Can I Run Beam?
Released in 2015, Beam is a racing simulation game built by BeamNG. The game supports a single player campaign. 13 languages are covered by the store listing. Being over ten years old, its ceiling was set by the hardware of a different era. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress. It carries 5 achievements. Windows is the only supported platform, which is what the figures below describe. Over 375 thousand players have left a Steam review, so this is a title whose performance is widely reported. Only some of the game is mapped to a controller.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 5 1600 / Intel Core i5 8400 |
|---|---|
| GPU | Minimum 6GB VRAM (AMD Radeon RX 570 / Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060) |
| VRAM | 6 GB |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 60 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10 64 Bit |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 7 3700X / Intel Core i7 9700 |
|---|---|
| GPU | Minimum 8GB VRAM (AMD RX 6700 / Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060) |
| VRAM | 8 GB |
| RAM | 32 GB |
| Storage | 60 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10 64 Bit |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
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Setting and environment
Players spend their time in an open sandbox, moving through one continuous open world. Open environments are the harder case for a PC, and Beam has to keep far more of its world resident and streaming than a level based game needs. The publisher supplies 15 storefront screenshots of these environments. It is played from a first person view.
Why Beam is demanding
Beam sits in the middle of the demand range, targeting Minimum, a tier a mainstream card from the last few generations reaches without difficulty. At 32 GB, the RAM requirement is the one most likely to catch an otherwise capable PC out. Disk footprint is light, near 60 GB. Beam needs 64 bit Windows. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so Beam at the floor and Beam at the recommended tier are not the same experience. It wants 8 GB of video memory, which rules out the 6 GB cards that are otherwise quick enough.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Beam?
Beam is memory-hungry: it wants 16 GB of system RAM, above the 8 GB many machines still ship with. Graphically it is undemanding, Minimum 6GB VRAM (AMD Radeon RX 570 / Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060) clears the minimum, so more RAM, not a new GPU, is the upgrade most players need.
Bottleneck: RAM
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Borderline | 1x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.56x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.25x |
A projection, not a measurement. We scale the published GPU requirement by pixel count, since 1440p draws 1.78 times the pixels of 1080p and 4K draws 4 times as many, then compare against RTX 3060 / Ryzen 5 build. The publisher did not state a target resolution, so 1080p is assumed as the baseline. We hold no frame rate data, so no FPS figure is claimed. Headroom above 1 means the reference machine has room to spare at that resolution.
Common GPUs
| Graphics card | Verdict |
|---|---|
| GTX 1060 6 GB | Playable |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Playable |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Below minimum |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Below minimum |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs well |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs great |
Each card is compared against Beam's published GPU requirement, assuming an otherwise-capable PC. Laptop rows use the real mobile chip's benchmark, a mobile GPU is always slower than its desktop namesake.
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Frequently asked questions
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What are the minimum system requirements for Beam?
The minimum requirements are CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 / Intel Core i5 8400; GPU: Minimum 6GB VRAM (AMD Radeon RX 570 / Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060); 16 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10 64 Bit.
How much storage does Beam need?
Beam needs about 60 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Beam?
The RTX 3060 runs Beam comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Beam?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Beam is the RAM.