Far Cry 3 System Requirements: Can You Run It?

Far Cry 3
Developer:
Ubisoft Montreal
Publisher:
Ubisoft
Release date:
29 November 2012 (11 years old)
Our user score:
4.4 / 5 (1962 votes)

Official Far Cry 3 system requirements for PC

These are the PC specifications advised by developers to run Far Cry 3 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:
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**)
Pass CPU:
Intel® Core®2 Duo E6700 @ 2.6 GHz or better, AMD™ Athlon™64 X2 6000+ @ 3.0Ghz or better
Pass 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

PassRecommended requirements

Pass 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**)
Pass CPU:
Intel® Core®i3-530 @ 2.9 GHz or better, AMD™ Phenom™II X2 @ 3.1 GHz or better
Pass 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

Far Cry 3 performance on your PC


Far Cry 3 performance with your GPU

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

RTX 3060
recommended
Radeon HD 5770
30 fps @ low
1024×768
60 fps @ medium
1366×768
60 fps @ high
1366×768
60 fps @ ultra
1920×1080

Projected FPS in various settings and resolutions

Far Cry 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.

low settings / 768p
140−150 FPS
medium settings / 768p
130−140 FPS
high settings / 768p
110−120 FPS
ultra settings / 1080p
70−75 FPS

Far Cry 3 performance with your CPU

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

i5-12400
recommended
Core i3-530

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