Max Payne 3 System Requirements: Can You Run It?

Max Payne 3
Developer:
Rockstar Studios
Publisher:
Rockstar Games
Release date:
1 June 2012 (11 years ago)
User score:
4.2 / 5 (185 votes)

Official Max Payne 3 system requirements for PC

These are the PC specifications advised by developers to run Max Payne 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:
- NVIDIA® GeForce 8600 GT 512MB RAM or AMD Radeon™ HD 3400 512MB RAM (Lowest) - NVIDIA® GeForce 450 512MB RAM or AMD Radeon™ HD 4870 512MB RAM (Low)
Pass CPU:
- Intel Dual Core 2.4 GHZ or AMD Dual Core 2.6 GHZ, or better (Lowest) - Intel Dual Core 3GHz or AMD equivalent (Low)
Pass Memory:
- 2GB System RAM (Lowest) - 3GB System RAM (Low)
File size:
29 GB
Operating system:
Windows 7/Vista/XP PC (32 or 64 bit)
DirectX:
DirectX 9.0

PassRecommended requirements

Pass Graphics card:
- NVIDIA® GeForce 480 1GB RAM or AMD Radeon™ HD 5870 1GB RAM (High) - NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 680 2GB RAM or AMD Radeon™ HD 7970 3GB RAM (Highest)
Pass CPU:
- Intel i7 Quad Core 2.8Ghz or AMD equivalent (High) - Intel i7 3930K 6 Core x 3.06 GHZ or AMD FX8150 8 Core x 3.6 GHZ (Highest)
Pass Memory:
- 3GB System RAM (High) - 16GB System RAM (Highest)
File size:
29 GB
Operating system:
Windows 7/Vista (32 or 64 bit)
DirectX:
DirectX 9.0 - DirectX 11

Max Payne 3 performance on your PC

Max Payne 3 performance on your GPU

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

RTX 3060
minimum
Any
recommended
Radeon HD 5870
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

Max Payne 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
90−95 FPS
medium settings / 768p
90−95 FPS
high settings / 768p
80−85 FPS
ultra settings / 1080p
80−85 FPS

Max Payne 3 performance on your CPU

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

i5-12400
recommended
Core i7-720QM

User Ratings

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4.2 185 votes

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