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Star Wars Battlefront's PC System Requirements Revealed

Here's what you'll need to run DICE's shooter.

By Tamoor Hussain on October 6, 2015 at 3:24AM PDT

The minimum and recommended PC hardware requirements for Star Wars Battlefront have appeared on the game's Origin page. Here's what you'll need to run DICE's upcoming first-person shooter.

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Minimum PC System Requirements

OS: 64-bit Windows 7 or later
Processor (Intel): Intel i3 6300T or equivalent
Memory: 8GB RAM
Hard Drive: At least 40 GB of free space
Graphics card (NVIDIA): nVidia GeForce GTX 660 2GB
Graphics card (ATI): ATI Radeon HD 7850 2GB
DirectX: 11.0 Compatible video card or equivalent
Online Connection Requirements: 512 KBPS or faster Internet connection

Recommended PC System Requirements

OS: 64-bit Windows 10 or later
Processor (Intel): Intel i5 6600 or equivalent
Memory: 16GB RAM
Hard Drive: At least 40 GB of free space
Graphics card (NVIDIA): nVidia GeForce GTX 970 4GB
Graphics card (AMD): AMD Radeon R9 290 4GB
DirectX: 11.1 Compatible video card or equivalent
Online Connection Requirements: 512 KBPS or faster Internet connection

Star Wars Battlefront ships to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC in North America on November 17, and comes to the UK and Australia on November 19. The Star Wars Battlefront Beta begins on October 8 and runs until October 12.

Speaking to GameSpot, a senior developer at DICE has indicated microtransactions won't be included in Star Wars Battlefront.

"[Microtransactions are] not part of the core design of how it works," said design director Niklas Fegraeus. "This is a progression system based on your gameplay performance."

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I played the beta at 2560x1440 with Ultra and it doesn't use more than 6GB ram, not sure why is asking for 16GB RAM as recommended.

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Does Battlefront use DX12?

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Whats the AMD equivalent to a i5 6600.

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@demonkingx5: AMD is severely outdated with their single-core speed. So there is no real equivalent. But your best bet would be a highly clocked 8-core AMD processor. But still, it will not run as good as on a i5-6600. But the game will definitely be playable on high settings on for example an AMD FX-8350.

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Translation: Minimum Spec

CPU: 3rd Gen i3 or AMD FX6300

Memory: 6GB RAM

GPU: GTX 660 / HD7850

Basically the spare PC I keep in the bedroom.

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@beantownsean: Eww 6300 yuck pick the i3.

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@demonkingx5:

Yeah, I'd take the i3 over the 6300 if I were building a rig. That said, I have an FX4130 in my spare rig and it can run games like Shadow of Mordor at Medium Settings 1080.

Hard to believe the FX4130 weaker than my old Phenom 965, but it works.

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@beantownsean: FX IPC is terrible so the Phenom II line is faster. AMD actually took a step back with pile driver in terms of IPC.

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Most games these days have exaggerated requirements. Metal Gear Phantom Rain says you need i5 4460 CPU, but in reality people can play it even on 1st generation core i3

There is no way Star Wars Battlefront would need 6th gen i3 and GTX 660 if you run this game with 1080p lowest settings and ~ 30fps. GTX 660 can run almost any current games at high settings (not max) with playable performance. Low settings would probably run fine on much weaker GPU than GTX 660

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@rabih55555: like I have said. Pc gamer had it running at 1080p, 30-48fps all settings at Ultra on an R9 260x which is a tier lower than the minimum.

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@rabih55555: I think part of it is to have a high cut off for technical support. But yeah, I can run MGS V on my Core 2 Quad 2.40 GHz.

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To everyone worried read this....

http://www.pcgamer.com/dont-be-too-intimidated-by-battlefronts-recommended-specs/

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LOL, noone will play this game :) What an absurd amount of system resources. Even minimum requirements are way blown...

