Can I Run Doom 64?
Released in 2020, Doom 64 is an action game built by id Software. Publishing duties went to Bethesda Softworks. It offers a single player campaign. Its Steam review count passes 7 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. Cloud saves are enabled. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones. A pad covers most of the game, though parts of it still expect a keyboard. There are 10 achievements to chase. Being 6 years old, it was built for the hardware of its day, so a current machine usually has headroom over the published figures. Steam gates it behind an age check at 17. 5 languages are covered by the store listing.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-750 |
|---|---|
| GPU | R7 240 | GTX 660 | Intel HD 530 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-2400 | AMD Phenom II X6 1075T 3.0 GHz |
|---|---|
| GPU | GTX 780 | R9 290X |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in a deliberately retro presentation. Play is structured around combat arenas. It is played from a first person view. There are 9 official screenshots to judge the look from.
Why Doom 64 is demanding
Doom 64 is undemanding on the graphics side. Its GTX 780 | R9 290X target sits well below our RTX 3060 reference, so most cards still in service clear Doom 64. Minimum and recommended sit far apart here, which usually means Doom 64 scales hard with the hardware you give it. Doom 64 needs only 8 GB of RAM.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Doom 64?
Doom 64 is light on hardware. Its minimum, R7 240 | GTX 660 | Intel HD 530, 8 GB RAM, sits below what an entry-level PC ships with today, so nearly any modern machine, and many older ones, will run it.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 2.7x |
| 1440p | Runs well | 1.52x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.67x |
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 | Runs great |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Runs great |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Runs great |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs great |
| 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 Doom 64'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
Can my PC run Doom 64?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Doom 64?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i5-750; GPU: R7 240 | GTX 660 | Intel HD 530; 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10.
Can an RTX 3060 run Doom 64?
The RTX 3060 runs Doom 64 comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Doom 64?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Doom 64 is the GPU.