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Can I run Baldur's Gate 3 with a Arc A770 16GB?

The Arc A770 16GB lands 43% above what Baldur's Gate 3 asks at recommended and 9% below the 22 it would need for high.

Ranked 26 of the 47 cards we track, with 5 of them carrying more video memory - and 12 of the 47 cards we track stop at the same point in Baldur's Gate 3.

estimated index 20 · 16 GB · 2022
Ceiling with a Ryzen 7 9800X3D and 32 GB

Runs well

Clears the recommended tier, which is the target the publisher designs against.

Headroom
43% clear - a wide margin on GPU
Bottleneck
GPU
Confidence
estimated

Tier ladder

  1. minimum cleared
  2. recommended cleared
  3. high blocked by GPU
  4. ultra blocked by GPU

The weakest link is graphics card: this rig brings 20 against the 22 that Baldur's Gate 3 asks for at the high tier. Everything else in the rig is already past that line.

That readout is the best this card can do in Baldur's Gate 3: it assumes nothing else in the machine holds it back. Your own processor and memory can only lower it, never raise it.

The same card with three different processors

In Baldur's Gate 3 the processor beside a Arc A770 16GB changes the answer, which is why a card-only verdict is not worth much here. Each row assumes 16 GB of system memory.

Processor Index Verdict Bottleneck
Ryzen 5 1600 30 Will not run processor
Ryzen 9 5900X 70 Runs well graphics card
Ryzen 7 9800X3D 95 Runs well graphics card

Cheapest way up one tier

graphics card: GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB

The Arc A770 16GB sits at index 20 and the high tier starts at 22.

That is the smallest part in our catalogue that clears the high tier - not the fastest one, and not a price claim: we hold no price data, so "cheapest" here means "least upgrade that does the job".

Where to look: GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB (no store links yet)

Thresholds, against this card

Green means the Arc A770 16GB clears that number, red means it does not. The processor and memory columns are yours to fill in with the checker below.

System requirement thresholds for Baldur's Gate 3, by tier
Requirement minimum recommended high ultra your rig
GPU index 6 14 22 26 20
CPU index 42 52 62 78 0
Video memory 4 GB 8 GB 8 GB 12 GB 16 GB
System memory 8 GB 16 GB 16 GB 32 GB 0 GB
Storage 150 GB 150 GB 150 GB 150 GB -

The CPU and system memory rows show zero because this page knows the card and nothing else.

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Arc A770 16GB

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Questions

Will a Arc A770 16GB run Baldur's Gate 3?
The Arc A770 16GB lands 43% above what Baldur's Gate 3 asks at recommended and 9% below the 22 it would need for high. Above that the graphics card is what stops it.
Is 16 GB of video memory enough for Baldur's Gate 3?
Yes for the tiers this card can reach anyway - its core speed runs out before its 16 GB of video memory does in Baldur's Gate 3.

More on this card: what the Arc A770 16GB runs across every game we track.