Originally Posted by
Major Wolf
To play Battlefield 3 to a point where it looks good, requires an extreme graphics card here are the minimum stats for Battlefield 3s Alpha Trial (I was in)
Windows 7 or Vista (SP1)
EA Origin
CPU: quad core 2.0 GHz or faster
RAM: 4 GB or more
Hard Drive: 7.25 GB free disk space
Video RAM: 512 MB or greater
DirectX 10 or 11 compatible video card with latest drivers (AMD 11.5 or later, nVidia 275.33 or later)
Sound: DirectX 10 or 11 compatible card
Internet: broadband connection
Now these are the recommended system specs. So build something like this. (But DONT buy a computer BUILD one you will save hundreds of dollars)