Fallout 3 System Requirements: Can You Run It?
- Developer:
- Bethesda Game Studios
- Publisher:
- Bethesda Softworks
- Release date:
- 28 October 2008 (15 years ago)
- User score:
- 4.3 / 5 (415 votes)
- Hardware demand level:
- 0.2 / 10 - not demanding
Official Fallout 3 system requirements for PC
These are the PC specifications advised by developers to run Fallout 3 at minimal and recommended settings. Although these requirements are usually approximate, they can still be used to determine the indicative hardware tier needed to play the game.
Minimum requirements
- Graphics card:
- Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 256MB RAM (NVIDIA 6800 or better/ATI X850 or better)*
- CPU:
- 2.4 Ghz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor
- Memory:
- 1GB System RAM (XP)/ 2GB System RAM (Vista)
- File size:
- no data
- Operating system:
- Windows XP/Vista
- DirectX:
- Direct X 9.0c
Recommended requirements
- Graphics card:
- Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 512MB RAM (NVIDIA 8800 series, ATI 3800 series)*
- CPU:
- Intel Core 2 Duo processor
- Memory:
- 2 GB System RAM
- File size:
- no data
- Operating system:
- Windows XP/Vista
- DirectX:
- Direct X 9.0c
Fallout 3 performance on your PC
Fallout 3 performance on your GPU
GeForce RTX 3060's performance compared to the game's official system requirements.
Projected FPS in various settings and resolutions
Fallout 3 FPS calculator: average frames per second on GeForce RTX 3060 (according to our approximations). FPS may vary depending on your operating system and other factors.
Fallout 3 performance on your CPU
Core i5-12400's performance compared to the game's official system requirements.
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