From this very morning it is possible to play in advance the new installment of the well-known Blizzard franchise, and the Tom’s Hardware team has taken the opportunity to carry out a complete performance test of Diablo IV using different graphics cards, and different detail settings and resolutions.
What makes this Diablo IV benchmark so interesting is that they used a configuration that, roughly speaking, is only slightly above the requirements of Diablo IV , although it is also worth noting the fact that they have introduced graphics cards of very different generations and ranges.
At 1080p, and with everything in low quality, a GeForce 670 can run Diablo IV with an average of 62.4 FPS, but it registers a minimum of 28 FPS , so we will have stutters while we play. With an Intel Arc A380 it is possible to play it with averages of 83.5 FPS and a minimum of 62 FPS, and from a GeForce GTX 780 we will have plenty, since we will move in averages of 93 FPS and a minimum of 72 FPS.
Slightly exceeding the minimum requirement for a GeForce GTX 660 given by Blizzard, the GeForce GTX 670 manages an average of almost 98 FPS at 720p and low quality, and a low of 73 FPS . It is clear that yes, that this would be the minimum level to play in a minimally acceptable way, reducing the graphic quality to the maximum.
In 1080p with medium quality, the GeForce GTX 670 only achieves 48.6 FPS on average and 18 FPS minimum. Starting with a GeForce GTX 970 or a Radeon RX 570 it is perfectly playable, since both achieve averages of 79.6 and 76.9 FPS and minimums of 60 and 66 FPS, respectively. Starting with a GeForce RTX 3050 or a Radeon RX 5600 XT we will have plenty of that resolution and quality.
Going up to ultra quality is a hard hit for the GeForce GTX 970 and Radeon RX 570, which drop to mid-ranges of 50.4 and 54.9 FPS, albeit with minimums of 38 FPS and 43 FPS, respectively. To play well with this setting we need at least a GeForce RTX 3050 or a Radeon RX 5600 XT , although the latter performs better.
In the Diablo IV benchmark under 1440p resolution and ultra quality the GeForce GTX 970 achieves a decent 30.4 FPS, although it has a low of 21 FPS. To play well with this configuration we need a Radeon RX 7600 or a GeForce RTX 2070 so as not to drop below 60 FPS at any time.
Raising the resolution to 4K significantly triggers the demands, and to maintain a fully stable 60 FPS we will need a Radeon RX 6800 or a GeForce RTX 3070 Ti . The GeForce RTX 4060 Ti averages 61.1 FPS but has lows of 48 FPS, and the Radeon RX 6700 XT also drops to 49 FPS lows.
If we use DLSS 2 in the case of GeForce RTX graphics cards, or FSR 2 in the case of Radeon, Intel Arc and GeForce GTX graphics cards, both technologies configured in quality mode , we see that performance improves significantly , and that from From an Intel Arc A770 it is already possible to play it in 4K with ultra quality and total fluidity. The GeForce RTX 4090 is so powerful that it does not need to pull DLSS.