield 3 is all but speculation at this point, I wonder if anyone - somewhere - knows of the specifications of the computers that ran the multiplayer demo at E3 this year. I mean, someone must know? For these events computers are usually borrowed so it would make sense that someone has snapped up what specifications DICE wanted for their demo-machines at the show - right?

I can't say 100% for E3, but the ones demonstrated at Dreamhack is confirmed to have (single) GTX580s in them. Both from people opening the sidepanels and looking, and from chatting with the actual developers. :P

DICE have also said, informally, that they've used single GTX580s in all of their demo-vids.
And that they haven't even been able to max the settings internally yet.

What does that mean? That the game with a GTX580, isn't able to max it, but still looks extremely good.
High hopes? You betcha!

[Syce]

there was a interview i read that said to run BF3 at Full Settings, you would need a computer that isnt even built yet.

needless to say more then likely he was joking.

[JustinLee]

seems i need a new computer to run BF3 at Full Settings.
Oh my credit card...

[Grable]

Gah, HD5870 won't cut it for recommended? boo

[BicycleMafioso]

there was a interview i read that said to run BF3 at Full Settings, you would need a computer that isnt even built yet.

needless to say more then likely he was joking.

It's a very big possibility, he wasn't. And I hope he wasn't :3

Gah, HD5870 won't cut it for recommended? boo

No. Your HD5870 is better than the HD6850.

[Deleted]

there was a interview i read that said to run BF3 at Full Settings, you would need a computer that isnt even built yet.

needless to say more then likely he was joking.

He wasn't. What he was on about (more than likely) was the stupid things that make it a tiny bit prettier at a cost of a ton of resources.

[doesnotcare]

I can't say 100% for E3, but the ones demonstrated at Dreamhack is confirmed to have (single) GTX580s in them. Both from people opening the sidepanels and looking, and from chatting with the actual developers. :P

DICE have also said, informally, that they've used single GTX580s in all of their demo-vids.
And that they haven't even been able to max the settings internally yet.

What does that mean? That the game with a GTX580, isn't able to max it, but still looks extremely good.
High hopes? You betcha!

so a couple of years from now we still might be trying to max this game?

[Deleted]

As they said on E3, the game is in pre-alpha (hopefully at least alpha by now) which means they have a lot of stabilizing and optimizing to do. I'd bet that they are aiming to make the game run at near max settings with either a 570 or a 580 (single) in 1080p without any AA turned on at a playable fps (40-50fps). It wouldn't make much sense from a market standpoint to put the requirements for max settings higher than that as it would result in a negative response from the average/casual gamers point of view, who probably has less qualified hardware.

That the game ran on a single 580 on E3 means that we can assume that a single 580 will be able to make the game justice.

[Doirdyn]

Why would you need more space for the disc...

QUESTION: What does anti aliasing do?

[Plagous]

Anti-aliasing smooths out jagged edges on textures/fonts.

[Doirdyn]

Anti-aliasing smooths out jagged edges on textures/fonts.

You'd think that having it enabled would increase performance :S

[Badpaladin]

You'd think that having it enabled would increase performance :S

Oh hell no. AA is one of the most performance-demanding things out there when it comes to GPU's, at least at high levels.

[Wilian]

You'd think that having it enabled would increase performance :S

http://www.pantherproducts.co.uk/Art...aliasing.shtml

[georgevonfranken]

Article about AA in BF3

AA, Resolution, and Shadows and very demanding on your gpu

[BicycleMafioso]

As they said on E3, the game is in pre-alpha (hopefully at least alpha by now) which means they have a lot of stabilizing and optimizing to do. I'd bet that they are aiming to make the game run at near max settings with either a 570 or a 580 (single) in 1080p without any AA turned on at a playable fps (40-50fps). It wouldn't make much sense from a market standpoint to put the requirements for max settings higher than that as it would result in a negative response from the average/casual gamers point of view, who probably has less qualified hardware.

That the game ran on a single 580 on E3 means that we can assume that a single 580 will be able to make the game justice.

I agree.
But they must also think about how long it can potentially last. Think about the huge gap between BF2 and BF3 for instance. While BF2 didn't last all the way through, it did last a while.

And while your argument about average/casual gamers stand true, there's nothing that doesn't say they can't play a beautiful game, just not with max or near-max settings. If you put more money into your computer, you should be able to see the benefits. IMO.

All-in-all, I think we're due for one very beautiful game. Especially if there's more to get from it, if a 580 doesn't max it.
I might have to add another 6970 so that I can actually play it above Low in Eyefinity :P

[Nebthet]

i bought my new computer (2500k, 570 gtx, 8gb ram) just for bf3. if it will not run smooth at decent settings i'll freak out.