Baldur's Gate 3
Story-rich CRPG with deep turn-based tactical combat.
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What Baldur's Gate 3 asks of your PC
For Baldur's Gate 3 the publisher lists a floor of 8 GB of memory and recommends 16 GB. The recommendation runs higher than for Baldur's Gate 3 in 1 of the 24 sourced specs, level with it in 14 and lower in 8. The floor runs higher than for Baldur's Gate 3 in 6 of the 24 specs and lower in 6.
The source ties no video memory figure for Baldur's Gate 3 to any resolution, so none appears here.
The same recommendation appears for Fortnite, World of Warcraft and Path of Exile 2.
Source: Baldur's Gate 3 on Steam, published on store.steampowered.com, retrieved 2026-08-19. Open Baldur's Gate 3 on Steam
What these figures do not say about Baldur's Gate 3
The numbers come from the publisher. What frame rate Baldur's Gate 3 reaches on your machine they do not say: that depends on resolution, detail level and how processor and graphics card work together. The Performance Hub estimates it for Baldur's Gate 3, it does not measure it.
The hardware floor for Baldur's Gate 3
This floor comes out of the frame rate model: it looks for the weakest buyable part in our catalogue that the model still credits with the target rate for Baldur's Gate 3. It is a lower bound, not a buying recommendation, and none of it is measured.
For 60 frames at 1080p the model settles on NVIDIA RTX 3050 6GB together with Intel Core i3-12100. For that pair it works out 66 frames.
For 144 frames at 1440p the model settles on AMD RX 7800 XT together with Intel Core i5-11400F. For that pair it works out 144 frames.
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FPS and hardware for Baldur's Gate 3
In the Performance Hub you pick processor, graphics card and memory and get a model estimate for Baldur's Gate 3. That is not a measurement on your machine.
Frequently asked questions
What hardware do I need to play Baldur's Gate 3 smoothly?
That depends on the resolution and frame rate you want. In the Performance Hub you enter your processor, graphics card and memory and get an estimated FPS figure for Baldur's Gate 3, a bottleneck analysis and matching upgrade suggestions. All values are model calculations, not measurements on your machine.
How do I find teammates for Baldur's Gate 3?
Through the squad finder: filter open posts by Baldur's Gate 3, region, language and play style, or create one yourself. Your in-game IDs stay hidden until a request has been accepted by both sides.
Where can I see the current meta and patch news for Baldur's Gate 3?
The meta sits in the Meta Tierlist tab on this page, and every entry names its source. We do not keep patch news for Baldur's Gate 3: we would rather write nothing than claim something we cannot back up.