Can I run Baldur's Gate 3 with a GeForce RTX 3050 8GB?
The GeForce RTX 3050 8GB already carries the 8 GB that recommended asks of Baldur's Gate 3. What it does not have is the core: that tier is a GeForce RTX 2070, and this card reads 9 against its 14.
Ranked 42 of the 47 cards we track, with 27 of them carrying more video memory - and 9 of the 47 cards we track stop at the same point in Baldur's Gate 3.
Runs at minimum
Playable at the lowest supported settings, with nothing in reserve.
- Headroom
- 50% clear - a wide margin
- Bottleneck
- GPU
- Confidence
- estimated
Tier ladder
The weakest link is graphics card: this rig brings 9 against the 14 that Baldur's Gate 3 asks for at the recommended 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 GeForce RTX 3050 8GB 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 at minimum | graphics card |
| Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 95 | Runs at minimum | graphics card |
Cheapest way up one tier
graphics card: GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
The GeForce RTX 3050 8GB sits at index 9 and the recommended tier starts at 14.
That is the smallest part in our catalogue that clears the recommended 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".
Thresholds, against this card
Green means the GeForce RTX 3050 8GB clears that number, red means it does not. The processor and memory columns are yours to fill in with the checker below.
| Requirement | minimum | recommended | high | ultra | your rig |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPU index | 6 | 14 | 22 | 26 | 9 |
| CPU index | 42 | 52 | 62 | 78 | 0 |
| Video memory | 4 GB | 8 GB | 8 GB | 12 GB | 8 GB |
| System memory | 8 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB | 32 GB | 0 GB |
| Storage | 150 GB | 150 GB | 150 GB | 150 GB | - |
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Standing by
Pick a graphics card and a processor. The verdict appears here, with the exact part that limits it.
Questions
- Will a GeForce RTX 3050 8GB run Baldur's Gate 3?
- The GeForce RTX 3050 8GB already carries the 8 GB that recommended asks of Baldur's Gate 3. What it does not have is the core: that tier is a GeForce RTX 2070, and this card reads 9 against its 14. Above that the graphics card is what stops it.
- Is 8 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 8 GB of video memory does in Baldur's Gate 3.
More on this card: what the GeForce RTX 3050 8GB runs across every game we track.