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Dr. Albert Meowsker Sep 13, 2023 @ 3:41am
Will the free update also require higher PC specs?
I never noticed it before, but DLC sys reqs are much higher than original game. Does anyone know if that's because of the upcoming free update or DLC itself?
Because if that's the update that has such requirements, I basically won't be able to play the game anymore
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GrundleGrump Sep 13, 2023 @ 3:47am 
If they did up the requirements, they'd be blocking a huge amount of players from buying their DLC because they won't be able to run it. That'd be a daft move but I'm not saying they aren't planning to. They've released a comment about "checking your cooling" before playing the DLC so...
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Azrael Sep 13, 2023 @ 3:52am 
They only released a new system requirements for Phantom Liberty, but there are upgrades and new systems in 2.0 which also most likely need a stronger hardware, like the reworked AI system which is more CPU heavy.

wait and see. You will be able to play it, the question is, how the performance will change after the upgrade.
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StarryEyes Sep 13, 2023 @ 4:53am 
Originally posted by GrundleGrump:
If they did up the requirements, they'd be blocking a huge amount of players from buying their DLC because they won't be able to run it. That'd be a daft move but I'm not saying they aren't planning to. They've released a comment about "checking your cooling" before playing the DLC so...
They upped the minimum requirements about 90 days ago. Before releasing a patch thats ups system requirements, devs are required to give 90 day notice by law. Which they have already done.
Last edited by StarryEyes; Sep 13, 2023 @ 4:54am
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★REM★ Sep 13, 2023 @ 4:54am 
It does, CDPR already warned players to check their cooling system is working properly becuase the new patch will use all of your hardware and can make some systems overheat if they not properly built

Accordingly to an official tweet from the lead programmer: "We use all what you have, so workload on cpu 90% on 8 core is expected, to save your time please run cinebench or similar and check your stability"
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Dr. Albert Meowsker Sep 13, 2023 @ 5:00am 
Originally posted by ★REM★:
It does, CDPR already warned players to check their cooling system is working properly becuase the new patch will use all of your hardware and can make some systems overheat if they not properly built

Accordingly to an official tweet from the lead programmer: "We use all what you have, so workload on cpu 90% on 8 core is expected, to save your time please run cinebench or similar and check your stability"
That's kind of ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ tbh. They straight up taking the game away from me then.
Is there a way to prevent this game from updating?
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OliM9595 Sep 13, 2023 @ 5:09am 
Probs will be fine, They are no longer supporting the last gen consoles with this DLC. Those consoles have anaemic CPUs compared to the current gen consoles. If you could run CP77 fine before the update you probs will be okay after the update.
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kuijl Sep 13, 2023 @ 5:13am 
So much false information!

Yes the system requirements will change for the basegame as well starting with 2.0 and you basically need higher specs.

And no your pc will NOT overheat with the new CPU management, that statement has been misinterpreted by so many people. That guy already made a new tweet stating that your PC will be fine and won't overheat because of the changes. It will just be handled different than before and its always good to check your airflow and cooling of your pc. So get dust out and put some new thermal paste on your CPU fan and you should be fine.
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Calan Sep 13, 2023 @ 5:18am 
They did increase the requirements and gave a 90 day notice for it, posted it a few months ago as its legally required. You should be able to play the game still if you could already play it at a stable framerate
Last edited by Calan; Sep 13, 2023 @ 5:18am
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Dr. Albert Meowsker Sep 13, 2023 @ 5:33am 
Originally posted by Salazan:
They did increase the requirements and gave a 90 day notice for it, posted it a few months ago as its legally required. You should be able to play the game still if you could already play it at a stable framerate
I genuinely don't understand that. If they did increase the requirements, how exactly am I going to run this game without any problems?
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Dravic Sep 13, 2023 @ 5:54am 
Originally posted by Dr. Albert Wesker:
Originally posted by ★REM★:
It does, CDPR already warned players to check their cooling system is working properly becuase the new patch will use all of your hardware and can make some systems overheat if they not properly built

Accordingly to an official tweet from the lead programmer: "We use all what you have, so workload on cpu 90% on 8 core is expected, to save your time please run cinebench or similar and check your stability"
That's kind of ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ tbh. They straight up taking the game away from me then.
Is there a way to prevent this game from updating?

It's not BS at all. And yes, there's many ways to keep 1.63 forever.

Game has no DRM, for one. So even copy-pasting the folder of the game around your drives is enough to stop it from updating, since you can keep the files as-is in another location forever. Just make a desktop shortcut to the .exe in a new location afterwards.

Another one is that you can even rollback the update if you end up not liking how 2.0 runs on your PC:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5H-Lef0YS0
Last edited by Dravic; Sep 13, 2023 @ 5:55am
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Calan Sep 13, 2023 @ 6:24am 
Originally posted by Dr. Albert Wesker:
Originally posted by Salazan:
They did increase the requirements and gave a 90 day notice for it, posted it a few months ago as its legally required. You should be able to play the game still if you could already play it at a stable framerate
I genuinely don't understand that. If they did increase the requirements, how exactly am I going to run this game without any problems?

just lower the quality :feste:
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Tr0w Sep 13, 2023 @ 6:29am 
Originally posted by GrundleGrump:
If they did up the requirements, they'd be blocking a huge amount of players from buying their DLC because they won't be able to run it. That'd be a daft move but I'm not saying they aren't planning to. They've released a comment about "checking your cooling" before playing the DLC so...
It ups them quite wildly
https://static.cdprojektred.com/cms.cdprojektred.com/e4fde54e7fcfca001f98a02d2594d9435806d700.jpg?gasgm

Look at the RT requirements versus the current game version, these new requirements are with frame generation enabled as well. In the current game version i can play maxed with path tracing, upscaling to 1440p DLSS quality with frame gen enabled at 70-80fps with a 5800X3D+4070Ti. When 2.0 drops i'm going to have to turn RT off altogether because low RT looks worse than just having off.
Last edited by Tr0w; Sep 13, 2023 @ 6:32am
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ShadowSplit Sep 13, 2023 @ 6:33am 
I think it would be better solution to update character model and leave world and NPCs the way they are now. I mean, you will focus the most on your character than any other.
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Dravic Sep 13, 2023 @ 6:34am 
Originally posted by Tr0w:
It ups them quite wildly
https://static.cdprojektred.com/cms.cdprojektred.com/e4fde54e7fcfca001f98a02d2594d9435806d700.jpg?gasgm

Look at the RT requirements versus the current game version, these new requirements are with frame generation enabled as well. In the current game version i can play maxed with path tracing, upscaling to 1440p DLSS quality with frame gen enabled at 70-80fps with a 5800X3D+4070Ti. When 2.0 drops i'm going to have to turn RT off altogether because low RT looks worse than just having off.

The game's old requirements were not created when path tracing OR 4070ti were available. You'll be just fine.
Last edited by Dravic; Sep 13, 2023 @ 6:34am
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