Fallout 3 PC System Requirements Released

by Chris Faylor, Oct 09, 2008 11:16am PDT

Related Topics – Fallout 3, Postal 3, Borderlands, PC

With Fallout 3 (PC, PS3, 360) now complete and in the manufacturing stages, developer Bethesda has released the minimum and suggested system requirements for the PC version of the post-apocalyptic role-playing game, which arrives October 28.

Minimum System Requirements

Windows XP/Vista
1GB System RAM (XP) / 2GB System RAM (Vista)
2.4 Ghz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor
Direct X 9.0c compliant videocard with 256MB RAM (NVIDIA 6800 or better / ATI X850 or better)

Recommended System Requirements:

Intel Core 2 Duo processor
2 GB System RAM
Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 512MB RAM (NVIDIA 8800 series, ATI 3800 series)
Supported Video Card Chipsets:
- NVIDIA GeForce 200 series
- NVIDIA GeForce 9800 series
- NVIDIA GeForce 9600 series
- NVIDIA GeForce 8800 series
- NVIDIA GeForce 8600 series
- NVIDIA GeForce 8500 series
- NVIDIA GeForce 8400 series
- NVIDIA GeForce 7900 series
- NVIDIA GeForce 7800 series
- NVIDIA GeForce 7600 series
- NVIDIA GeForce 7300 series
- NVIDIA GeForce 6800 series
- ATI HD 4800 series
- ATI HD 4600 series
- ATI HD 3800 series
- ATI HD 3600 series
- ATI HD 3400 series
- ATI HD 2900 series
- ATI HD 2600 series
- ATI HD 2400 series
- ATI X1900 series
- ATI X1800 series
- ATI X1600 series
- ATI X1300 series
- ATI X850 series

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I NEED HELP SELECTING A VIDEO CARD... i was never much of a gamer so my video card was never really designed to handle this type of game but I play fallout 1 and 2 to this day and want to play 3 badly....Due to what i can afford plus the expandabilty of my desktop and power supply... i can only buy a 256mb card (i know the game will barely run but whatever)..basicly i have a choice of these not so great cards....please help me select one..

GeForce 8400GS 256MB DDR2 DM
ATI Radeon HD2400 PRO 256 MB DDR2
Radeon Xstasy X1300 256 MB PCIe
256 MB Radeon X2600 XT Video Card

i have vista home, 4GB RAM, AMD Dual Core Processor 4000+ 2.1ghz, my wondows experience index for graphics is 3.5 but everything else is 5+

thanks a lot

Oct 24, 2008 1:15pm PDT

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  See about the Radeon 4670 512mb cards. Usually around $60-70 after rebates.
  Plus it's not very power hungry for the performace you get.
  
  The scary question is what video "card" you're using now. Integrated video?
  
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  See about the Radeon 4670 512mb cards. Usually around $60-70 after rebates. Plus it's not very power hun... : xrror

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