Update

The leaked Battlefield 3 system requirements have turned out to be fake. Apparently a Gamestop employee pulled them from an old source, and Dice has confirmed that they are no accurate.

Original

US retailer GameStop seems to have inadvertently revealed the system requirements for Battlefield 3, which is due for release in November 2011 on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.

The game is easily one of the most important PC games of 2011, thanks to some jaw dropping graphics and a long line of highly respected PC titles in the series. The console versions will only be able to run at 30 frames per second, and will be limited to a 1280×720 resolution, whereas if you’ve got the hardware, you should be able to run the PC version at 1920×1080 (or higher) at over 60 frames per second.

However, that’s a big If, and many PC gamers will be desperately waiting to find out if their computers can handle the game in all its glory.

Gamestop has since pulled the system requirements from the site, but Gamerzines managed to capture the details. Don’t even think about playing Battlefield 3 if you’re PC is anything less than this:

Hard Drive Space: 15 GB for disc version or 10 GB for digital version
Operating System: Windows Vista or Windows 7
Processor: Core 2 Duo @ 2.0GHz
RAM: 2GB
Video Card: DirectX 10 or 11 compatible Nvidia or AMD ATI card

If you want to get the best out of the game, you will want something along the lines of this:

Hard Drive Space: 15 GB for disc version or 10 GB for digital version
Operating System: Windows 7 64-bit
Processor: Quad-core Intel or AMD CPU
RAM: 4GB
Video Card: DirectX 11 Nvidia or AMD ATI card, GeForce GTX 460, Radeon Radeon HD 6850

How does your PC stack up against these requirements? Let us know in the forums