Max Payne 3 PC Requirements
To play it you need at least a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960-class graphics card ; to play it as the developers intended, aim for a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960. Among the games we track, it is undemanding by current standards.
- Minimum GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
- Recommended GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
- RAM
- 2 GB
- Disk
- 35 GB
Which graphics cards clear it
All 165 desktop cards we track, sorted against the publisher's minimum and recommended card.
What the publisher lists
Quoted from the Steam store page — see the original. Where we could place a named part, our closest match is underneath.
| Part | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| Graphics card | NVIDIA® 8600 GT 512MB VRAM – NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 680 2GB VRAM / Radeon HD 3400 512MB VRAM - Radeon HD 7970 3GB VRAM matches NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 | Publisher didn't say matches NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 |
| Processor | Intel Dual Core 2.4 GHZ - i7 3930K 6 Core x 3.06 GHZ / AMD Dual Core 2.6 GHZ - FX-8150 8 Core x 3.6 GHZ | Publisher didn't say |
| Memory | 2 GB | 2 GB |
| Video memory | 2 GB | Publisher didn't say |
| Storage | 35 GB | 35 GB |
| Windows | Windows 10 | Same as minimum |
| DirectX | Publisher didn't say | Same as minimum |
Frame-rate outlook, weakest card to strongest
Modelled at the High preset without upscaling, next to a Intel Core i7-10700K-class processor. Estimates, not recorded benchmarks — how the model works.
| Card | 1080p | 1440p | 4K | Against the specs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 | 74 | 46 | 27 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER | 131 | 82 | 47 | Recommended |
| AMD Radeon RX 6600 | 161 | 100 | 58 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 | 161 | 100 | 58 | Recommended |
| AMD Radeon RX 7600 | 190 | 118 | 68 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 | 190 | 118 | 68 | Recommended |
| Intel Arc B580 | 212 | 132 | 76 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti | 235 | 146 | 85 | Recommended |
| AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT | 300+ | 211 | 123 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER | 300+ | 225 | 131 | Recommended |
| AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT | 300+ | 273 | 158 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 | 300+ | 300+ | 186 | Recommended |
Answers about Max Payne 3 on PC
What is the lowest graphics card that runs Max Payne 3?
The publisher's minimum is NVIDIA® 8600 GT 512MB VRAM – NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 680 2GB VRAM / Radeon HD 3400 512MB VRAM - Radeon HD 7970 3GB VRAM. The least powerful card we track that matches it is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960.
How much RAM does Max Payne 3 need?
2 GB at minimum, 2 GB recommended.
How much storage space does Max Payne 3 take?
35 GB of free space.
Can a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 run Max Payne 3?
Yes — it meets the recommended graphics card.
Can a AMD Radeon RX 6600 run Max Payne 3?
Yes — it meets the recommended graphics card.
If your PC runs Max Payne 3, it also runs
Released games whose recommended graphics card is no more demanding than this one's.
