[2023] UPDATE TO PC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

As we kick off the pre-orders for Phantom Liberty, we want to update our current system requirements to ensure that players have a better understanding of what will be needed to run Cyberpunk 2077, and make it easy to assess the expected performance. These changes will take effect following the next update to the base game, no earlier than 90 days, and also apply to Phantom Liberty.

The new system requirements are designed to be more up to date, adding support to new GPUs not available at launch, and targeting a resolution output of either 1080p or 4K for specific in-game presets.

The changes to the minimum requirements are a reflection of our new standard of requirements, which we believe better represent the minimum PC configuration required to run the game at 1080p, while maintaining an average of 30 FPS at low preset. The reason for making these changes is that updating the requirements is an important part of the game improvement process, and of enhancing and adding new features.

One of the changes is the choice to stop supporting HDDs for the minimum requirements – SSDs offer faster loading times, improved streaming, and better overall performance when compared to HDDs.

It's important to highlight that it doesn't mean the game will stop working on the previous minimum requirements. However, following the next update to the base game we will discontinue active support for them and stop testing the game on those setups.

Note that the presented FPS data is based on internal testing. Performance may vary depending on your particular PC hardware and software configuration, any changes made to individual graphics settings or resolution output. Check out the updated system requirements below.

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A table of the system requirements to play Cyberpunk 2077 with and without ray tracing enabled.

Non ray tracing requirements:

Minimum: In-game graphics preset low. Resolution: 1080p. Expected FPS: 30. OS: 64-bit Windows 10. Processor: Core i7-6700 or Ryzen 5 1600. Graphics card: Geforce GTX 1060 6GB or Radeon RX 580 8GB or Arc A380. Vram: 6 GB. Ram: 12GB. Storage: 70 GB SSD.

Recommended: In-game graphics preset: high. Resolution: 1080p. Expected FPS: 60. OS 64-bit Windows 10. Processor: Core i7-12700 or Ryzen 7 7800X. Graphics card: Geforce RTX 2060 Super or Radeon RX 5700 XT or Arc A770. Vram: 8 GB. Ram: 16 GB. Storage: 70 GB SSD.

Ultra: In-game graphics preset: ultra. Resolution: 2160p. Expected FPS: 60. OS: 64-bit Windows 10. Processor: Core i9-12900 or Ryzen 9 7900X. Graphics card: Geforce RTX 3080 or Radeon RX 7900 XTX. Vram: 12 GB. Ram: 20 GB. Storage: 70 GB NVME.

Ray tracing requirements:

Ray tracing minimum: In-game graphics preset: ray tracing low. Resolution: 1080p. Expected FPS: 30. OS: 64-bit Windows 10. Processor: Core i7-9700 or Ryzen 5 5600. Graphics card: Geforce RTX 2060 or Radeon RX 6800 XT or Arc A750. Vram: 8 GB. Ram: 16 GB. Storage: 70 GB SSD.

Ray tracing recommended: In-game graphics preset: ray tracing ultra. Resolution: 1080p. Expected FPS: 60. OS: 64-bit Windows 10. Processor: Core i9-12900 or Ryzen 9 7900X. Graphics card: Geforce RTX 3080Ti or Radeon RX 7900 XTX. Vram: 12 GB. Ram: 20 GB. Storage: 70 GB NVME.

Ray tracing Overdrive: In-game graphics preset: ray tracing overdrive. Resolution: 2160p. Expected FPS: 60. OS: 64-bit Windows 10. Processor: Core i9-12900 or Ryzen 9 7900X. Graphics card: Geforce RTX 4080. Vram: 16 GB. Ram: 24 GB. Storage: 70 GB NVME.

Additional information:

Ray tracing Overdrive was measured with DLSS Frame Generation switched on.

PC Audio Solution containing Dolby Atmos required for a Dolby Atmos experience.

Last edited: Jun 12, 2023

11 months ago - Vattier - Direct link

GrimReaper801 said: Do you have any confirmation of that?

I understand there is no mention of DLSS being used to test anything but Overdrive but not mentioning it and actively stating it was done without DLSS on is very different. I tried looking for that before saying all I said but I couldn't find anywhere that expressively stated the specs were without DLSS.

Perhaps @Lilayah or @Vattier could confirm? Click to expand...

First, we need to distinguish DLSS Super Resolution (or upscaler), that both DLSS2 and DLSS3 use, and DLSS Frame Generation that only DLSS3 uses (ref: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/technologies/dlss/ ).

Second, depending on tested graphic card, a different upscaler was used (DLSS, FSR, XESS).

Listed specifications were tested for default settings at given presets (we only tested unmodified presets). Whenever an upscaler is enabled by default, the measured FPS counts and corresponding requirements will reflect that.
(Note: Please keep in mind that I'm talking about updated presets, not the ones that are currently in the live version of the game.)

This was not indicated within the infographic, because we've had upscalers in Cyberpunk 2077 for quite long already and by now we consider it a regular setting.

However, we've only added DLSS3 recently. Since DLSS Frame Generation is a powerful tool that's only available to the latests Nvidia graphics cards and is only enabled by default in "Ray tracing: Overdrive" preset, we decided to specifically indicate it on the infographic.

11 months ago - Vattier - Direct link

GOGBrock said: So, just to confirm, will we need 70GB SSD to run Cyberpunk 2077, and an additional 70GB SSD to run Phantom Liberty, or just 70GB SSD total? Click to expand...

No, 70GB is the size of the base game. The size of the expansion will be shared later.

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