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Wow I've never seen a game that needs 16gb of ram. My poor little gtx 770, how will you survive the next 2 years?

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@alpha_unit97: pc gamer had it running at "Ultra" 1080p 30-40fps on a R9 260x which is lower than the minumum.

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Are you kidding me? These specs are significantly beefier than the Xbox 1 and PS4 combined. How are they able to get it to run on those consoles smoothly and looking good, but require something more than 4x more powerful than those consoles? Do a better job please. And it's not just EA, but Ubisoft has the same problems.

GTX970 is not top of the line, but it's from the latest generation of nvidia cards. It is a very good card.

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@lostn: PC gamer had it running at 1080p 30FPS on all "Ultra" on a R9 260x which is lower than the minimum.

They could hit (and almost hold 60fps) at Low 1080p on the same card. They said it still looked great.

I fully expect a 660ti to match or even beat consoles. You don't honestly think ps4 /X1 will be running Ultra settings do you?

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@Frozzik: Why do they inflate the requirements? Sounds like they intentionally want to limit their sales if older systems can actually play the game but are being led to believe their rig can't handle it.

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@lostn: personally I think it's simply to cover their backs. So much backlash in recent months from games running poorly on some systems. Plus some pc gamers insist on 60fps no matter what.

Usually the requirements reflect a steady 60fps in all situations.

If you can play happily at 30 most games will run on systems below the minimum, as seems to be the case here.

These are just my thoughts, not facts.

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@Frozzik: I agree. It is just to keep from people contacting support about having issues with 6-7 year old hardware. That doesn't mean it won't run, however.

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I rather wait for the release before jumping to conclusions on how well BF is going to run. My concern with EA is their track record on maintaining and fixing their games.

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Guess some low enders are going to be unhappy, The game recommended is 16 GB and the minimum is 8. As technology moves on so will the requirements. The writing was on the wall and I am glad I future proofed my systems.

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16gb ram!!!!!??????

Uhahahahahahaaaa!!!!

Nice one, maybe best this month! Never had this much laugh recently.

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PC Gamers, paying for better pixels since ever

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@soensoe: http://www.pcgamer.com/dont-be-too-intimidated-by-battlefronts-recommended-specs/

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Heh, master race problems. You can almost hear the butts clenching, credit cards sliding and graphic settings going down...

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wow 16gb rec. i remember when it was 2gb. games going to start needed 16gb. just when i thought 8gb was good enough.

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In other words, To get console quality visuals, Your 4-year-old PC components will do just fine. To get 4k at 60fps, you need an $800+ custom rig (or $1400+ premade).

And yet, the differences will be fairly negligible to the majority of people who aren't graphic snobs.

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@Daveof89: 1080p vs 4k isn't negligible at all.

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@Daveof89:

Gonna cost more than $800 mate. A decent graphics card alone is going to run ya $400.

But you're absolutely right about the graphics being negligible. My PS4 looks every bit as good as a mid-high end PC, especially on a 60" HD TV. Just sayin :)

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@Gravity_Slave: Really? funny that our ps4 looks like trash vs my 2 high end pc's running full 4k 60fps on our 65" 4k TV. Don't even get me started on framerates.

It does however look and run almost Identical to my old, last gen pc running an i5 and 660ti.

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@Frozzik:

Lol typical PC elitist snobbery. I'm glad mommy and daddy buy you such expensive stuff but most gamers are happy with what consoles can do, especially at a fraction of the price. The rest of us responsible adults with families don't need all that.

But you keep playin that 4k card and nit-picking pixels like some snooty wine-taster... I'm more than happy playing the exclusives that you don't get with none of the crashes.

Honest question: are the ladies equally as impressed with your set up? Assuming you can convince (or pay) one to come over.

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@Gravity_Slave: here you go. Typical rant from an idiot that cannot fathom that people like and prefer different things.

