Beyond the limits of civilization lies an island, a lawless place ruled by piracy and human misery, where your only escape is through drugs or the muzzle of a gun. This is where you find yourself, trapped in a place that’s forgotten right from wrong, a place where you must live by the principles of violence to survive. Discover the island’s bloody secrets and take the fight to the enemy; improvise and use your environment to survive; and outwit its roster of ruthless, desperate characters. Beware the beauty and mystery of this unexplored paradise.

Far Cry 3 System Requirements

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PC System Analysis For Far Cry 3 Requirements

Far Cry 3 requires a Radeon HD 6770 graphics card with a Core i7-2700K 4-Core 3.50GHz or FX-4130 processor to reach the recommended specs, achieving high graphics setting on 1080p. Also your PC needs 8 GB RAM to meet the rec specs and run at 60 frames. Minimum RAM requirements are 2 GB system memory.

FPS System Benchmark

140 FPS

High

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GTX 1060

How well optimised is Far Cry 3 for PC? Far Cry 3 is excellently optimized

8.9

Where does Far Cry 3 rank in the list of the most demanding games?

100+

Genres: Sandbox, Shooter, Crime

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Minimum Requirements

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Pentium D 920 2.8 GHz

Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+

GeForce 8600 GT

Radeon HD 2600 Pro

256 MB

2 GB

Win Xp 32

DX 9

12 GB

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Core i7-2700K 4-Core 3.50GHz

FX-4130

GeForce GTX 260

Radeon HD 6770

896 MB

8 GB

Win 7 64

DX 11

12 GB

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Far Cry 3 PC Release Date:

30 Nov 2012

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