At long last, developer DICE has revealed the official system requirements for Battlefield 3 on PC. Not surprisingly, maxing it out in its full glory will require a beefy rig. Recommended is a quad core processor and a GTX560 or HD6950 graphics card.

It seems Battlefield 3 will scale well to lesser setups, however. The minimum specs are much more forgiving, asking for a dual core and at least a GeForce 8800GT series card on the low end.

For a breakdown of the system specifications, hit the break. The open beta will officially launch September 29 across PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. However, those that pre-order on Origin before September 25 or register the tier 1 edition of Medal of Honor get a jump-start on beta access, 48 hours ahead of everyone else.

Minimum System Requirements
OS: WINDOWS VISTA (SERVICE PACK 2) 32-BIT
PROCESSOR: 2 GHZ DUAL CORE (CORE 2 DUO 2.4 GHZ OR ALTHON X2 2.7 GHZ)
MEMORY: 2 GB
HARD DRIVE: 20 GB
GRAPHICS CARD (AMD): DIRECTX 10.1 COMPATIBLE WITH 512 MB RAM (ATI RADEON 3000, 4000, 5000 OR 6000 SERIES, WITH ATI RADEON 3870 OR HIGHER PERFORMANCE)
GRAPHICS CARD (NVIDIA): DIRECTX 10.0 COMPATIBLE WITH 512 MB RAM (NVIDIA GEFORCE 8, 9, 200, 300, 400 OR 500 SERIES WITH NVIDIA GEFORCE 8800 GT OR HIGHER PERFORMANCE)
SOUND CARD: DIRECTX COMPATIBLE
KEYBOARD AND MOUSE
DVD ROM DRIVE

Recommended System Requirements
OS: WINDOWS 7 64-BIT
PROCESSOR: QUAD-CORE CPU
MEMORY: 4 GB
HARD DRIVE: 20 GB
GRAPHICS CARD: DIRECTX 11 COMPATIBLE WITH 1024 MB RAM (NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 OR ATI RADEON 6950)
SOUND CARD: DIRECTX COMPATIBLE
KEYBOARD AND MOUSE
DVD ROM DRIVE

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