Dirt 3 System Requirements: Can You Run It?

Your gaming PC configuration

Developer:: Codemasters Racing Studio
Publisher:: Codemasters
Release date:: 24 May 2011 (14 years ago)
User score:: 4.4 / 5
Hardware demand level:: 1 / 10 - not demanding
Ray tracing support:: no data

Official Dirt 3 system requirements for PC

To run Dirt 3, you'll need at least 2 GB of RAM and 15 GB of free disk space. The game requires a minimum graphics card like the GeForce 8400, but for a better experience, the developers recommend using an Radeon HD 6250. As for your CPU, an Athlon 64 X2 5800+ is the minimum, but if you want to crank up the settings and enjoy smoother gameplay, aim for an Phenom II X2 B53 or better.

Minimum requirements

Graphics card:: AMD Radeon™ HD 2000 256MB, NVIDIA® GeForce® 8000 Series 256MB

CPU:: AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 2.8GHz, Intel Pentium® D 2.8Ghz

RAM:: 2GB

File size:: 15 GB available space

Operating system:: Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8

DirectX:: DirectX® 9

Recommended requirements

Graphics card:: AMD Radeon™ HD 6000 Series

CPU:: AMD Phenom™ II or Intel® Core™ i7

RAM:: 3GB

File size:: 15 GB available space

Operating system:: Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8

DirectX:: DirectX® 11

Dirt 3 performance on your PC

Dirt 3 performance on your GPU

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

RTX 3060

minimum
GeForce 8400

recommended
Radeon HD 6250

60 fps @ medium
1024×768

60 fps @ high
1360×768

60 fps @ ultra
1920×1080

GeForce RTX 3060 is 183.6x faster than Radeon HD 6250. Your graphics card can run Dirt 3 at recommended settings according to Codemasters Racing Studio.

Projected FPS in various settings and resolutions

Dirt 3 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 / 768p

200−210

high settings / 768p

170−180

ultra settings / 1080p

150−160