Far Cry 3 System Requirements

Minimum and recommended PC specs, refreshed in English.

Metacritic Rating88

Release DateNov 28, 2012

DevelopersUbisoft Ubisoft Montreal

PublishersUbisoft Entertainment

ESRB Rating17+

Game Websitefarcrygame.com

Reddit thread/r/farcry

Pre-launch upgrade planning is half the fun of waiting for a release. This page lists the Far Cry 3 hardware requirements with a short note on what the numbers really mean in practice.

Minimum requirements

OSWindows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7

ProcessorIntel Core 2 Duo E6700 2.6 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ 3.0 GHz or better

Memory2 GB RAM

Graphics512 MB DirectX 9.0c–compliant with Shader Model 3.0 or higher (see supported list)

DirectXVersion 9.0c

Storage15 GB available space

Sound CardDirectX 9.0c–compliant

Recommended requirements

OSWindows 7

ProcessorIntel Core i3-530 2.9 GHz or AMD Phenom II X2 565 or better

Memory4 GB RAM

Graphics1024 MB DirectX 11–compliant with Shader Model 5.0 or higher (see supported list)

DirectXVersion 11

Storage15 GB available space

Sound CardDirectX 9.0c–compliant (5.1 surround sound)