Will your computer run BF3?

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Will your computer run BF3?

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Can your computer run BF3? Below are the minimum expected requirements for BF3.

From - http://bf3blog.com/battlefield-3-system-requirements/
Minimum requirements for Battlefield 3

OS: Windows Vista or Windows 7
Processor: Core 2 Duo @ 2.0GHz
RAM: 2GB
Graphic card: DirectX 10 or 11 compatible Nvidia or AMD ATI card.
Graphics card memory: 512 MB
Hard drive: 15 GB for disc version or 10 GB for digital version

Recommended system requirements for Battlefield 3

OS: Windows 7 64-bit
Processor: Quad-core Intel or AMD CPU
RAM: 4GB
Graphics card: DirectX 11 Nvidia or AMD ATI card, GeForce GTX 460, Radeon Radeon HD 6850
Graphics card memory: 1 GB
Hard drive: 15 GB for disc version or 10 GB for digital version
Thanks to IANYF for pointing this out.



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Also, the site "Can You Run It?" - http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/ has been updated and will check your computer's hardware and system software to determine whether or not your current system can run BF3.
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My system is good to go except the video card. I am going to probably get me a GTX 460/480 in September.
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Welll Swanny will be able to take the server down to 2/2 when BF3 comes out ... Me vs RFA :lol:
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I'm hooked on Bad Company 2 can't wait to see this game. My machine will run it fine
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LOL ... we are almost to 2 vs 2 :D
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my rig can hang. can't wait
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Went ahead and bought a ZOTAC GTX 560 Ti 1 GB card today.

Tried out BFBC 2 on all on high settings and this things rocks. I'm ready for BF3!

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LOLOL .... First off ... Congrats bud ... I know you two have struggled in the past with having a youngin so I am sure many of us just like me, are thrilled for the two of you as some of us have been in your shoes before and know the pain and stress those times can bring. There will be plenty of stresses to come once this little one gets here though so dont think that is gonna quit LOLOLOL. And then money will FLY out the window. So the rig may wait a year or 18 hahahahahhaha ... I am not sure if I will be able to play BF3 yet anyways as my vid card is internal and I cant find any info on it. So I will still be here on DC but then again I didnt plan on leaving :D ... I am not to excited about the build your character that BF3 has .... Anyways congrats again my friend
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It won't run on XP? I don't want to change *whine*
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I got invited, installed it and played it, good graphics, but still hard to adapt from decert storm graphics to the new one. I felt it weird. maybe because I was playing with a bunch of people I did not know.
same as battlefield 2, I got it but never got used to it.
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I just added Ram to total 8GB. Just because I saw this thread. I got my gpu card last year, HD 5750 and it looks like it's already too old for bf3 with recommendation on 6850. Egh. Most likely I will go back to Dc anyway :D
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When Vista came out it pissed off XP gamers becuase every game out there didn't work to well. My computer guy said that Win 7 came out to correct a wrongs that Vista did. Its just a glorified XP with cool graphics. Will the XP platform run BF3 in any way?? Other than that I am set up fine. :?
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I heard that XP wont be supported, not to sure thou
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JohnnyAppleSeed wrote:I heard that XP wont be supported, not to sure thou
Will Battlefield 3 support Windows XP?

Battlefield 3 will not support Windows XP, and will be made exclusively for Windows Vista and Windows 7, with DirectX 10 or 11 graphics cards. If you have a DirectX 9 graphics card and/or Windows XP, now is a good time to upgrade.
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there are alot of fake announcements on this...unless you got that from ea games directly, dont believe a word.
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BF3 beta requirements have been released...this if via toms hardware but its reliable.

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/FPS-Ba ... 13475.html
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well, I had a dual core 3800 cpu running win7 32bit with a really nice 512mb vid card... not meeting min. req's on the cpu - and just meeting min. req. on the vid card...
I have 4g of ram and a really nice case/fans/power supply - and a asus m2n-e motherboard...

So I really want to save up (quite 'up') and get a sweet gaming rig maybe early/middle next year - but I can't wait because of this flippin game and how excited I am to play it (and not cry about lag or loadtime or blame stuff on a slowa$$ computer)...

So for a couple hundred bucks I bought a quad core amd and a 1g geforce off ebay (also bought a replacement dvd for my lost win 7 64bit) that will plug into my existing motherboard...

I just got the final item in the mail yesterday, flashed my bios (per the asus www site), installed windows 7 64 bit on a newly created partition, plugged in the new processor and vid card - updated some drivers and WHAM!!!! I'M READY AS OF NOON TODAY!!!

:( I didn't pre-order off the www, instead - I pre-ordered from a local store... I would have (and did when they told me about it when I pre-ordered) laughed at the thought of being at the front door of that store at 12:01am on 10/25/11....

I'll just have to leave the bar like two hours early and head on over at midnight and pick up my new dvd and book it home for a (hopefully) quick install/patch and be online!!!!

CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!
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good news swodi!! ill see you online 3 days later due to some fucked up bullcrap.
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so as of this moment there is about 2 puters left at dell outlet in regards to alienware..10 days ago there was like 500.

not cause Im shopping or anything.
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Guys you are gonna have to count me out. I did alot of researching today. My PC will not run it. With the card it has it only achieved 16 fps on BFBC2 so there is now way in hell it will run BF3 considering it is more taxing on the GPU than BFBC2.... I will catch you in there down the road. Maybe when BF22 is out if you are still playing BF3 hahahaahhaha
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I just wanted to publicly say thanks to the guy that help me not just save but keep me from wasting 60 bucks on this game. And I dont say that because the game is not good but because my PC will not run it. And we know that because I was able to try it through his help. Thanks you know who you are. :)

This is one hell of a good group we have here. I think most of the regulars that we see here on the forums are what most of us consider freinds and hopefully one day we can all sit around the same fire and shoot the shit in person.
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