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Can you run Serious Sam 3: BFE? PC requirements and settings
Serious Sam 3: BFE, by Croteam (Action, Indie), came out on Steam on November 22, 2011.
Here are the official specs, and what they mean on the most common graphics cards.
Publisher's recommended cardnVidia GeForce 480/580 GTX, ATI/AMD Radeon HD 5870/6970
Minimum cardnVidia GeForce 7800/7900/8600 series, ATI/AMD Radeon HD2600/3600 or 1800/X1900 series
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 32-bit (with service pack 2 or 3)
- Processor
- Dual-core from Intel or AMD at 2.0 GHz
- Memory
- 1GB
- Graphics
- nVidia GeForce 7800/7900/8600 series, ATI/AMD Radeon HD2600/3600 or 1800/X1900 series
- DirectX
- 9.0c
- Storage
- 4GB free hard drive space
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 7 64-bit
- Processor
- Quad-core from Intel (i5/i7-series) or AMD (Phenom II) at 3.0 GHz
- Memory
- 4GB
- Graphics
- nVidia GeForce 480/580 GTX, ATI/AMD Radeon HD 5870/6970
- DirectX
- 9.0c
- Storage
- 4GB free hard drive space
Source: the
game's Steam page, read on October 7, 2026.
Where to buy
Buy Serious Sam 3: BFE
The official page first. In ORION, the Store tab compares prices across shops, with the
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On your PC
The same estimate with your own hardware, and the settings applied for you
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Questions
Serious Sam 3: BFE at a glance
Which graphics card do I need for Serious Sam 3: BFE at 1080p?
The publisher recommends: nVidia GeForce 480/580 GTX, ATI/AMD Radeon HD 5870/6970. Minimum: nVidia GeForce 7800/7900/8600 series, ATI/AMD Radeon HD2600/3600 or 1800/X1900 series. 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 Serious Sam 3: BFE need?
The publisher recommends 4 GB of RAM (minimum: 1 GB).
How much storage does Serious Sam 3: BFE take?
The official page asks for 4GB free hard drive space of storage.