Why system requirements are higher than the basic Cyberpunk 2077?

[artem111www92]

Will be there graphical improvements?What do you think?

[John Warhammer]

Because those specs are on the assumption you will be utilising upscaling/downscaling tech and a few other things. Apparently they will be listing an updated specs list SoonTM for us mere mortals with regular systems. Odds are it won't be that more taxing in your system than it was previously. But certainly a bump up.

[egg fu]

i believe there are a few graphical improvements which was corroborated by journalists who got a hands-on preview.

not adding to the idea that this is an improvement but there are obviously some tweaks in in-game models. in the phantom liberty steam pages screenshots, you can see that johnny's model is slightly different, especially his hair. i wonder who else in the base game got some changes.

[Derivat949]

There will also be lots of AI changes, hence the increased CPU requirement

[EMT-Fields]

I heard there will be graphical improvements, as well as AI improvements. Their adding things like vehicle chases, and Max Tac will now jump out of their vehicles from the sky to pursuit the player. From what I read the game is going through a complete overhaul. I don't know if all of that is reason enough to raise system requirements like they have. But it makes me wonder.

I mean a i7 12700 and a 2060 super just to get 60 fps at 1080p is a crazy jump from where it was before. so maybe it is justified.

[Hartassen]

1080p high requiring a 7800X is insane. So I having a 5600X will no longer be able to get 60 fps on 1080p? If that's true then cd project red really screwed us over bigtime. You don't make generational leaps like this on an already launched game. I bought it and should be able to play it without upgrading my hardware.

[John Warhammer]

Originally posted by Hartassen:

1080p high requiring a 7800X is insane. So I having a 5600X will no longer be able to get 60 fps on 1080p? If that's true then cd project red really screwed us over bigtime. You don't make generational leaps like this on an already launched game. I bought it and should be able to play it without upgrading my hardware.

I believe they posted specs of what you might need if you wish to use all the fancy scaling doodads and all that jazz. Which most folk won't likely be using. There is no way a game on the red engine will push a 5600x to the point of throttling etc. CDPR have a tendency to over shoot the specs to cover bases.

[phoenixfabricio07]

Originally posted by Hartassen:

1080p high requiring a 7800X is insane. So I having a 5600X will no longer be able to get 60 fps on 1080p? If that's true then cd project red really screwed us over bigtime. You don't make generational leaps like this on an already launched game. I bought it and should be able to play it without upgrading my hardware.

Completely Agree... I realy hate the idea that I'll need to downgrade my graphics only to keep the framerate I already have in my playthrough. I Cant modify my PC for a long time yet....

[Mewsha]

I'm starting to wonder if publishers are using absurd PC requirements as a marketing tool because this has happened with several prereleases this year. A publisher posts crazy high requirements that only a small percentage of players can match, doesn't elaborate, and chaos ensues.

Then game releases, and the majority of people with mid range PCs are still able to play the game just fine.

[lemon]

It's probably exaggerated. CDPR has a history of doing this, they did it when Witcher 3 released.

[strata]

Yea, I think a lot of it is just gimmicks and stuff most people don't care about like "ray-tracing" and now they have other new cutting edge graphical ones like that, where you need a monster super computer to use the effects in game with good frame rates. Meh. I don't care if my shadows are not super detailed, lol