PC requirements

Sniper Elite III System Requirements

Sniper Elite III needs at least Dual-core CPU with SSE3 (Intel® Pentium® D 3GHz / AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 4200) or better, 2 GB RAM and Microsoft® DirectX® 10.0 compatible graphics card with 256 MB of memory (NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800 series / ATI Radeon™ HD 3870) or better graphics.

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Sniper Elite III minimum and recommended PC specifications
Component Minimum
Operating system Microsoft® Windows® Vista (Service Pack 2) or Windows® 7 (Service Pack 1) or Windows® 8 or Windows 8.1. Windows® XP is NOT supported.
Processor Dual-core CPU with SSE3 (Intel® Pentium® D 3GHz / AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 4200) or better
Memory 2 GB RAM
Graphics Microsoft® DirectX® 10.0 compatible graphics card with 256 MB of memory (NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800 series / ATI Radeon™ HD 3870) or better
DirectX Version 11
Storage 18 GB available space
Additional notes Microsoft® DirectX® 10.0 compatible sound card or better
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Other platforms

Sniper Elite III is also available on these systems, where hardware is fixed and no per-PC check is needed:

Quick answers

Running Sniper Elite III on PC

Can my PC run Sniper Elite III?
Compare your CPU, GPU and RAM against the minimum column below. If your parts match or beat every minimum row, the game will launch — though you may need to lower settings. Matching the recommended column is what gets you 60fps at 1080p.
How much storage does Sniper Elite III need?
18 GB available space