Jump to: The High Settings Build (Build One) - The Low Settings Build (Build Two)
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With Diablo II being released back in 2001, Diablo III has been a game long anticipated by many hardcore fans (pardon the pun) and Blizzard fans alike for many years.
Diablo III’s release day is/was May 15, 2012 and I have had some ask me what they hardware they need to play the game. While Diablo III is by no means a heavily graphics intensive game individuals want to know either -
- What is the minimum amount I can spend and still be able to play D3 and
- What is the minimum amount I can spend to play D3 on the highest settings.
Therefore, I have put together two builds for Diablo III to satisfy these questions:
Diablo III: The Highest Settings Build
This build will be of the assumption that you want to play Diablo III at the highest possible settings for the best price possible.
This PC build will compile hardware that will allow you to play D3 at the highest settings, at a good FPS value and at resolutions of 1920×1080.
Diablo III: The Lowest Settings Build
This build will be of the assumption that you want to play Diablo III, but are not concerned at what graphics settings. It will play Diablo II at the lower settings very smoothly and with good FPS at resolutions of 1920X1080.
Therefore you want to spend as little as possible to build a PC or upgrade your current PC to be able to play the game. We will take a look at some benchmarks and the minimum / recommended requirements set out by Blizzard and compile a build.
Diablo III Performance and Benchmarks
Take a look at this graphics comparison of the LOW and HIGH settings in Diablo III
(reference: Toms Hardware)
The benchmarks in this article will be based off of the Diablo III Performance article done by Toms Hardware. The benchmarks and FPS findings are primarily based off running around the edges of Old Tristram from the portal and back again with the recording of FPS rates with the program FRAPS.
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