For example, the CPUs are very old by today's standards, and the GPUs both stopped getting driver updates in the past year or two. There are a few interesting pieces of information, though. We'll leave that as an exercise for the internet at large for now, so if you have such a system, sound off in our forums on how it runs! Mostly because we don't have most of those parts hanging around. Windows 10 64-bit version 1909 or laterīlizzard says a minimum spec PC will manage 30 fps with 720p, upscaled to 1080p, at low settings.Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 or AMD Radeon R9 280.It's a brave new world for Diablo IV, in other words.

Microtransactions were a relatively new thing back in 2012, buying digital cosmetics was scorned, and live service games weren't a thing. We've gone from Windows 7 to Windows 8/8.1, 10, and 11. Most people were still using a best hard drive rather than SSDs, typically of the 250GB to 500GB variety.īut it's not just the hardware that's changed. Or maybe a Core i7-3960X if you were into HEDT setups, with a dual-GPU GeForce GTX 690 or Radeon HD 6990? Typical PCs would have 8GB of memory, while high-end systems might come with 16GB. The fastest PC back in mid-2012 consisted of a shiny new Core i7-3770K, paired with a Radeon HD 7970 or GeForce GTX 680. How does it run, and what sort of hardware will you need? That's what we aim to find out.Ī lot has changed in the past decade, especially in the world of PC hardware. We got an Ultimate code for testing purposes, and the game unlocked at 4pm PDT on June 1. The game launched in 'early access,' for people that are willing to fork over the extra money to buy the Deluxe or Ultimate editions. Diablo IV has arrived, eleven years after its predecessor.

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