Hearts of Iron IV System Requirements: Can You Run It?

Hearts of Iron IV
Developer:
Paradox Development Studio
Publisher:
Paradox Interactive
Release date:
6 June 2016 (7 years ago)
User score:
4.5 / 5 (1111 votes)
Hardware demand level:
(2/10)

Official Hearts of Iron IV system requirements for PC

These are the PC specifications advised by developers to run Hearts of Iron IV at minimal and recommended settings. Although these requirements are usually approximate, they can still be used to determine the indicative hardware tier needed to play the game.

PassMinimum requirements

Pass Graphics card:
ATI Radeon HD 5850 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX470 with 1GB VRAM
Pass CPU:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400 @ 2.66 GHz / AMD Athlon II X4 650 @ 3.20 GHz
Pass Memory:
4 GB RAM
File size:
2 GB available space
Operating system:
Windows 7 64-bit or newer
DirectX:
Version 9.0c

PassRecommended requirements

Pass Graphics card:
ATI Radeon HD 6950 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX570 with 2GB VRAM
Pass CPU:
Intel Core i5 750 @ 2.66 GHz / AMD Phenom II X4 955 @ 3.20 GHz
Pass Memory:
4 GB RAM
File size:
2 GB available space
Operating system:
Windows 7 64-bit or newer
DirectX:
Version 9.0c

Hearts of Iron IV performance on your PC

Hearts of Iron IV performance on your GPU

GeForce RTX 3060's performance compared to the game's official system requirements.

RTX 3060
recommended
Radeon HD 6950
30 fps @ low
1366×768
60 fps @ medium
1920×1080
60 fps @ high
1920×1080
60 fps @ ultra
1920×1080
60 fps @ epic
3840×2160

Projected FPS in various settings and resolutions

Hearts of Iron IV FPS calculator: average frames per second on GeForce RTX 3060 (according to our approximations). FPS may vary depending on your operating system and other factors.

low settings / 768p
200−210 FPS
medium settings / 1080p
200−210 FPS
high settings / 1080p
200−210 FPS
ultra settings / 1080p
200−210 FPS
4K / 2160p
200−210 FPS

Hearts of Iron IV performance on your CPU

Core i5-12400's performance compared to the game's official system requirements.

i5-12400
recommended
Core i5-750

User Ratings

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