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? ›

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.

Is Baldur's Gate 3 CPU or GPU intensive? ›

The game appears to be potentially very CPU heavy, or at least it becomes GPU-bound early at 1080p on a high-end card. So, it will probably end up in our CPU suite. It's also going into our handheld gaming suite because it's lightweight enough that you can play this on decent APUs these days or IGPs.

Is baldurs Gate 3 demanding on PC? ›

Can I Run Baldur's Gate 3? To run the Baldur's Gate 3 system requirements, you will need an NVIDIA GTX 970 GPU, an Intel Core i5-4690 CPU, 8GB of RAM, and 150GB of SSD space. The Baldur's Gate 3 requirements are pretty accommodating considering the scale and ambition of the game.

Can a normal laptop run Baldur's Gate 3? ›

Your CPU must be better or equal to a Core i5-4690 or AMD FX-4350. And a Graphics card greater than or equal to GeForce GTX 970 or AMD Radeon RX 480. Also your System Memory should be at least 8 GB - this one is pretty basic.

How much RAM is recommended for Baldur's Gate 3? ›

8GB 16GB

Should I play Baldur's Gate 3 with Vulkan or dx11? ›

If performance is something you're worried about, and you just want to play, opt for DirectX 11. You can change your mind later, but this is the safest and most dependable way to get into the game quickly.

Why is BG3 so demanding? ›

Put simply, it's all about density, with the action shifting to the city of Baldur's Gate itself, a large city in the series lore, with many NPCs.

What computer is best for BG3? ›

The AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D is AMD's latest and greatest CPU when it comes to gaming. With an excellent and highly efficient gaming performance that tops the charts currently, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D is here to stay and has a crown to claim thanks to its 3D V-Cache-enabled prowess when it comes to gaming on a PC.

What is the best graphics card for BG3? ›

If you want to go team Red, the best 1080p graphics card for Baldur's Gate will probably be the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT, which is a bit cheaper at $279. If you want to step up to 1440p, you're going to need a bit more graphics horsepower. We'd recommend going with the Nvidia RTX 3070 (if you can still find it in stock).

Can you play Baldur's Gate 3 on a low-end PC? ›

The game is quite new at the moment, but still very well-optimized, so even older PCs can run it. If you find that the game runs smoothly with everything set on Low, you can then slightly alter some settings to see how it works out.

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

Minimum requirements
  1. Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system.
  2. OS: Windows 10 64-bit.
  3. Processor: Intel I5 4690 / AMD FX 8350.
  4. Memory: 8 GB RAM.
  5. Graphics: Nvidia GTX 970 / RX 480 (4GB+ of VRAM)
  6. DirectX: Version 11.
  7. Storage: 150 GB available space.
  8. Additional Notes: SSD required.
Aug 1, 2023

How do I make Baldur's Gate 3 run faster? ›

Here are the settings we recommend for the best balance of performance and graphical fidelity on the ROG Ally:
  1. Resolution: 1920x1080, the native resolution of the ROG Ally's display.
  2. Graphics API: DX 11. ...
  3. AMD FSR 2.2: Quality. ...
  4. Model Quality: Low. ...
  5. Shadow Quality: Medium. ...
  6. Cloud Quality: High. ...
  7. Texture Quality: Ultra.
Oct 23, 2023

How graphic is Baldur's Gate 3? ›

An 18+ rating might be a little too exaggerate. The violence is animated, and if your kid is used to this, they should be fine. The sex and nudity can be turned off from the beginning and the rest is pretty mild, nothing too much for a 15-16 year old.

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.

Is Baldurs Gate resource intensive? ›

Baldur's Gate 3 isn't the most demanding game there is right now, at least not in terms of processing and graphics power, but it will require you to have quite a bit of storage space available.

How do you tell if a game is more CPU or GPU intensive? ›

Generally-speaking, if the game seems like it has a lot going on "behind the scenes" (complex AI, lots of physics calculations, very large amounts of interrelated data, etc.) then it is likely to be CPU-intensive in some way or another (single or multithreaded).

Are new games more CPU or GPU intensive? ›

Both the GPU and CPU are important, but the GPU has a more significant impact in most cases. Modern games are graphically demanding, and the GPU handles all graphics rendering and processing needed to display modern games. In contrast, the CPU's role is on core processing tasks.

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