Can My PC Run Baldur's Gate 3?

Game details

Developer

Larian Studios

Publisher

Larian Studios

Released

3 August 2023

About Baldur's Gate 3

Baldur's Gate 3 is unusual in that its third act is heavily CPU-bound: the city of Baldur's Gate simulates a large number of NPCs, and frame rates there depend more on processor and memory than on graphics card.

Common questions about running Baldur's Gate 3

Each link runs a real comparison against the published specification.

• Can a GeForce GTX 970 run Baldur's Gate 3?
• Can a Radeon RX 480 run Baldur's Gate 3?
• Can a GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER run Baldur's Gate 3?
• Can a Radeon RX 5700 XT run Baldur's Gate 3?
• What else runs on 8 GB of RAM?
• Estimate Baldur's Gate 3 performance at your resolution

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

For a comfortable experience, the publisher's recommended specification asks for the following. This is their figure, not our estimate.

Graphics card

Nvidia 2060 Super / RX 5700 XT / Intel Arc A580 (8GB+ of VRAM)

Processor

Intel Core i7-8700K or AMD Ryzen 5 3600

Memory

16 GB RAM

Storage

150 GB

Operating system

Windows 10 64-bit

Not sure how your parts compare? Run the check above or read what these tiers mean.

Can my laptop run Baldur's Gate 3?

The same check applies — enter the parts your laptop actually contains. Be aware that a laptop graphics chip is usually slower than the desktop card it shares a name with, because the manufacturer sets a lower power limit. A laptop advertising the Nvidia 2060 Super named here may therefore fall somewhat short of it in practice, and sustained performance drops further as the machine heats up. Treat a borderline laptop result as optimistic rather than assured.

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