Far Cry 3 System Requirements: Can You Run It?
Far Cry 3 system requirements - see whether your PC is compatible.
- Developer:
- Ubisoft Montreal
- Publisher:
- Ubisoft
- Release date:
- 29 November 2012 (12 years ago)
- User score:
- 4.3 / 5
- Hardware demand level:
- 1 / 10 - not demanding
- Ray tracing support:
- no data
Official system requirements for PC
To run Far Cry 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 8800 GT, but for a better experience, the developers recommend using an Radeon HD 5770. As for your CPU, an Core 2 Duo E6700 is the minimum, but if you want to crank up the settings and enjoy smoother gameplay, aim for an Core i3-530 or better.
Minimum
Minimum- Graphics card:
- 512 MB DirectX® 9.0c compliant card with Shader Model 3.0 or higher NVidia™ 8800 or better, AMD™ HD 2900 or better (see supported list**)
- CPU:
- Intel® Core®2 Duo E6700 @ 2.6 GHz or better, AMD™ Athlon™64 X2 6000+ @ 3.0Ghz or better
- Memory:
- 2 GB Windows® XP / 4 GB Windows Vista®, Windows® 7, Windows® 8
- File size:
- 15 GB HD space
- Operating system:
- Windows® XP (with SP3) or Windows Vista® (with SP2), Windows® 7 (with SP1) or Windows® 8
- DirectX:
- DirectX 9.0c
Recommended
- Graphics card:
- 1024 MB DirectX® 11.0 compliant card with Shader Model 5.0 or higher NVidia™ 480 or better, AMD™ HD 5770 or better (see supported list**)
- CPU:
- Intel® Core®i3-530 @ 2.9 GHz or better, AMD™ Phenom™II X2 @ 3.1 GHz or better
- Memory:
- 4 GB
- File size:
- 15 GB HD space
- Operating system:
- Windows Vista® (with SP2), Windows® 7 (with SP1) or Windows® 8
- DirectX:
- DirectX 11
Performance on your PC
Performance on your GPU
Performance levels below the bar correspond to the target FPS shown on each marker for that preset/resolution.
GeForce RTX 3060 is 10.0x faster than Radeon HD 5770. Your graphics card can run the game at recommended settings.
Far Cry 3 FPS calculator
Average frames per second on GeForce RTX 3060 (according to our approximations). May vary depending on your OS and other factors.
Performance on your CPU
Core i5-12400 is 12.4x faster than Core i3-530. Your CPU can run the game at recommended settings.
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