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Can I Run Assassin’s Creed® III?

Ubisoft Montreal · 2012

The American Colonies, 1775. As a Native American assassin fights to protect his land and people, he will ignite the flames of a young nation’s revolution.

Can You Run Assassin’s Creed® III?

Pick your CPU, GPU, RAM and OS — we check each one against Assassin’s Creed® III’s official minimum and recommended requirements.

Your PC

You can run Assassin’s Creed® III — and then some

Your PC meets the recommended requirements. Expect a great experience.

ComponentYour PCMinimumRecommended
GPUGeForce RTX 4060512 MB DirectX® 10—compliant with Shader Model 4.0 or higher (see supported list)* DirectX®: 101024 MB DirectX® 10—compliant with Shader Model 5.0 or higher (see supported list)* DirectX®: 10
CPUCore i5-134002.60 GHz Intel® Core™2 Duo E8200 or 2.60 GHz AMD Athlon™ II X4 6202.66 GHz Intel® Core™2 Quad Q9400 or 3.00 GHz AMD Phenom™ II X4 940
RAM16 GB2 GB4 GB
OSWindows 11

Verdict compares your components against the game’s published requirements using our GPU/CPU benchmark database. Estimates — real performance varies with drivers, settings and cooling.

Estimated FPS at 1080p

Deterministic estimates based on Assassin’s Creed® III’s rendering demand. For your exact CPU + GPU, use the finder below.

Budget GPU

GTX 1650 / RX 6500 XT

40 FPS

Low Performance

Mid-range GPU

RTX 4060 / RX 7600

88 FPS

Playable

High-end GPU

RTX 4080 / RX 7900 XTX

168 FPS

Excellent

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Assassin’s Creed® III System Requirements

Minimum

OS *: Windows Vista® (SP2) Processor: 2.60 GHz Intel® Core™2 Duo E8200 or 2.60 GHz AMD Athlon™ II X4 620 Memory: 2 GB Graphics: 512 MB DirectX® 10—compliant with Shader Model 4.0 or higher (see supported list)* DirectX®: 10 Hard Drive: 17 GB Sound: DirectX 10—compliant (5.1 surround sound recommended) Multiplayer: 256 kbps or faster broadband connection Peripherals: Windows-compatible keyboard, mouse, optional controller (Xbox 360 Controller for Windows recommended) *Supported Video Cards at Time of Release: AMD Radeon™ HD 4850 / 5000 / 6000 / 7000 series NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800 GT / 9 / 200 / 4

Recommended

OS *: Windows Vista® (SP2) Processor: 2.66 GHz Intel® Core™2 Quad Q9400 or 3.00 GHz AMD Phenom™ II X4 940 Memory: 4 GB Graphics: 1024 MB DirectX® 10—compliant with Shader Model 5.0 or higher (see supported list)* DirectX®: 10 Hard Drive: 17 GB Sound: DirectX 10–compliant (5.1 surround sound recommended) Multiplayer: 256 kbps or faster broadband connection Peripherals: Windows-compatible keyboard, mouse, optional controller (Xbox 360 Controller for Windows recommended) *Supported Video Cards at Time of Release: AMD Radeon™ HD 4850 / 5000 / 6000 / 7000 series NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800 GT / 9 / 200 /

Requirements sourced from the official Steam store listing.

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