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

Your gaming PC configuration

Developer:: Paradox Development Studio
Publisher:: Paradox Interactive
Release date:: 6 June 2016 (9 years ago)
User score:: 4.4 / 5
Hardware demand level:: 1.3 / 10 - not demanding
Ray tracing support:: no data

Official Hearts of Iron IV system requirements for PC

To run Hearts of Iron IV, you'll need at least 4 GB of RAM and 2 GB of free disk space. The game requires a minimum graphics card like the Radeon HD 5850, but for a better experience, the developers recommend using an Radeon HD 6950. As for your CPU, an Core 2 Quad Q9400 is the minimum, but if you want to crank up the settings and enjoy smoother gameplay, aim for an Core i5-750 or better.

Minimum requirements

Graphics card:: ATI Radeon HD 5850 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX470 with 1GB VRAM

CPU:: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400 @ 2.66 GHz / AMD Athlon II X4 650 @ 3.20 GHz

RAM:: 4 GB RAM

File size:: 2 GB available space

Operating system:: Windows 7 64-bit or newer

DirectX:: Version 9.0c

Recommended requirements

Graphics card:: ATI Radeon HD 6950 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX570 with 2GB VRAM

CPU:: Intel Core i5 750 @ 2.66 GHz / AMD Phenom II X4 955 @ 3.20 GHz

RAM:: 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

minimum
Radeon HD 5850

recommended
Radeon HD 6950

GeForce RTX 3060 is 6.6x faster than Radeon HD 6950. Your graphics card can run Hearts of Iron IV at recommended settings according to Paradox Development Studio.