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Baldur’s Gate 3’s system requirements will be putting a little more stress on your PC than previously expected – so what are they and can your PC run it?
The highly anticipated Baldur’s Gate 3 is due to leave early access soon, meaning there are just a few weeks left to check you’ve got the right PC components ahead of the release date. The early access has shown us that things will be ramping up. A blog post from Larian Studios detailed the game’s “graphical fidelity and complexity has improved quite a bit as it’s grown throughout Early Access.”
Luckily, we can confirm that the game isn’t demanding for your CPU or GPU when it comes to minimum specs. Let’s explore a little further though.
Baldur’s Gate 3 system requirements confirmed
According to the minimum system requirements, you’ll only need at least an Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 or AMD Radeon RX 480 to run the game. The storage, at 150GB is a little more taxing, but to be expected in today’s games.
Baldur’s Gate 3 minimum system requirements
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor: Intel I5 4690 / AMD FX 8350
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GTX 970 / RX 480 (4GB+ of VRAM)
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 150 GB available space
Baldur’s Gate 3 recommended system requirements
The recommended specs seriously ramp things up, Notice you’ll need to double the RAM at 16GB, meaning you’ll miss out if you’ve got yourself the new RTX 4060 which only has 8GB of VRAM. The game has support thankfully for both AMD FSR and Nvidia DLSS, meaning you should get a good FPS boost without too much trouble.
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor: Intel i7 8700K / AMD r5 3600
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia 2060 Super / RX 5700 XT (8GB+ of VRAM)
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 150 GB available space
Final word
The main takeaway from the system requirements is that you’ll be needing a decent SSD card if you want to help the load times of the game. You can also find out whether Baldur’s Gate 3 is crossplay ahead of the release date.
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