Gameplay in Mass Effect 3 will be influenced by decisions from Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2 and will include locations throughout the galaxy, including Earth and Mars. Combat has been changed and refined; in particular, the cover system has been improved, there will be more options for moving around the battlefield, instant melee kills and conventional grenades will be introduced, and there will be increased artificial intelligence.
Mass Effect 3 will follow from the events of the Mass Effect 2 DLC expansion Arrival and follow Commander Shepard as he/she tries to save the galaxy from the Reapers by rallying civilizations of the galaxy together, while also having to deal with Cerberus, who have decided to turn against him/her

Mass Effect 3 System Requirements

14 Mar 2012 - Specs reviewed

Official Minimum Requirements

RAM:4GB
Vram:512 GB Pixel Shader 3.0
OS:Win 7 (64 bit)
DX:9
HDD:15 GB

Official Recommended Requirements

Intel CPU:Pentium G2020 2.9 GHz
Amd CPU:Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+
Amd GPU:AMD/ATI Radeon HD 4850
Nvidia GPU:NVidia GeForce 9800 GT
RAM:5GB
Vram:1 GB Pixel Shader 3.0
OS:Win 10 (64 bit)
DX:9
HDD:15 GB

PC System Analysis For Mass Effect 3 Requirements

To run Mass Effect 3 on high graphics settings your PC will require at least a 0MB GeForce 9800 GT / Radeon HD 4850 with a Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz or Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ CPU. 4 GB will also be needed to achieve the Mass Effect 3 rec specs and get 60FPS. To be able to run at all you will need at least 1 GB system memory. We suggest a 13 year old PC to play smoothly.

FPS System Benchmark

200+ FPS

High

Graphics Card

GTX 1060

How well optimised is Mass Effect 3 for PC? Mass Effect 3 is excellently optimized

9.4

Where does Mass Effect 3 rank in the list of the most demanding games?

100+

Genres: Action, RPG, Shooter, Sci fi

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8.8

Mass Effect 3 System Requirements

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AMD CPU

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AMD Graphics Card

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RAM

Direct X

HDD Space

GD Verdict

Minimum Requirements

Intel CPU

AMD CPU

Nvidia Graphics Card

AMD Graphics Card

VRAM

RAM

Direct X

HDD Space

GD Verdict

Pentium Dual Core E2160 1.80GHz

Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+

GeForce 405

Radeon HD 6380G

1 GB

Win Xp 32

DX 9

15 GB

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GD Adjusted Requirements

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AMD CPU

Nvidia Graphics Card

AMD Graphics Card

VRAM

RAM

Direct X

HDD Space

GD Verdict

Celeron E3400 Dual-Core 2.6GHz

Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5400+

GeForce GT 240

Radeon HD 5570 512MB

512 MB

2 GB

Win Xp 32

DX 9

15 GB

FPS

Recommended Requirements

Intel CPU

AMD CPU

Nvidia Graphics Card

AMD Graphics Card

VRAM

RAM

Direct X

HDD Space

GD Verdict

Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz

Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+

GeForce 9800 GT

Radeon HD 4850

512 MB

4 GB

Win Xp 32

DX 9

15 GB

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Mass Effect 3 PC Release Date:

9 Mar 2012

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