Baldur's Gate 3 System Requirements Lists Emerge, Heavy on Content, Light on the Hardware (2024)

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The Summer's most hotly anticipated game release, Baldur's Gate 3, is playable from August 3. The game's minimum- and recommended system requirements lists have been put out by its developer Larian Studios. We're happy to report that as expected, Baldur's Gate is light on the system requirements, to cater to as broad an audience as Diablo 3, the Spring's hottest RPG release.

Perhaps the steepest system requirement of Baldur's Gate is its disk space. The game calls for 150 GB of SSD storage space, which means it will be packed to the gills with content. The rest of the specs should please you. The minimum system requirements ask for an Intel Core i5-4690 or AMD FX 8350 processor, 8 GB of RAM, a GeForce GTX 970 or Radeon RX 480 graphics card, and Windows 10; so a 10-year old PC should meet the specs. The recommended requirements talk of either an Intel Core i7-8700K or AMD Ryzen 5 3600 processor, 16 GB of RAM, and either an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER or AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT graphics card—so a 4-year old rig should be enough to max out the game.

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#1
ratirt

I only hope the bugs are ironed out. When I got the game (2 years ago was it?) it has had a damn a lot of those but the plot and the game itself was really good. I guess it is time to play now :)
The requirements are very low. They must have fixed the FPS dips since I had those frequently at 4k.

#2
ixi

I hope MP will be good.

#3
mama

"...to cater to as broad an audience as Diablo 3, the Spring's hottest RPG release" Spring 2015 maybe. I think you mean Diablo 4.

#4
AsRock

TPU addict

ixiI hope MP will be good.

Be best played with your wife\GF, or at least 2 people in the same room.

Guess who got burned a lot in DOS1\2 ^^. I just hope the AI don't cheat as much as they did late DOS2.

#5
ixi
AsRockBe best played with your wife\GF, or at least 2 people in the same room.

Guess who got burned a lot in DOS1\2 ^^. I just hope the AI don't cheat as much as they did late DOS2.

Have not played Baldur Gate. Young I was (Yoda style). But have read only positive stufd, we will see when they will release it.

#6
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AsRockBe best played with your wife\GF, or at least 2 people in the same room.

Guess who got burned a lot in DOS1\2 ^^. I just hope the AI don't cheat as much as they did late DOS2.

Discord works well bery well, too. A friend and I have put 100 hours into early access and done everything that early access has to offer. At least for the first act, it seems very polished. Lots of replay value I think.

I'm also not surprised about the storage space requirements. They have an enormous amount of cutscenes created. Gotta put that somewhere

#7
neatfeatguy

Hundreds of hours into multiple playthroughs with so many different builds in DOS2 with my brother in coop and every now and then we'd come across a conversation option or story line we had never seen before. Here's hoping BG3 has a similar world with massive reliability to it. We're anxiously awaiting the official release before we dive into it.

#8
ratirt
AsRockBe best played with your wife\GF, or at least 2 people in the same room.

Guess who got burned a lot in DOS1\2 ^^. I just hope the AI don't cheat as much as they did late DOS2.

I love the divinity original sin 2 game. Damn I played so many times. Funny thing is, never finished. I always lack of time or i dont play for a while (got a newborn 6month now) and when i dont, I feel like starting over is the right choice. :) I need to try Multi player maybe. That might be fun but considering my free time it is better to play single player. I'm gonna end up starting over anyway.

#9
AsRock

TPU addict

ixiHave not played Baldur Gate. Young I was (Yoda style). But have read only positive stufd, we will see when they will release it.

It's just more of what they are good at.

#10
Nephilim666

Oh yes, Diablo Three, the third instalment in the series, only just released.

Baldur's Gate 3 System Requirements Lists Emerge, Heavy on Content, Light on the Hardware (2024)

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Baldur's Gate 3 System Requirements Lists Emerge, Heavy on Content, Light on the Hardware? ›

Unless you've failed a perception check, you'll notice that the Baldur's Gate 3 recommended specs are quite a bit more demanding. You'll need double the amount of gaming RAM, 16GB to be precise, and a hexacore processor akin to the Intel Core i7 8700K or AMD Ryzen 5 3600.

