Gather your party, and return to the Forgotten Realms in a tale of fellowship and betrayal, sacrifice and survival, and the lure of absolute power. Mysterious abilities are awakening inside you, drawn from a Mind Flayer parasite planted in your brain. Resist, and turn darkness against itself. Or embrace corruption, and become ultimate evil.

Baldurs Gate 3 System Requirements

6 Oct 2020 - Specs reviewed

Official Minimum Requirements

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10 64-bit
Processor: Intel i5-4690 / AMD FX 4350
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: Nvidia GTX 780 / AMD Radeon R9 280X
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 70 GB available space
Additional Notes: The minimum requirements might decrease over the course of Early Access, as performance improves.

Official Recommended Requirements

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10 64-bit
Processor: Intel i7 4770k / AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB / AMD RX580
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 70 GB available space
Additional Notes: The recommended requirements might decrease over the course of Early Access, as performance improves.

PC System Analysis For Baldurs Gate 3 Requirements

Baldurs Gate 3 requires at least a Radeon RX 580 8GB or GeForce GTX 1060 to meet recommended requirements running on high graphics setting, with 1080p resolution. This hardware should achieve 60FPS. System memory required for Baldurs Gate 3 is 16 GB performance memory. Taking a look at the min reqs you will require a Radeon R9 280X graphics card with a Core i5-4690 3.5GHz or FX-4350 processor to reach the minimum Baldurs Gate 3 specs, run on low graphics setting and 720p. Recommended needs around a 5 year old PC to run.

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Graphics Settings: High

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Core i7-10750H 6-Core 2.60GHz

Graphics [1920 x 1080]

GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q

RAM

16GB

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Intel

Core i5-4690 3.5GHz

AMD

FX-4350

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Nvidia

GeForce GTX 780

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Radeon R9 280X

RAM

8GB

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Intel

Core i3-2120 3.3GHz

AMD

FX-4150

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Nvidia

GeForce GTX 570

AMD

Radeon HD 6970

RAM

6GB

Processor

Intel

Core i7-4770K 4-Core 3.5GHz

AMD

Ryzen R5 1500X

Graphics

Nvidia

GeForce GTX 1060

AMD

Radeon RX 580 8GB

RAM

16GB

Max Playable Resolutions at 30 FPS
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Core i7-10750H 6-Core 2.60GHz

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150 GB

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25 GB

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Baldurs Gate 3 PC Release Date:

6 Oct 2020

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Maybe if they'll implement some rare ultra plus "ultimate" settings, you'll have to tone them to plain ultra or very high.
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