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In Total War: Three Kingdoms the Han Dynasty has fallen, and the empire has fallen into anarchy. A tyrant warlord, known as Dong Zhuo, currently reigns supreme, yet an alliance of China's great families are planning to form a coalition in order to challenge his rule.

Total War: Three Kingdoms System Requirements

14 Mar 2019 - Specs reviewed

Official Minimum Requirements

PC Minimum Specifications (Integrated)
Expected around 25-35 FPS on campaign map and in a 1v1, 21 units vs 21 units battle, default graphics preset set to “Low”, running at 1280×720
Operating System: Windows 7 64 Bit
Processor: i7-8550U 1.80GHz
RAM: 6GB
Video Card: Intel UHD Graphics 620
PC Minimum Specifications (Discrete)
Expected around 25-35 FPS on campaign map and in a 1v1, 21 units vs 21 units battle, default graphics preset set to “Low”, running at 1280×720
Operating System: Windows 7 64 Bit
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 3.00Ghz
RAM: 4GB
Video Card: GTX 650 Ti | HD 7850 1GB VRAM

Official Recommended Requirements

PC Recommended Specifications
Expected around 45-55 FPS on campaign map and in a 1v1, 21 units vs 21 units battle, default graphics preset set to “High”, running at 1920×1080
Operating System: Windows 10 64 Bit
Processor: Intel i5-6600 | Ryzen 5 2600X
RAM: 8GB
Video Card: GTX 970 | R9 Fury X 4GB VRAM
PC 60 FPS+ Specifications
Expect 60 FPS+ on campaign map and in a 1v1, 21 units vs 21 units battle, default graphics preset set to “Ultra”, running at 1920×1080
Operating System: Windows 10 64 Bit
Processor: Intel® Core™ Intel i7-8700K
RAM: 8GB
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

PC System Analysis For Total War: Three Kingdoms Requirements

What do you require to run Total War 3 Kingdoms on high graphics settings at a resolution of 1080p. You require an Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz/AMD FX-8370 with 8 GB RAM and either an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon RX 580. This will get around 45-55 FPS on the campaign map in TW 3 Kingdoms and the same in a 20 unit vs 20 unit battle. To run TW Three Kingdoms on Ultra graphic settings at 60FPS and 1080p, you'll need an Intel Intel Core i7-9700K or AMD Ryzen 7 2700x with at least 16GB system memory and an Nvidia GTX 1070 GPU. TW 3K is built on the 64bit Total War Game Engine 3

FPS System Benchmark

79 FPS

High

Graphics Card

GTX 1060

How well optimised is Total War: Three Kingdoms for PC? Total War: Three Kingdoms is well optimized

7.6

Where does Total War: Three Kingdoms rank in the list of the most demanding games?

100+

Genres: Strategy, Turn-based, Historic, War

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Total War: Three Kingdoms System Requirements

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AMD CPU

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Direct X

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GD Verdict

Minimum Requirements

Intel CPU

AMD CPU

Nvidia Graphics Card

AMD Graphics Card

VRAM

RAM

Direct X

HDD Space

GD Verdict

Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0GHz

Phenom 8750 Triple-Core

GeForce GTX 650 Ti

Radeon HD 7850

1 GB

4 GB

Win 7 64

DX 11

60 GB

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Recommended Requirements

Intel CPU

AMD CPU

Nvidia Graphics Card

AMD Graphics Card

VRAM

RAM

Direct X

HDD Space

GD Verdict

Core i5-6600 3.3GHz

Ryzen 5 2600X 6-Core 3.6GHz

GeForce GTX 970 4GB

Radeon R9 FURY X 4GB

4 GB

8 GB

Win 10 64

DX 11

60 GB

FPS

Ultra Requirements

Intel CPU

AMD CPU

Nvidia Graphics Card

AMD Graphics Card

VRAM

RAM

Direct X

HDD Space

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Core i7-8700K 6-Core 3.7GHz

Ryzen R7 1700X

GeForce RTX 2060 6GB

Radeon RX Vega 56 8GB

6 GB

8 GB

Win 10 64

DX 11

60 GB

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Premium Only FPS

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Premium Only FPS

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Premium Only FPS

Total War: Three Kingdoms PC Release Date:

23 May 2019

Alternative Game Tags: total war china, tw threekingdoms,tw 3 kingdoms, totalwarthreekingdoms, total war asia, totalwar 3kingdoms

Game FPS Benchmarks On Ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

95.6 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080 Super 8GB

88.3 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

83.9 FPS

GeForce RTX 2070 Super 8GB

81.8 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile

76.3 FPS

GeForce RTX 2070

76.1 FPS

GeForce RTX 2060 Super 8GB

74.8 FPS

Radeon RX 5700 XT 8GB

72.8 FPS

GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile

70.5 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q 90W

67.8 FPS

Radeon RX 5700 8GB

65.8 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q

65.1 FPS

GeForce GTX 1070

60 FPS

GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q

57.6 FPS

GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile

55.7 FPS

Radeon RX 5600 XT 6GB

53.4 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6GB

49 FPS

Radeon RX Vega 64 Air 8GB

48.7 FPS

GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB

44.7 FPS

Radeon RX 5500 XT 4GB

40 FPS

Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB

40 FPS

Radeon RX 5500M 4GB

30.1 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

64.2 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080 Super 8GB

59.2 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

56.3 FPS

GeForce RTX 2070 Super 8GB

54.9 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile

51.2 FPS

GeForce RTX 2070

51.1 FPS

GeForce RTX 2060 Super 8GB

50.2 FPS

GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile

47.3 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q 90W

45.5 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q

43.6 FPS

Radeon RX 5700 XT 8GB

43.2 FPS

GeForce GTX 1070

41.9 FPS

GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q

38.6 FPS

GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile

37.7 FPS

Radeon RX 5700 8GB

37.5 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6GB

34.9 FPS

Radeon RX 5600 XT 6GB

34.1 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

32.1 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080 Super 8GB

29.6 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

28.2 FPS

GeForce RTX 2070 Super 8GB

27.5 FPS

GeForce RTX 2070

25.5 FPS

GeForce RTX 2060 Super 8GB

25.1 FPS

GeForce GTX 1070

20 FPS

Radeon RX Vega 64 Air 8GB

17.5 FPS

GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB

14.6 FPS

Total War: Three Kingdoms vs Avg. AAA Game System Requirements

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CPU

Core I7-5775R 4-Core 3.3GHz

26%

Graphics Card

Radeon RX 480X 4GB

14%

RAM

13GB

63%

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