C&C 3 Tiberium Wars: System Requirements

The following are the official minimum system requirements for C&C 3: Tiberium Wars.

OS:

  • Windows XP, or
  • Windows Vista (32-bit; 64-bit versions of Vista are not supported)

For Windows XP:

  • (Single Core) Intel P4 2.0 GHz / AMD Athlon 2000+
  • RAM: 512 MB +
  • DirectX 9.0c, NVIDIA GeForce 4+ / ATI Radeon 8500+ video card
    (Note: ATI Radeon 9200 and 9250 PCI, NVIDIA GeForce 4 MX cards are not supported.)
  • DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
  • Disk Drive: 8X or faster DVD-ROM drive
  • Hard Drive: 6 GB of free hard drive space
  • For Multiplayer games: 2 to 8 players with optional voice support, network or Internet connection required (Cable, DSL, or faster connection)

 

For Windows Vista: (64-bit version of Vista is not supported)

  • Intel P4 2.2 GHz / AMD Athlon 2200+
  • RAM: 1 GB +
  • NVIDIA GeForce 6100+ / ATI Radeon 9500+ video card
    (Note: At the time of release, Windows Vista is not compatible with ATI-based video cards with Radeon 9250 chipsets and below, in addition to NVIDIA-based video cards with GeForce 5000 series chipsets and below. ATI Radeon 9200 and 9250 PCI and NVIDIA GeForce 4 MX cards not supported. By extension, the game is not compatible with these chipsets on Windows Vista machines.)
  • DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
    (Note: For Creative Sound Blaster Audigy cards running under Windows Vista, Intel P4 2.6 GHz CPU or equivalent, or multi-core CPU, required)
  • Disk Drive: 8X or faster DVD-ROM drive
  • Hard Drive: 6 GB of free hard drive space
  • For Multiplayer games: 2 to 8 players with optional voice support, network or Internet connection required (Cable, DSL, or faster connection)

 

Additionally, we recommend a 256MB card, if possible. An above average graphics card with an average processor will yield better results than the other way around.