What graphics card do I need for 60 FPS in Europa Universalis IV at 1080p?

By our estimate (±30%), the GTX 1650 is the least powerful of our 10 reference cards to reach 60 FPS at 1080p High, at about 79 FPS. No published benchmark of Europa Universalis IV at that setting is in our data to confirm it.

Can a GTX 1650 run Europa Universalis IV?

By our estimate it gets about 124 FPS at 1080p Low (smooth) and 79 FPS at 1080p High (smooth), each ±30%.

What are the minimum system requirements for Europa Universalis IV?

Steam lists Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 460 / AMD® Radeon™ HD 5850 graphics, Intel® Core™ i3-2105 / AMD® FX 4300 and 4 GB of RAM as the minimum.

FPS estimates

Europa Universalis IV FPS

2013
87/100 · 261 ratings

Simulation
Strategy

Estimates only · ±30%

Check FPS on your GPU

Europa Universalis IV was released in 2013. No published benchmark of Europa Universalis IV is in our dataset yet, so every FPS figure on this page is an estimate. Steam lists Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 460 / AMD® Radeon™ HD 5850 as the minimum graphics card, about what integrated graphics deliver today.

Frame rate cap: none on record. We have no record of an engine frame limit for Europa Universalis IV, so our estimates assume it runs uncapped. V-Sync, an in-game limiter or your monitor's refresh rate can still hold it lower.

No measured data yet. We have not found a published benchmark of Europa Universalis IV with a source we can link. The figures below come from our model and carry a ±30% band. How the estimate works.

Our estimate on 10 reference GPUs

Estimate ±30%

Model figures, not measurements: dashed bars with their ±30% band. How they are made.

RTX 4090360model max
RTX 5070 Ti360model max
Radeon RX 9070 XT360model max
RTX 4070313219–407
Radeon RX 7800 XT267187–347
RTX 4060 Ti239167–311
RTX 4060190133–247
RTX 3060153107–199
Radeon RX 660013393–173
GTX 16507955–103

Cards that run Europa Universalis IV at 60+ FPS

1080p High · cheapest first

Current cards, by launch price. Solid chips are measured results; dashed ones are our estimate (±30%).

Intel Arc B580launch price $249≈139 FPSAmazon
Radeon RX 7600launch price $269≈147 FPSAmazon
RTX 5060launch price $299≈210 FPSAmazon

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System requirements

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Minimum

GPU: Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 460 / AMD® Radeon™ HD 5850
CPU: Intel® Core™ i3-2105 / AMD® FX 4300
RAM: 4 GB