Can I Run Unreal Tournament 3?
Epic Games, Inc. · 2009
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Our verdict
Runs well on any recent graphics card
A budget GTX 1650 or RX 6500 XT averages about 79 FPS at 1080p.
Check your own PC ↓Estimated FPS at 1080p
GAMERSPECS ESTIMATEOn a mid-range RTX 4060 or RX 7600, Unreal Tournament 3 averages about 204 FPS at 1080p; a budget GTX 1650 or RX 6500 XT averages about 79 FPS, and a high-end RTX 4080 or RX 7900 XTX averages 300+ FPS.
The publisher states no target settings for Unreal Tournament 3, so figures assume High, the usual target of a recommended spec.
Budget GPU
GTX 1650 / RX 6500 XT
~70–85 FPS
High (assumed from the recommended spec) · native
Playable
Mid-range GPU
RTX 4060 / RX 7600
~185–225 FPS
High (assumed from the recommended spec) · native
Excellent
High-end GPU
RTX 4080 / RX 7900 XTX
300+ FPS
Graphics card's limit
High (assumed from the recommended spec) · native
Excellent
300+ FPS: This is the graphics card's limit. The game's own frame cap or your CPU will often set the real number.
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Check My PC →What limits performance in Unreal Tournament 3
The graphics card, but only on older or budget hardware: any recent card holds 60 FPS at 1080p.
Graphics card (GPU)
Not a limit on most PCs
Even a budget GTX 1650 or RX 6500 XT averages about 79 FPS at 1080p.
Processor (CPU)
No measured limit
The publisher doesn't state a processor requirement. We have no measured processor limit for Unreal Tournament 3, so the frame rates on this page assume your processor isn't holding the graphics card back.
Video memory (VRAM)
Not stated
The publisher doesn't state a video memory requirement, so we don't estimate one.
Settings to lower first in Unreal Tournament 3
- 1Nothing, on a dedicated graphics card: even a budget card holds 60 FPS at 1080p.
- 2On integrated graphics, lower the resolution or render scale first. Intel Iris Xe averages about 36 FPS at 1080p.
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Unreal Tournament 3 System Requirements
The official minimum and recommended PC specs for Unreal Tournament 3, component by component.
| Component | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 7 | Windows 7 |
| Graphics | — | AMD Radeon HD 7970 and above |
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Minimum
OS - Windows 7 or above Processor - 2 GHZ Single Core Processor Memory - 512MB Storage - 8 GB Direct X - DirectX 9.0c Graphics - NVIDIA 6200+ or ATI Radeon 9600+ Video Card
Recommended
OS - Windows 7 or above Processor - 3 GHZ Multi Core Processor Memory - 4GB Storage - 8 GB Direct X - DirectX 9.0c Graphics - Nvidia 600 Series or AMD Radeon HD 7970 and above
Source: Steam
Unreal Tournament 3 — FAQ
Can I run Unreal Tournament 3?+
Runs well on any recent graphics card. A budget GTX 1650 or RX 6500 XT averages about 79 FPS at 1080p. Use the checker on this page to test your exact CPU, GPU, RAM and OS against the official requirements.
Can Unreal Tournament 3 run without a graphics card?+
Yes. Even Intel Iris Xe integrated graphics averages about 36 FPS at 1080p, and AMD's Radeon 780M averages about 58 FPS.
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