Does Baldur's Gate 3 have high system requirements? ›

Unless you've failed a perception check, you'll notice that the Baldur's Gate 3 recommended specs are quite a bit more demanding. You'll need double the amount of gaming RAM, 16GB to be precise, and a hexacore processor akin to the Intel Core i7 8700K or AMD Ryzen 5 3600.

Is Baldur's Gate 3 graphically demanding? ›

Is Baldur's Gate 3 hard to run? You can run Baldur's Gate 3 on a relatively low end PC, so long as your graphics card is on equal grounds or better than the AMD Radeon RX 480. Can you play Baldur's Gate 3 on a laptop?

What is the best CPU for BG3? ›

The Recommended Spec PC Build For Baldur's Gate 3
  • Intel Core i5 14600KF 14-Core, 20-Thread CPU. ...
  • Arctic Liquid Freezer III 280 A-RGB. ...
  • ASUS Prime B760-PLUS. ...
  • CORSAIR VENGEANCE RGB DDR5 6400MHz 32GB. ...
  • Samsung 980 PRO SSD. ...
  • ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4070 Super OC. ...
  • Thermaltake Toughpower GF A3 750W. ...
  • MSI MAG Forge 112R Case.

Can a gtx 970 run baldurs gate 3? ›

Sure, using one of the best graphics cards out there will paint Faerun in a different light, but if you're simply looking to jump in without crashing, bugs, or single digit frame rates, you can get away with using an Nvidia GTX 970.

Is Baldur's Gate 3 CPU-intensive? ›

One of the quirks of this heavier performance in Act Three is that movement makes the game visibly heavier on the CPU.

What is the recommended graphics card for Baldur's Gate 3? ›

Larian recommends an Nvidia RTX 2060 Super or an AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT for graphics, and an Intel 8700K for CPU. Both parts have been around for a while, and current-gen equivalents are dirt cheap.

Should I play Baldur's Gate 3 with Vulkan or DX11? ›

For Nvidia graphics cards, DX11 is generally the better choice. DX11 delivers up to 6–13% higher frame rates than Vulkan in my testing.

How do I reduce CPU usage in Baldur's Gate 3? ›

Updating your graphics drivers and game patches can help optimize CPU usage in Baldur's Gate 3. Lowering the in-game graphics settings can also reduce CPU strain and improve performance.

How do I tell if my computer can run Baldur's Gate 3? ›

Baldur's Gate 3 Recommended Requirements
  1. CPU: Intel Core i7 8700K / AMD Ryzen 5 3600.
  2. RAM: 16 GB.
  3. VIDEO CARD: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super / RX 5700 XT (8GB+ of VRAM)
  4. DEDICATED VIDEO RAM: 8192 MB.
  5. PIXEL SHADER: 5.1.
  6. VERTEX SHADER: 5.1.
  7. OS: Windows 10 64-bit.
  8. FREE DISK SPACE: 150 GB.

Is Baldur's Gate 3 fully playable? ›

It remained in early access until its full release for Windows in August 2023, with versions for PlayStation 5, macOS, and Xbox Series X/S releasing later that year.

What version of D&D is Baldur's Gate 3 based on? ›

Baldur's Gate 3 is an expansive, cinematic, player-driven RPG based on 5e D&D. It features a rich character creation system where players can create an avatar based on many different D&D races, select their cantrips, skills & abilities, and enter a world where their actions truly define the story.

Can you play Baldur's Gate 3 on a gaming laptop? ›

The Razer Blade 18 Gaming Laptop (RTX 4090) can pretty much handle any modern game one can throw at it on its native 2K resolution at high FPS counts. This includes Baldur's Gate 3, where its RTX 4090 and Core i9 13950HX offerings along with 2TB of SSD storage and 32GB of fast DDR5 memory are more than sufficient.

Is BG3 so much better on PC? ›

The PC version of Baldur's Gate 3 has better performance and graphics, but the PS5 version still looks impressive and offers the advantage of playing on a larger screen. The PS5 version of Baldur's Gate 3 has slightly slower loading times and occasional buffering during battles.

How graphic is Baldur's Gate 3? ›

It does contain graphic violence and nudity but those can be turned off incredibly easily and includes great role models.

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