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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

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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

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.

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