My 7-year old PC ran the D4 Closed Beta just fine.
My specs:
| Operating System: | Windows 10 Pro 64-bit |
| Processor: | Intel Core i7-6700K CPU @ 4.4GHz (8 CPUs) |
| Memory: | 32GB |
| Graphics Card: | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 |
| Display Memory: | 8GB |
| Audio: | Sound Blaster Z (add on) |
Technically that’s a quad core with 8 threads (HT enabled), but still, its an i7 CPU. Back then the i3’s were dual cores with HT for 4 threads, the i5’s were straight 4 cores 4 threads, and the i7’s were 4 cores with 8 threads.
Now they are all over the place.
i3’s can be quad core, some are 6 to 8 core combinations of power and efficiency cores, and the same happens as you go up the line. The last 13th gen i7 I built was a monster with 24 threads. 8 efficiency cores, 8 performance cores (and the performance cores are HT enabled for 16 threads)
i9’s are insane with capability. And the more recent 13th gen i5 I built was blistering fast as well.
Point is, what Windows thinks are cores are actually the total threads the CPU can support simultaneously. The actual core number is usually less.
Intel Core i5-9400F CPU @ 2.90GHz 2.90 GHz 8GB RAM Nvidia GeForce GTX 1600 Ti. I got this in late 2020 too. Not the best, obviously, even back then, but it works like a charm, no problems. Windows 10 too, not touching 11.
The very short period of time I ran WoW:Classic (late vanilla, early BC) and D:I, it looked good and was some smooth playing. I can run D3 and Grim Dawn at max settings, I don’t see why I can’t run D4. If I can’t run D4, then damn.
I forgot about D2:R. That one too. Actually, it looks a little too good. I need full helmets on all of the characters.
I’m just responding to @ksmoorthy87’s inquiry. And I copied what was listed in my DX Diagnostic Tool information.
But, yes. My CPU is 4 cores and 8 threads.
My point was, it’s an old computer with old technology and runs D4 just fine. (At least in Beta).
I hope Blizzard can tell us the Ultra-setting PC requirements with Max Ray tracing settings on IGN fanfest, anyway, before the end of Feb.
I will say that a 7th gen i5 with an MSI RTX 3060 12GB card will not run RT well on D4. It WILL run, but it hits it in the FPS hard. lol
I could run the game with a lot of things enabled and cranked up, but the RT features were still buggy for a lot of players in the closed beta, so figure it still had some tweaking to be done. And that was with running the latest drivers available at the time.
Game on.
My laptop is kind of old and I am just hoping that 960GTX 4 gb video will be enough
It should be ok. You may need to dumb down the graphics a bit. Hopefully that video card is bolted to an i5 or better or whatever AMD’s equivalent is. And you are going to want 16GB of memory. It may run on 8GB, but I HIGHLY recommend at least 12GB. And 8GB assumes you closing out of everything else before playing. No running 15 apps behind the game. And if possible dual channel. (two sticks or four sticks in matched pairs). I also cannot stress how important having an SSD for this game is.
I love reading about people having game issues then finding out not only do they have like 2-3 security programs running, they are also running FB messenger, or similar, running music in the background, running discord, steam, Skype (or similar), and a myriad of other things that they don’t realize that minimized is NOT closed.
If you have low memory, you need to shut things down if you are going to have a chance of it playing ok. Trust me on that, I have ran the game on 3 different systems. The smallest memory system had 16GB, the other two had 32GB. All of them were i5s or i7s, and all of them had 20 or 30 series nvidia cards. Even then they still needed to be dialed back a bit to play smooth and at a high enough FPS.
Just curious, what do you mean “just fine?” What resolution were you playing at and what kind of frame rate did you get?
Ryzen 2600
16 GB DDR4 2666
1 TB Samsung EVO NVMe
4 TB Western Digital Blue
RTX 2070 Super OC 8 GB
Windows 11 22H2 Pro
AOC 27 inch curved monitor 1920 x 1080 165Hz
So Diablo 4 should run fine on my system
It’s 2023, you can literally buy a computer to play 99% of the games that exist for under $500.
Blizz already released a statement they will talk about system requirements on 2/28 at their next update. If you think your PC will not run the beta than please update. If you cannot buy a ~$500 PC then you have larger issues in life.
With a screen, keyboard, speakers/headset and mouse? Probably not as easy as you think.
