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? ›

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.

Is Baldurs Gate 3 CPU or gpu heavy? ›

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? ›

Processors comparable to the Intel Core i5 4690 or AMD FX 8350 will suffice, so long as they're backed up by 8GB of memory. The game isn't demanding when it comes to GPUs either, with developer Larian Studios suggesting the Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 or AMD Radeon RX 480 will be all you'll need.

What is the minimum graphics card for Baldurs Gate 3? ›

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

How to optimize Baldurs Gate 3 for low end PC? ›

Windows/System Settings to Optimize
  1. Enable Resizable BAR.
  2. Turn on Game Mode.
  3. Enable Hardware-accelerated GPU Scheduling (HAGS) and Windowed Optimizations.
  4. Use the Windows “High Performance” power profile and set your GPU power management mode to the same.
  5. Overclock your GPU if you're narrowly missing the 60 FPS mark.
Apr 29, 2024

How do I reduce CPU usage in BG3? ›

- Update your graphics driver to the latest version compatible with the game. - Close any unnecessary programs and background processes running on your computer. - Lower the graphics settings in the game to reduce the strain on your CPU.

What graphics card is best 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).

Is Baldur's Gate 3 more demanding than Cyberpunk? ›

It's singularly the most demanding game in terms of performance on my system. Even Cyberpunk (without RT) doesn't make my CPU cry like BG3 does.

How graphically intensive is Baldur's Gate 3? ›

It's really CPU bottlenecked, this is especially noticeable in act 3 where some users get terrible framerates with almost no GPU utilisation.

What gaming PC do I need for Baldur's Gate 3? ›

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The Minimum PC Spec Build For Baldur's Gate 3 pairs the new AMD Ryzen 7 8700G APU with low latency DDR5 RAM and a mid-range MSI B650 Gaming Plus Wi-Fi motherboard to deliver excellent performance and a decent upgrade path to a better GPU down the line.

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

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system. OS: Windows 10 64-bit. Processor: Intel i7 8700K / AMD r5 3600. Memory: 16 GB RAM.

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.

Why is Baldur's Gate 3 $60? ›

Larian put BG3 at the $60 price point because they thought that's the most they could get away with. If they'd known in advance it would be a bigger hit than things like Starfield and Diablo IV, they'd have charged more.

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.

Can Baldurs Gate 3 run on a bad 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.

Why is BG3 so slow on PC? ›

Most slow down comes from the cpu, yours is a bit older than mine. Cap your frames to 60 if you haven't already. If you're upset about frame drops, you'll have to cap it at 30 with that hardware. I run around 45-60fps most of the time with a few exceptions.

How heavy is Baldur's Gate 3? ›

Mind flayer powers teased.

Is CPU or GPU heavy game? ›

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.

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.

Which games use more CPU than GPU? ›

Simulation games: Simulation games like Cities: Skylines, Flight Simulator X, and Kerbal Space Program are CPU-intensive due to the amount of processing power needed for physics computations.

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