Assassin's Creed III System Requirements

This game is no longer available to purchase and download digitally - although if you can find a DVD somewhere you can still play the original! Ubisoft now sells Assassins Creed 3 remastered which has higher specs. See if your PC can meet the Assassin's Creed 3 Remastered system requirements.

The Assassin's Creed 3 system requirementsask for a minimum of 17 GB free storage space to install the game. The cheapest graphics card you can play it on is an NVIDIA GeForce 7200 GS. Furthermore, an NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT is recommended in order to run Assassin’s Creed® III with the highest settings. Assassin’s Creed III system requirements state that you will need at least 2 GB of RAM. If possible, make sure you have 4 GB of RAM in order to run Assassin’s Creed III to its full potential. To play AC3 you will need a minimum CPU equivalent to an Intel Core 2 Duo E8200. However, the developers recommend a CPU greater or equal to an Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400 for the best experience.

Latest Assassin's Creed game

For the latest Assassin's Creed game, Mirage, check our 2024 Assassin's Creed requirements page. For the next game in the series to be released, check out the Assassin's Creed Shadows requirements guide

Assassin's Creed III will run on PC system with Windows Vista® (SP2) / Windows® 7 (SP1) / Windows® 8 and upwards.

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