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Title: Battlefield 3™
Genre: Action
Developer: DICE
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Franchise: Battlefield
Release Date: Oct 28, 2011
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System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • OS *: Windows 7 64-bit
    • Processor: 2 GHz Dual Core (Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or Althon X2 2.7 GHz)
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Graphics card (AMD): DirectX 10.1 compatible with 512 MB RAM (ATI Radeon 3000, 4000, 5000 or 6000 series, with ATI Radeon 3870 or higher performance) Graphics card (NVIDIA): DirectX 10.0 compatible with 512 MB RAM (NVIDIA GeForce 8, 9, 200, 300, 400 or 500 series with NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT or higher performance)
    • DirectX: Version 10
    • Storage: 20 GB available space
    • Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
    Recommended:
    • OS *: Windows 7 64-bit
    • Processor: Quad-core CPU
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Graphics Card: DirectX 11 compatible with 1024 MB RAM (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 or ATI Radeon 6950)
    • DirectX: Version 11
    • Storage: 20 GB available space
    • Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.