Doom Beta System Requirements Revealed

Are you looking forward to playing the new Doom? I know I am! The game has been a long time coming and with the idea of revisiting the iconic series again, I can’t help but get drawn in by memories of my gaming youth, playing a pixilated Doom a Dell laptop. Of course, the days of DOS and floppy disks is long behind us and the latest enter in the doom series needs a lot more grunt to run than the original.

If you’re hyping up to play the beta, which you can be certain won’t be well optimized, then you’re going to need for some fairly decent hardware. but it shouldn’t be out of reach for most mid range and above PC gamers.

Minimum Spec (720p)

• Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 (64-bit versions only)
• Intel Core i5-2400 or better / AMD FX-8320 or better
• 8 GB RAM
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 (2GB) or better / AMD Radeon HD 7870 (2GB) or better
• Up to 22GB HDD space
• Steam account
• Broadband internet connection

*Please note that the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti, and mobile GPUs are not supported for the DOOM Beta. Please check back later for minimum or recommended system specs for the final game

Recommended Spec (1080p)

• Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 (64-bit versions only)
• Intel Core i7-3770 or better / AMD FX-8350 or better
• 8GB RAM
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (4GB) or better / AMD Radeon R9 290 (4GB) or better
• Up to 22GB HDD space
• Steam account
• Broadband internet connection

No doubt the final game will support a wider range of hardware, at least in terms of improved performance, but for now, is your system ready to play Doom?

Remember, if you want to play the Beta, you needed to grab a beta code via the Wolfenstein: The New Order, two years ago! Don’t worry though, I’m sure there will be an open beta soon enough.