Can I Run Far Cry 3?
Check if your PC meets the system requirements for Far Cry 3. View minimum and recommended specs, performance estimates, and find the best deals.

System Requirements
Minimum
- CPU
- Intel Core®2 Duo E6700 @ 2.6 GHz or AMD Athlon64 X2 6000+ @ 3.0Ghz or better
- GPU
- 512MB Video RAM (1GB Video RAM), DirectX9c (DirectX11) Shader Model 3.0 (Shader Model 5.0)
- RAM
- 4 GB
- Storage
- 15 GB
- OS
- Windows XP, Windows Vista
Recommended
- GPU
- 512MB Video RAM (1GB Video RAM), DirectX9c (DirectX11) Shader Model 3.0 (Shader Model 5.0)
- RAM
- 4 GB
- Storage
- 15 GB
Requirements Breakdown
To run Far Cry 3, you need at least a Intel Core®2 Duo E6700 @ 2.6 GHz or AMD Athlon64 X2 6000+ @ 3.0Ghz or better or equivalent CPU, a 512MB Video RAM (1GB Video RAM), DirectX9c (DirectX11) Shader Model 3.0 (Shader Model 5.0) or equivalent GPU, and 4 GB of RAM. For the recommended experience, Ubisoft Montreal, Massive Entertainment, and Ubisoft Shanghai recommends a a more powerful processor CPU, a 512MB Video RAM (1GB Video RAM), DirectX9c (DirectX11) Shader Model 3.0 (Shader Model 5.0) GPU, and 4 GB of RAM. Hardware benchmark data for this game's requirements is incomplete. The assessment above is based on the raw specification text only.
This analysis is based on benchmark scores and may not reflect exact real-world performance.
About Far Cry 3
- Developer
- Ubisoft Montreal, Massive Entertainment, and Ubisoft Shanghai
- Publisher
- Ubisoft
- Categories
- Action, Adventure
- Metacritic
- 88
- Steam Reviews
- 88% Positive
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Benchmark Requirements
Hardware benchmark scores for the required components. Higher = more powerful.