This week's release of "Just Cause 3" has been tarnished by widespread complaints of frame rate issues, visual bugs and glitches. The problem seems to be related to graphics card drivers.

The most common complaint cited on social media and several online message boards is the game's lower than expected frame rate, even when being played on high-end graphics cards. A Reddit user claimed that he only got 10 frames per second while booting the game on a PC with the Intel i7 5820K CPU and the Nvidia GTX 980 Ti GPU.

Another concerned gamer on Reddit attributed the problem to the PC version's heavy toll on graphics cards. In his case, the game demands almost 95 percent of the GPU's power. Meanwhile, switching off the VSync option in the game's setting solved the problem for some gamers.

Jay "Square_Jason" Walker, a spokesperson for Square Enix, acknowledged the issues on the Steam Community forum. He said, "There are some known issues that occur with the most recent official release AMD/ATi graphics card drivers."

Gamers using AMD graphics cards are highly advised to update to the latest beta driver while a permanent fix is still being developed. The latest beta driver is the AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition version 15.11.1. It can be accessed via this link.

For those who plan to get the PC version of the game, its system specifications are as follows:

Minimum PC Requirements

  • OS: Vista SP2, Win 7 SP1, Win 8.1 (64-bit Operating System Required)
  • CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3 GHz or AMD Phenom II X6 1075T 3 GHz
  • Memory: 6GB RAM
  • Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 670 with 2 GB of VRAM

Recommended PC Requirements

  • OS: Vista SP2, Win 7 SP1, Win 8.1 (64-bit Operating System Required)
  • CPU: Intel Core i7-3770 3.4 GHz or AMD FX-8350 4.0 GHz
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 with 3 GB of VRAM

"Just Cause 3" simultaneously released for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC on Tuesday, Dec. 1. Technicalities aside, the game has received generally positive reviews.

"If you can judge a game based on the moments that make you put it down for the night, Just Cause 3 is hard to criticize," said Ben Kuchera of Polygon. "The 'did you see that?!' factor seems unlimited here, and it kept me coming back to discover what unexpected domino of explosions I could start next with a single grenade."