Arma 3 system requirements revealed

Arma 3 - tanks on the move

Arma 3 is coming! In between all ofthe new Arma 3 info and shiny, shiny screenshots, Bohemia also released the system requirements for the game. Be warned, they're pretty high. It looks like some of us are going to have to upgrade if we're going to run the military sim when it's released in summer 2012.

Arma 3 system requirements:

  • OS – Windows 7 / Vista
  • CPU – Intel Core i5 or AMD Athlon Phenom X4 or faster
  • GPU – Nvidia Geforce GTX 260 or ATI Radeon HD 5770, shader Model 3 and 896 MB VRAM, or faster
  • RAM – 2 GB
  • HDD – 15 GB free space
  • DVD – Dual Layer compatible
  • DirectX® – 10

For more on Arma 3, head over to the new Arma 3 site , or check out the Arma 3 Facebook page .

Tom Senior

Part of the UK team, Tom was with PC Gamer at the very beginning of the website's launch—first as a news writer, and then as online editor until his departure in 2020. His specialties are strategy games, action RPGs, hack ‘n slash games, digital card games… basically anything that he can fit on a hard drive. His final boss form is Deckard Cain.

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