Battlefield 5 Closed Alpha Required Specs Announced

Invites have gone out for Battlefield 5’s special closed alpha for PC. The event is invite-only, with a small number of selected Battlefield players getting to help stress-test servers and improve several aspects of the game. With the event starting today (9AM BST/10AM CEST), EA has also announced the minimum and recommended specs for the closed alpha.

	Battlefield 5	75	Steam 49.00€	-89% 5.62€
	Battlefield 5 Xbox One	75	Steam —	6.24€
	Battlefield 5 PS4	75	Steam —	10.35€
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In case you got the invite and want to know what you’ll need under the hood to play, or maybe you’re just curious as to what specs the closed alpha requires to get an idea of what the final specs might be like, here’s what EA posted on their website:

Minimum requirements:

• Operating System: 64-bit Windows 7, Windows 8.1 or Windows 10
• Processor (AMD): AMD FX-8350
• Processor (Intel): Core i5 6600K
• Memory: 8GB RAM
• Graphics card (NVIDIA): NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 1050 / GTX 660 2GB
• Graphics card (AMD): AMD Radeon™ HD 7850 2GB
• DirectX version: 11.0 Compatible video card or equivalent
• Internet: 512 KBPS or faster, stable Internet connection
• Free hard-drive space: 50GB

Recommended specifications:

• Operating System: 64-bit Windows 10
• Processor (AMD): AMD Ryzen 3 1300X
• Processor (Intel): Intel Core i7 4790 or equivalent
• Memory: 16GB RAM 12GB RAM
• Graphics card (NVIDIA): NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 1060 3GB
• Graphics card (AMD): AMD Radeon™ RX 480 4GB
• DirectX: 11.1 Compatible video card or equivalent
• Internet: 512 KBPS or faster, stable Internet connection
• Free hard drive space: 50GB

The closed alpha will include the Conquest mode and the Grand Operation Fall of Norway. The latter puts two modes together — Airborne and Breakthrough — and takes place on the map Arctic Fjord.

The best part is that EA is allowing invited players to capture and share footage from the closed alpha. This means that we’ll be seeing a lot more gameplay pretty soon.

If you need more information, like weapons, vehicles and other details for the closed alpha, you can check out the full announcement over at EA’s site.

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