Hearts of Iron IV PC Requirements
To play it you need at least a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti-class graphics card ; to play it as the developers intended, aim for a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti. Among the games we track, it is very light on modern hardware.
- Minimum GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti
- Recommended GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti
- RAM
- 4–6 GB
- Disk
- 2 GB
Which graphics cards clear it
All 165 desktop cards we track, sorted against the publisher's minimum and recommended card.
What the publisher lists
Quoted from the Steam store page — see the original. Where we could place a named part, our closest match is underneath.
| Part | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| Graphics card | Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 470 (1.28GB) | AMD® HD 5850 (1GB) | Intel Iris Xe G7 (Tiger Lake) | AMD® Radeon™ RX Vega 11 matches NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti | Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 570 (1.28GB) | AMD® Radeon™ HD 7970 (3GB) | Intel Iris Xe G7 (Tiger Lake) matches NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti |
| Processor | Intel® Core™ i5 750 | AMD® FX 4300 matches AMD FX-4300 | Intel® Core™ i5 2500K | AMD® Ryzen 3 2200G matches Intel Core i3-6100 |
| Memory | 4 GB | 6 GB |
| Video memory | 1 GB | 1 GB |
| Storage | 2 GB | 2 GB |
| Windows | Windows | Same as minimum |
| DirectX | DirectX 9 | Same as minimum |
Frame-rate outlook, weakest card to strongest
Modelled at the High preset without upscaling, next to a Intel Core i3-6100-class processor. Estimates, not recorded benchmarks — how the model works.
| Card | 1080p | 1440p | 4K | Against the specs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 | 114 | 85 | 49 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER | 114 | 114 | 88 | Recommended |
| AMD Radeon RX 6600 | 114 | 114 | 107 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 | 114 | 114 | 107 | Recommended |
| AMD Radeon RX 7600 | 114 | 114 | 114 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 | 114 | 114 | 114 | Recommended |
| Intel Arc B580 | 114 | 114 | 114 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti | 114 | 114 | 114 | Recommended |
| AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT | 114 | 114 | 114 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER | 114 | 114 | 114 | Recommended |
| AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT | 114 | 114 | 114 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 | 114 | 114 | 114 | Recommended |
Answers about Hearts of Iron IV on PC
What is the lowest graphics card that runs Hearts of Iron IV?
The publisher's minimum is Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 470 (1.28GB) | AMD® HD 5850 (1GB) | Intel Iris Xe G7 (Tiger Lake) | AMD® Radeon™ RX Vega 11. The least powerful card we track that matches it is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti.
How much RAM does Hearts of Iron IV need?
4 GB at minimum, 6 GB recommended.
How much storage space does Hearts of Iron IV take?
2 GB of free space.
Can a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 run Hearts of Iron IV?
Yes — it meets the recommended graphics card.
Can a AMD Radeon RX 6600 run Hearts of Iron IV?
Yes — it meets the recommended graphics card.
If your PC runs Hearts of Iron IV, it also runs
Released games whose recommended graphics card is no more demanding than this one's.
