Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition System Requirements: Can You Run It?

Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
Developer:
Forgotten Empires, Tantalus Media
Publisher:
Xbox Game Studios
Release date:
15 October 2020 (3 years old)
User score:
3.8 / 5 (50 votes)

Official Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition system requirements for PC

These are the PC specifications advised by developers to run Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition at minimal and recommended settings. Although these requirements are usually approximate, they can still be used to determine the indicative hardware tier needed to play the game.

PassMinimum requirements

Pass Graphics card:
GeForce GT 430, Radeon HD 5570, or Intel HD 4400 with an average Passmark G3D Mark of 570 or better, 2 GB VRAM
Pass CPU:
Intel i3-2105 @ 3.1GHz or AMD Phenom II X4 973 with an average CPU Passmark score of 3735 or better
Pass Memory:
8 GB RAM
File size:
42 GB available space
Operating system:
Windows 10 version 18362.0 or higher, 64-bit
DirectX:
Version 11

PassRecommended requirements

Pass Graphics card:
GeForce GTX 980 or Radeon R9 Fury or equivalent with an average Passmark G3D Mark of 9500 or better, 4 GB VRAM
Pass CPU:
Intel i5-3300 @ 3.0GHz or AMD FX-8350 or equivalent with an average CPU Passmark score of 4100 or better
Pass Memory:
16 GB RAM
File size:
42 GB available space
Operating system:
Windows 10 version 18362.0 or higher, 64-bit
DirectX:
Version 11

Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition performance on your PC


Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition performance with your GPU

GeForce RTX 3060's performance compared to the game's official system requirements.

RTX 3060
recommended
GeForce GTX 980
60 fps @ medium
1920×1080

Projected FPS in various settings and resolutions

Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition FPS calculator: average frames per second on GeForce RTX 3060 (according to our approximations). FPS may vary depending on your operating system and other factors.

medium settings / 1080p
70−75 FPS

Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition performance with your CPU

Core i5-12400's performance compared to the game's official system requirements.

i5-12400
recommended
FX-8350

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