I prefer a nice meal in a nice restaurant to a Burger and Fries, I prefer nice clothes to bargain shop clothes, a nice home to a shack. Why do you feel the need to attack someone with different taste or standards to you?? Are you that pathetically insecure?

Just because I like my games a certain way does not mean I think any less of anyone that doesn't. It's up to them.

As usual (like your other posts) you get personal, funniest thing is you are so far from the truth it just shows how sad and pathetic you actually are.

Enjoy your consoles, they have some truly amazing games.

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@Gravity_Slave: You gotta learn how to buy stuff on sale, bro ;) I built a rig with an amd 8350 3.4ghz (4 OC), 16gb Corsair vengeance 2133 ddr3, 1tb samsung ssd, MSI gtx 970, AND a corsair h100i for just under $900, and everything was brand new.

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@Daveof89:

Or I could just buy the console immediately...plug it in instead of waiting for a sale, waiting for it to be delivered and waiting to build it while I wait some more to install everything.

Even if you do manage to keep it under a grand, you're under cutting your tech and still spending 3 times more than you would a console. Yeah, I'll stick to the consoles.

Not everyone wants to be Bob the Builder with their gaming.

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@Gravity_Slave: Not everyone (actually, no one) uses their computers for just gaming either... that's pretty much all consoles are good for. Apps on consoles cannot compare to pc software.

I didn't undercut ANY of my tech. I have high quality parts that should last me for years, and when your console dies, you have to replace the whole thing. You never have to replace an entire computer (unless you are talking laptops, which we're not).

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@Daveof89:

Iol seriously? You think people are building these monster rigs just to do Quickbooks? Of course they're building them just to game. Anything else is circumstantial. Surf the web, movies? I can do that on my smart phone.

"That's pretty much all consoles are good for."

Right, because no one streams movies, surfs the web, watches Twitch and YouTube on consoles. Just games right? And even if you said was true, that would only make consoles better! Who wouldn't want a system dedicated to gaming?! That's why you have dedicated servers (and not PCs) that just run games. Like consoles, they're specifically designed to handle that.

And while your PC will last a "few years"...my console will go a decade (that's 10 years sport) And yup, if it breaks, I send it in because there's a thing called a warranty. But your point is stupid considering you could say the same for any appliance.

Besides, Id rather buy a new $350 console than screw around diagnosing, taking apart, and patching up a PC, then ordering expensive parts and waiting to get them delivered...only to put it back together and install everything. I wanna game, not play IT repair guy.

In the end you spent a ton more money for not that much more. Oh, I can trade my console games in for new stuff? Good luck trying that with a PC.

Good chat

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@Gravity_Slave: Seriously? You think people are building these monster rigs for the sole purpose of gaming? Here are just a few things people use these monster rigs for:

Gaming, photo/video editing, CREATING games, doing work/homework, storing masses of files of any conceivable data type, opening masses of files of any conceivable data type, modding games, playing modded games, playing games online without subscriptions, playing games from a nearly infinite library, humble bundles, steam sales, the list goes on...

People don't need consoles for any of those extra features you mentioned... smart tv's, roku/apple tv's, media PC's, they all do those things better than consoles because consoles have them as added features, whereas the rest have them as primary features.

And if you think your console will go a decade, you're obviously new to gaming... anyone who owned a last-gen console will tell you that they went through at LEAST 2-3 consoles due to the things breaking. Current consoles will be no different. I've had an Xbox one since launch day, and my kinect is already broken. My friend had to replace his Xbox One because it stopped working. Your warranty will last a whole 12 months, and then, you're screwed.

You clearly don't understand computers at all, which is why you hate them so much. You think you have to reinstall everything if one part breaks. You think all the parts are expensive. You my friend, need to step into the 21st century and google this stuff before you get left behind.

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@Daveof89: Maybe if you're drunk

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@ztype85: I have messed with the graphics of GTA V on my pc just to test. While there are subtle differences between 1080p and 4k, they are just that, subtle.

