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.

Can your PC run the latest games in the Battlefield series? Check out the Battlefield 5 system requirements if you want to play now, or looking ahead here are the Battlefield 2042 system requirements.

Latest Battlefield game

For the latest Battlefield game, Battlefield 2042, check our 2024 Battlefield requirements page. For the most played game in the series (according to SteamDb), check out the Battlefield 5 requirements guide.

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 FPS tracking app 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

Avg FPS	CPU	GPU	RAM
154	Intel Core i5-10600K	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060	16 GB
145	Intel Core i7-10700KF	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080	32 GB
137	Intel Core i7-14700K	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti	32 GB
68	Intel Core i7-10510U	NVIDIA GeForce MX110	16 GB
42	Intel Core i7-8650U	Intel UHD Graphics 620	24 GB

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