Cyberpunk 2077 - My Predicted System Requirements

[Mako Ruu]

Typically, a gaming company inflates its system requirements for a game before release. This has been the case in a lot of titles in the past that ran just fine on older hardware. However, Cyberpunk 2077 is gearing up to be an IMPRESSIVE title. A massive open world filled with people, vehicles, buildings, various little bits of detritus and debris that all has real physics and geometry, incredible lighting systems in an entire city.

Cyberpunk 2077 is definitely going to be extremely demanding. However, because it's using an updated and modified RED Engine, similar to the engine used in Witcher 3, I believe that it will be very well optimized and run on a bevy of hardware.

Now, there have been some very bad rumors going around saying you'll need an i7 and a 1080 ti to run the game. You should not believe these rumors, they were taken from the specs used to run the game at E3 last year for the demo. Cyberpunk 2077's official system requirements have not been released to the public, yet.

My predicted MINIMUM System Requirements

You will definitely need a 64 Bit Copy of Windows 10 to support Direct X 12. As we do not yet know what API's Cyberpunk 2077 will support, however it will have Ray Tracing, which requires DX12. (Though is only optional. The game may still support DX11.)

CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K OR AMD FX-8320
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770/960 OR AMD R9 380x (4GB versions)/5500 XT
VRAM: 4GB
RAM: 8 GB RAM
Storage: 70 - 80 GB Hard drive space

These system requirements should allow you to play the game at 1080p with at least 30 - 60 fps on all low settings.

My Predicted RECOMMENDED System Requirements

If you want to play on ultra settings at 1080p and maintain a constant 60 fps, you will need some serious horse power, I think. (But still not an i7 9900k and a 1080 ti.)

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K OR AMD Ryzen R5 1600
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660ti/1070 OR AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT**
VRAM: 6GB
RAM: 16 GB RAM
Storage: 70 - 90 GB Hard drive space


**UPDATE: I have included the new RX 5xxx series GPUs as the recommended system requirements after watching benchmarks on them. At the time of this writing, only the 5700 XT existed. I firmly believe the 5600 and even the 5500 would be capable of playing Cyberpunk 2077 at 1080p very easily.



Of course if you have anything in between these specs you will be fine in running the game. Maybe if you had a 1060, or a 480, or a 580, or something similar. You should not worry about running the game at 1080p.

Now, 1440p and 4k, those are completely different stories. I would not be surprised if a 1080 ti was required for 1440p 60fps on ultra settings. And an RX 2070 with Ray Tracing enabled.

Please share this thread with people who are concerned with their systems and running this game. You still have ten months to upgrade and build a new PC. I am confident that CD Projekt RED will deliver a well optimized, enjoyable experience.



These predicted system requirements come from years of PC Gaming, building PCs for myself, and other people, and playing and testing games on a vast number of systems and configurations.

[mazw]

PC Specs needed?

anyone know?

[Soulburn]

Well, they played the game on the E3 with an
Intel i7-8700K - 3.70GHz
and a NVIDIA GeForce GTX1080Ti

[bgray9054]

True, although that was only at 1080p I believe. Would love to see what the requirements are for 4k / 60fps and whether the game will have multi gpu support. I would upgrade to whatever those requirements are about a month before the release. :D

[LegendCZ]

I9-9900K
16GB of RAM DDR4
GTX 1070 can i run it?

[(ADORA)ble 🌈👊]

Originally posted by bgray9054:

True, although that was only at 1080p I believe. Would love to see what the requirements are for 4k / 60fps and whether the game will have multi gpu support. I would upgrade to whatever those requirements are about a month before the release. :D

I will absolutely be upgrading my PC for this game even though my current build is probably nearly enough to 4K/30 it. Got 10 months to save up!

[-|Nur|-]

Whatever it is, I'll be upgrading next year.

[Bar]

Originally posted by Legend - CZ:

I9-9900K
16GB of RAM DDR4
GTX 1070 can i run it?

EZ

[LegendCZ]

Originally posted by Bar:

Originally posted by Legend - CZ:

I9-9900K
16GB of RAM DDR4
GTX 1070 can i run it?

EZ

I know it was obligatory question. Will upggrade on next-gen Graphic Cards. Because RTX's are super unstable as far as i know for now.

[bgray9054]

Originally posted by Legend - CZ:

Originally posted by Bar:

EZ

I know it was obligatory question. Will upggrade on next-gen Graphic Cards. Because RTX's are super unstable as far as i know for now.

Ya, they're also ridiculously overpriced for the performance. That's why I've stayed on my (2) 1080Ti cards for now.

[LegendCZ]

Originally posted by bgray9054:

Originally posted by Legend - CZ:

I know it was obligatory question. Will upggrade on next-gen Graphic Cards. Because RTX's are super unstable as far as i know for now.

Ya, they're also ridiculously overpriced for the performance. That's why I've stayed on my (2) 1080Ti cards for now.

Yeah 1070 was really good buy back then via price/performance. And i can run anything on Ultra (Of course without RTX) ... But i know most of my friends had faulty cards and needed to be replaced. Thats BIG NONO for me.

[bgray9054]

Originally posted by Legend - CZ:

Originally posted by bgray9054:

Ya, they're also ridiculously overpriced for the performance. That's why I've stayed on my (2) 1080Ti cards for now.

Yeah 1070 was really good buy back then via price/performance. And i can run anything on Ultra (Of course without RTX) ... But i know most of my friends had faulty cards and needed to be replaced. Thats BIG NONO for me.

Agreed. Seen lots of issues with them on NVidia's forums.

[KFC LOVER]

If an xbone or ps4 can run it then you should be able to run this game with no problem.

[LegendCZ]

Originally posted by bgray9054:

Originally posted by Legend - CZ:

Yeah 1070 was really good buy back then via price/performance. And i can run anything on Ultra (Of course without RTX) ... But i know most of my friends had faulty cards and needed to be replaced. Thats BIG NONO for me.

Agreed. Seen lots of issues with them on NVidia's forums.

Yep, i cam curious what Nvidia comes next with. There is something "Super" Coming, but if it will be as rushed as RTX i might even switch to AMD

[bgray9054]

Originally posted by Legend - CZ:

Originally posted by bgray9054:

Agreed. Seen lots of issues with them on NVidia's forums.

Yep, i cam curious what Nvidia comes next with. There is something "Super" Coming, but if it will be as rushed as RTX i might even switch to AMD

Ya I'm really curious to see what Intel's upcoming Xe card's performance is like. Bad thing is I think it's like a year away. :(

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