Running DOOM Eternal On Just An APU – How Low Can You Go?

[Russ ;x]

DOOM Eternal runs slicker than cat crap on linoleum floors, well that's a saying around where I grew up. Basically, it runs fast, really fast but what if you're running something like an APU only, are you left out or can you jump in the fray of DOOM Eternal with the rest of the world? That question is exactly what we're here to answer today.

On the plate today is the newest of the APU lineup the Ryzen 5 3400G sporting Zen + cores at 4 core and 8 threads along with the Vega 11 GPU built in. Thankfully the 12nm build of these parts allows for much higher clocks than the previous generation resulting in the CPU having a 3.7GHz base clock with a 4.2GHz boost and the GPU rocking along at 1400MHz. For this testing, we will not be overclocking anything but the memory because the 3400G is rated at DDR4 2933MHz and our memory kit is running the XMP rated speeds of DDR4 3200.