Granted, the size of your screen makes a difference, but the average pc screen is somewhere between 20"-25", which makes the differences almost undetectable.

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@Daveof89: are you blind? GTA5 is one game that benefits immensely at 4k. 1080p is a jagged mess. It's truly hideous. AA completely kills performance and even at 4x it still has slight jaggies. FXAA helps further but badly blurrs the image.

At 4k jaggies are pretty much none existent on the entire image and FXAA/TXAA is not needed at all.

You get a perfectly sharp, smooth and crystal clear, jaggie free image at 4k.

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@Frozzik:

Ever see Boogie on YouTube? That's exactly how I picture you but with the Simpsons Comic Book Guys attitude.

Sounds like a compliment but it's so not. Have fun with the single life buddy...or rather, get used to it. Yikes.

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@Gravity_Slave: I wouldn't take anything you say as a compliment. You are a vile little thing. Just have to read you posts.

Always amusing how far you are from the truth though.

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@Frozzik:

Aww I hit a nerve. :0

It must burn you up knowing how right I was. Sad part is, I guessed what you look like, but there's no guessing with you acting like a condescending snob. Now go rant on your blog about how a mean peasant hurt your feelings.

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@Gravity_Slave: wow, you still waffling on. What a sad bitter little person you are. I genuinely feel sorry for you and anyone who knows you.

Being so obnoxious, repugnant and judgmental towards a person that has and expresses a standard and opinion that differs from your own.

The fact that the opinion is over video games just makes it sad. Pathetic.

I have to wonder, were you this unpleasant towards all those people who preferred (and confessed to it) DVD over VHS? What about those that claimed Blue Ray looked better than DVD? Stereo sound over mono?

I'm assuming you just target anyone that has access to or enjoys anything you don't.

You seriously need to get a life. If you really are that interested in my looks, or personal life feel free to add me on Facebook.

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@Frozzik: Truly hideous? You, my friend, are a graphics snob. I don't pay attention to every frigging pixel when I'm playing games, nor does anyone unless they're specifically TRYING to focus on the pixels. You get immersed in the gameplay, and all the sudden, those tiny little pixels look identical, 1080 or 4k. We're not talking 1024x768 here...

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@Daveof89: I am a graphics snob, I'm the first to admit it and that's why I buy powerful pc's to game on.(as apposed to mid ranged)

Now when I say that I'm talking more about the image quality/FPS than actual graphics. I play all kinds of games, old and new and love all kinds of games. I do however hate jaggies and blurring as well as lack of texture filtering. That's just me, each to his own. Doesn't mean I play for graphics, I don't. Was playing Zeus:Masters of Olympus last night, amazing game, love it.

My hideous comment referred to the aliasing and/or blurring of the image with FXAA/TXAA or no AA. Same goes for MGS5. Running in 1080p with very high Post Process looks truly horrible alongside 4k with high post process (no AA). It's just blurred and still has jaggies at 1080p

Now, saying the difference from 1080p to 4k is subtle is just a blatant lie. Its 4x the pixels. On GTA5 going from no AA to 4x AA is a huge difference in image quality. Using 4k, whether its DSR or native ( I use both depending on the display I use) has even more of an affect on the image quality than 4xAA. Its vastly more noticeable than going from 1024x768 to 1920x1080.

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I have a GTX 970, i5-4590 and 16 GB of RAM. I just about meet the recommended requirements, although my processor is slightly slower than the recommended one. I think I'll be able to play this on high settings 60 fps with ease. Maybe even put some things on ultra.

With my system I can play Battlefield 4 on ultra, framerates variable but 60+.

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@Wiro_: easily. Like I've said above, read this

http://www.pcgamer.com/dont-be-too-intimidated-by-battlefronts-recommended-specs/

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@Wiro_: A 6th gen i5 is only about 10% faster than a 3rd gen i5. You have a 4th gen. You're fine.

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