Oct 21, 2011 DICE has revealed the system specifications for Battlefield 3 on PC. They're relatively meaty - you won't get away with a DirectX 9 graphics card here.
Battlefield 3 game details
Battlefield 3 is a combined arms military shooter, and while it does have a single-player mode, the draw is the huge 64-player battles filled with tanks, jets and infantry. A Quad Core CPU and a GeForce GTX 560/ATI Radeon 6950 is what you’ll need for good performance.
Here are the Battlefield 3 System Requirements (Minimum)
- CPU: 2 GHz DUAL CORE (Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or Athlon X2 2.7 GHz)
- CPU SPEED: Info
- RAM: 2 GB
- OS: Windows Vista (Service Pack 1) 32-bit
- VIDEO CARD: (AMD): DirectX 10.1 compatible with 512 MB RAM (ATI Radeon 3000, 4000, 5000 or 6000 series, with ATI Radeon HD 3870 or higher performance)(NVIDIA): DirectX 10.0 compatible with 512 MB RAM (NVIDIA GeForce 8, 9, 200, 300, 400 or 500 series, with NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT or higher performance)
- PIXEL SHADER: 4.0 (ATI 4.1)
- VERTEX SHADER: 4.0 (ATI 4.1)
- SOUND CARD: Yes
- FREE DISK SPACE: 20 GB
- DEDICATED VIDEO RAM: 512 MB
Battlefield 3 Recommended Requirements
- CPU: QUAD-CORE
- RAM: 4 GB
- OS: Windows 7 64-Bit
- VIDEO CARD: DirectX 11 compatible with 1024 MB RAM (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 or ATI Radeon HD 6950)
- PIXEL SHADER: 5.0
- VERTEX SHADER: 5.0
- SOUND CARD: Yes
- FREE DISK SPACE: 20 GB
- DEDICATED VIDEO RAM: 1 GB
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Page Tools.All weapons and gadgets in Battlefield 3 are split up into different Kits. Each Kit has special Gadgets to make that particular kit unique. The weapons available aren't only split up into different kits, but the starting weapons can only be used if you are playing as the US Faction or the Russian Faction. Of course, they will be unlocked for both factions at the end of all other kit unlocks.Each kit will start out with one weapon. Use that kit to level it up and unlock more weapons and gadgets. At every 100 kills with a weapon, you will be awarded a service star and a weapon proficiency. At the fifth star, you will unlock a right side.
This Dog Tag has the number of kills you have made with that gun. The Weapon information on each weapon's page is set up in a simple format. Unlock: When you unlock the weapon.
Kit: Which kit it's unlocked in - incase you navigated to the weapon through a link. Magazine Size: How much ammo can fit into one magazine. Starting Ammo: The ammo you have when you deploy. Max Ammo: The ammo you have with the Specialization. Reload Time: How long it takes to reload your weapon. Some weapons will have two times, the quickest and the slowest times. It will take longer to reload if you completely empty your weapon on most weapons.
Rate of Fire: How fast the weapon fires in Rounds Per Minute (RPM). Fire Modes: The different modes the weapon can fire in. Accessories: All weapons accessories and the amount of kills to unlock in brackets. If weapons have accessories unlocked when the weapon is unlocked, it will say Default.Assault Rifles. Carbines.