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Justin Wagner

This mad lad got Battlefield 6 to run on a 12-year-old AMD CPU, circumventing its stated anti-cheat requirements

Battlefield 6: The Dagger 1-3 squad, consisting of Carter, Gecko, Lopez, and Murphy, taking cover against a mossy wall.

Despite some recent unrest within the community, Battlefield 6 is mostly a home run for the venerable military shooter series—thanks in part to its pristine optimization. It boasts a low barrier to entry due to non-prohibitive system requirements, and those requirements are so low fans have been putting it through the wringer to see just how old a GPU can run it.

More recently, YouTuber Fully Buffered (via Tom's Hardware) got the game to run on an AMD FX-9590 CPU, first released in 2013, revealing that the game's stated minimum required specs are a bit misleading.

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