And while I will point out that many cheap computers might be capable of playing a game, that does not equal playing it well.
You will be far better off with a machine with a budget between $750-1500. You can get a long of bang for the buck that way.
Not to mention, buying a computer that barely handles the game is actually not the economical solution you think it is.
There’s cutting edge, comfortable, capable, and bare essential.
At the cutting edge, you are throwing money away you don’t need to with high prices, latest hardware that may have issues, and faster depreciation. At this point, you have money to burn and just want to get the latest and greatest. Whether it be because you can, or because you think you need it. Price point of these systems start around 3 grand and go up.
Comfortable is newer tech that has been on the market for a year or less, but has had some price drops, and offers some better value for your dollar while keeping you closer to the edge. These can be a higher cost, but long lasting in that you may only have to build one like this every 5-8 years or more due to being better hardware, and need little to no upgrades. Pricing of these can be around $1500-3000.
Capable. This is where most players on a reasonable budget should be building from. These don’t have to have tons of frills, they just need to get the job done. They might not have the prettiest case, or the fancy lights and water cooling, but they may have robust hardware where it counts. Your best value for your dollar is at this level. Systems last a fair bit of time with only a few minor upgrades over their lifespan. Here you are looking at costs from around $750 to 1500.
Bare essentials is simply that. You are trying to maximize your spending or have a lower price capable point. You get what will work, and will be enough to do what you need. These typically have cheaper components, less capable hardware, often can be older gen tech, maybe refurbished instead of new, but enough to do the job. Problem with these is being on the lower end, they can be overwhelmed as the OS changes, the games change, and time goes on, requiring periodic upgrades and enhancements to increase their longevity and usefulness. These could be as low as $400 to 750.
I have been building computers for nearly 3 decades now. The last 3 I have built have all been gaming towers, I rarely build common desktops anymore, since most people prefer mobility and want laptops.
The last one I built was 13th gen i5 13400F, with an MSI Mag B660M Bazooka m/b, 32GB of DDR4, RTX 3060TI, 1TB NVMe SSD, 2TB SATA based SSD, EVGA SuperNova 850GS, Coolermaster liquid CPU cooler ML240L, all mounted in a Fractal mini Pop case that was custom painted with military colors and I printed label markings for WoT’s for the case. It was actually quite nice looking. White case with black and green that matched the motherboard, combined with RGB lighting. That entire build was ~1400 back in Jan.
Before that I built a 3k monster PC. Bit beefier, with a lot more goodie 13th gen i7 with DDR5. Hell the motherboard alone was $400. But that thing ended up ranked in the 99th percentile when I tested it for capability. So not too shabby. But against the $1400 dollar one (which tested in the 92nd percentile) you don’t gain as much as you would think.
Basically one system was comfortable, the other was capable. I generally don’t get many wanting to spend crazy money and have a cutting edge machine. lol But I have sold a few gaming laptops, the last was about 2 grand, and its used to render video using apps like Davinci Resolve, not even to play games!
Point is, if you are going to get a new PC, try to jump as high as you can afford, rather than bottom of the barrel. But you don’t have to jump up to crazy prices either. Shop smart.
Game on.
I usually go for the “comfortable” ones, they last like you said 5+ years, not expensive if you count on how much per month they are over a 5 year period, my current one is 3-4 years old now… so maybe next year I will replace it 
My biggest fear was that it would not run D4 very well, but played the the closed beta and the game ran just fine, so happy about that
My last comfortable one, was the 2nd gen i7 sitting behind me. It still runs, 10 years later. 980 Strix, 32GB DDR3, 1TB SSD, in a huge case. Probably the biggest case I have ever owned. Coolermaster HAF case that has 3 of those 300mm fans. Friggin huge.
My hope is to build myself a 13th gen of my own using that case again. My current desktop is a repurposed machine that I got back from a customer after they passed away. ITX build with an MSI gaming board. Now has a 7th gen i5 with 32GB and an RTX3060 12GB with 1TB and 2TB SSD and 4TB HDD. And has watercooled CPU due to space issues. And it is PACKED tight in that case. But it runs D4 ok.
My laptop runs it better though.
Well, I have Intel(R) Core™ i7-8750H CPU @ 2.20GHz 2.20 GHz 16 gb ram GForce GTX 1050i and the game just crashed in the first 15 min of playing…
I guess was this beta server
The queue for enter is another long time waiting… 15 -30 min