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Can you run Gothic 3? PC requirements and settings

Gothic 3, by Piranha Bytes (Action, RPG), came out on Steam on December 2, 2009. Here are the official specs, and what they mean on the most common graphics cards.

Publisher's recommended card3D graphics cardwith 256 MB (NVIDIA GeForce 6800 equivalent or better
Minimum card3D graphics card with 128 MB Ram and Shader 1.4
Recommended RAM4 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 XP/2000/Vista/7/8/10/11
Processor
Intel Pentium 4 or AMD CPU 2 GHz or equivalent
Memory
2 GB RAM
Graphics
3D graphics card with 128 MB Ram and Shader 1.4
DirectX
Version 9.0c
Storage
5 GB

Recommended

OS
Windows 7/8/10/11
Processor
Intel Pentium 3.0 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 4000+
Memory
4 GB RAM
Graphics
3D graphics cardwith 256 MB (NVIDIA GeForce 6800 equivalent or better
DirectX
Version 9.0c
Storage
5 GB

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

Where to buy

Buy Gothic 3

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

Gothic 3 at a glance

Which graphics card do I need for Gothic 3 at 1080p?

The publisher recommends: 3D graphics cardwith 256 MB (NVIDIA GeForce 6800 equivalent or better. Minimum: 3D graphics card with 128 MB Ram and Shader 1.4. 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 Gothic 3 need?

The publisher recommends 4 GB of RAM (minimum: 2 GB).

How much storage does Gothic 3 take?

The official page asks for 5 GB of storage.

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