Age of Wonders III — System Requirements, FPS Estimate & Settings

2014 · Strategy, RPG · Triumph Studios · Metacritic 80

Age of Wonders III cover art

Official system requirements

Publisher-published Minimum / Recommended values via RAWG, retrieved 2026-08-21. Real-world performance varies with drivers, resolution and your full build.

SpecMinimumRecommended
OSMinimum:Recommended:
ProcessorOS: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1OS: Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1
MemoryProcessor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 @ 2.4 Ghz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ @2.6 GhzProcessor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.4 Ghz or AMD Phenom X4 9900 @ 2.6 Ghz
GraphicsMemory: 2 GB RAMMemory: 4 GB RAM
StorageGraphics: nVidia 8800 / ATi Radeon HD 3870 with 512MB or Laptop integrated Intel HD 3000 with 3GB system ramGraphics: nVidia Geforce 460 1GB or AMD Radeon HD 6850 1GB
DirectXDirectX: Version 9.0cDirectX: Version 9.0c
Item 7Network: Broadband Internet connectionNetwork: Broadband Internet connection
Item 8Storage: 10 GB available spaceStorage: 10 GB available space

Multi-GPU FPS estimate

Estimated average FPS by GPU at 1080p / 1440p / 4K, derived from Age of Wonders III's demand tier (tier 6, Demanding (high-end GPU)) and published TechPowerUp-style relative-performance indices (RTX 4090 = 100), retrieved 2026-08-29. Planning estimates, not benchmarks.

GPU1080p1440p4K
RTX 40901127443
RTX 4080 Super1006638
RTX 4080976437
RX 7900 XTX1077141
RX 7900 XT1006638
RTX 4070 Ti Super865733
RX 7800 XT865733
RTX 4070 Super815331
RTX 4070765029
RX 7700 XT785130
RTX 3070704727
RX 6800 XT855632
RTX 4060 Ti624124
RX 6700 XT765029
RTX 3060573722
RX 6600 XT644224
RTX 2060513420
GTX 1660 Super432816
RX 580493219
GTX 1060 6GB402715
GTX 1650322112
Intel Arc A770654325
UHD 770 (integrated)1398

Method: a game's demand tier maps to a “GPU index needed for ~60 FPS at 1080p”; each GPU's relative index produces an estimate via a diminishing-returns curve, then scaled for resolution. Source: TechPowerUp GPU database (relative performance), 2026-08-29.

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My Age of Wonders III Settings Card

Preset: Low · Est. 81–113 FPS @ 1080p
Preset recommendationLow
Expected FPS band81–113 FPS
Target refresh60 Hz
UpscalerFSR 3 Quality (or DLSS if supported) — Quality mode
Ray tracingTry RT Low/Medium; drop if FPS dips below your target
Frame capYour estimated range (81–113 FPS) clears your 60 Hz target — lock it with a frame cap to reduce GPU load.
Your CPU tier sits below what Age of Wonders III typically wants — expect frame dips in busy scenes even with a strong GPU.

Generated at GameFigs on 2026-09-25. Game demand tier: 6/9.

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Release & version notes

Official release date: 2014-03-31. Ongoing patches and version history are published by the developer — for the latest patch notes, see the official store or support page. GameFigs summarizes the official release only and does not invent patch dates.

SingleplayerSteam AchievementsMultiplayerAtmospheric

About Age of Wonders III

Age of Wonders 3 is a turn-based strategy game developed by Triumph Studios. It is the fourth title in the Age of Wonders game series.

###Story Age of Wonders 3 is a fantasy game. It tells the story of a conflict between the Commonwealth Empire and the alliance of dark and forest elves. While the Commonwealth desires to take over the world and push all the old customs and traditions aside, elves fight to prevent such a thing from ever happening. Elves gather all the oppressed races and nations together to take the fight back to humans.

###Gameplay Age of Wonders 3 gameplay is based around a 4X principle, which focuses on exploration, expansion, exploitation, and extermination. The players slowly build up their empire from the ground up. Multiple ways of achieving that are available, such as diplomacy, colonization, or plain old simple war.

● Data updated 2026-08-29

Sources & attribution

  • Game data (release year, genres, platforms, system requirements, description, cover art) via RAWG.io, retrieved 2026-08-21.
  • GPU relative-performance indices via TechPowerUp GPU database (relative performance), retrieved 2026-08-29.
  • FPS estimates on this page are GameFigs planning estimates from the demand-tier + GPU-index model — not benchmark results.
How the Age of Wonders III optimization card & FPS estimate are computed

Each game is scored on a 0–9 demand tier from its published PC requirements (and a year/genre fallback when requirements are absent). The FPS estimate compares your selected GPU's relative-performance index against the tier's required index using a diminishing-returns curve, then scales for resolution. The settings card maps the demand tier and your hardware to a starting preset, an FPS band and an upscaler recommendation. All outputs are planning guides — verify in-game with the built-in benchmark when available.

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