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Can you run Call of Duty: Black Ops III? PC requirements and settings

Call of Duty: Black Ops III, by Treyarch, Aspyr (Mac) (Action, Adventure), came out on Steam on November 5, 2015. Here are the official specs, and what they mean on the most common graphics cards.

Minimum cardNVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 @ 1GB / ATI Radeon HD 6970 @ 1GB
Recommended RAM6 GB

Estimate per graphics card

No frame-rate estimate for this game

The official page does not name a specific graphics card for both the minimum and the recommended specs. Rather than an invented number, we give none. ORION does the maths on your own PC, with your card, processor and screen, then measures the real frame rate while you play.

Official specs

Minimum and recommended requirements

Minimum

OS
Windows 7 64-Bit / Windows 8 64-Bit / Windows 8.1 64-Bit
Processor
Intel Core i3-530 @ 2.93 GHz / AMD Phenom II X4 810 @ 2.60 GHz
Memory
6 GB RAM
Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 @ 1GB / ATI Radeon HD 6970 @ 1GB
DirectX
Version 11
Storage
100 GB

Source: the game's Steam page, read on October 7, 2026.

Where to buy

Buy Call of Duty: Black Ops III

The official page first. In ORION, the Store tab compares prices across shops, with the official stores listed before key resellers.

On your PC

The same estimate with your own hardware, and the settings applied for you

ORION is a free game launcher for Windows. It reads your graphics card, processor and screen, estimates every game in your library, then measures the real frame rate while you play and sets the game up with its "Recommended" profile. No account, no ads.

Questions

Call of Duty: Black Ops III at a glance

Which graphics card do I need for Call of Duty: Black Ops III at 1080p?

Minimum: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 @ 1GB / ATI Radeon HD 6970 @ 1GB. The official page does not name a specific graphics card for both minimum and recommended specs, so we give no frame-rate estimate for this game. ORION does the maths on your own PC.

How much RAM does Call of Duty: Black Ops III need?

The publisher recommends 6 GB of RAM.

How much storage does Call of Duty: Black Ops III take?

The official page asks for 100 GB of storage.

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