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The Battlefield 2042 PC requirements have been revealed ahead of the game’s open beta next week. 

Following the announcement of the Battlefield 2042 open beta yesterday - which is set to take place on October 8 - 9 - the official Battlefield Twitter account revealed what kind of specs players will need to successfully run the beta, and eventually the full game, on PC. 

According to the tweet, to meet the recommended PC requirements, players are going to need an NVIDIA Geforce RTX 3060 or AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT graphics card, 16GB of RAM, and 100GB of SSD. Not much has changed in the minimum requirements which requires either an NVIDIA Geforce GTX 1050 TI or AMD Radeon RX 560 GPU, 8GB of RAM, and still 100GB of SSD space. The full list of requirements can be found below. 

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 Recommended PC specs

  • OS: 64-BIT Windows 10
  • Processor (AMD): AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
  • Processor (INTEL): INTEL Core 17 4790
  • Memory: 16GB
  • Video memory: 8GB
  • Graphics card (NVIDIA): NVIDIA Geforce RTX 3060
  • Graphics card (AMD): AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
  • DirectX: 12
  • Online connection requirements: 512 KBPS or faster internet connection
  • Hard-drive space: 100GB SSD

Minimum PC specs

  • OS: 64-BIT Windows 10
  • Processor (AMD): AMD Ryzen 5 3600
  • Processor (INTEL): Core 15 6600K
  • Memory: 8GB
  • Video memory: 4GB
  • Graphics card (NVIDIA): NVIDIA Geforce GTX 1050 TI
  • Graphics card (AMD): AMD Radeon RX 560
  • DirectX: 12
  • Online connection requirements: 512 KBPS or faster internet connection
  • Hard-drive space: 100GB SSD 

Recommended and minimum PC specs: pic.twitter.com/w1YMEvOAZSSeptember 28, 2021

If you’re planning on playing the open beta next week, here’s everything you need to know. The beta will be available across all supported platforms from October 8 until October 9, 2021. Those organized players who pre-ordered Battlefield 2042 will actually be able to access the beta two days early on October 6 - 7 from 12AM PT / 3AM ET / 8AM BST. Players will be able to prepare for the beta from October 5 which is when the pre-load will become available and the entire thing will be finished on October 10, 2021. 

Want to get all the practice you can in before the open beta? Take a look at our list of the best FPS games for something to play in the meantime. 

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