Night City, home to a million bastards who would happily gut the fancy electronics right out of your skull so that they can sell them for a Z-Ray vision upgrade (better than X-ray). On the plus side, being hacked apart by lunatic trans-human gangsters who are more machine than man is going to at least look good!
While Cyberpunk 2077 looks so-so on Xbox One, better on Xbox Series X, and non-existent on Nintendo Gameboy Advance (cowards), the PC version is likely to be a rather spiffy presentation provided that you have a beast of a machine to power the entire experience. Ahead of its December 10 release that is definitely still happening, CD Projekt Red has unloaded a whole new set of updated PC requirements for Cyberpunk 2077 that detail the bare minimum needed to get it running, and which family members you’d need to sell to the organ as spare livestock feed to get the game running on ultra settings:
Cyberpunk 2077 system requirements without Ray Tracing
Minimum
- Resolution: 1080p
- GFX settings: Low
- OS: 64-bit Windows 7 / 64-bit Windows 10
- Processor: Intel Core i5-3570k / AMD FX-8310
- Memory: 8 GB
- GPU: GTX 780 / Radeon RX 470
- VRAM: 3 GB
- Storage: 70 GB HDD (SSD recommended)
Recommended
- Resolution: 1080p
- GFX settings: High
- OS: 64-bit Windows 10
- Processor: Intel Core i7-4790 / AMD Ryzen 3 3200G
- Memory: 12 GB
- GPU: GTX 1060 6GB / GTX 1660 Super / Radeon RX 590
- VRAM: 6 GB
- Storage: 70 GB SSD
High
- Resolution: 1440p
- GFX settings: Ultra
- OS: 64-bit Windows 10
- Processor: Intel Core i7-4790 / AMD Ryzen 3 3200G
- Memory: 12 GB
- GPU: RTX 2060 / Radeon RX 5700 XT
- VRAM: 6 GB
- Storage: 70 GB SSD
Ultra
- Resolution: 2160p
- GFX settings: Ultra
- OS: 64-bit Windows 10
- Processor: Intel Core i7-4790 / AMD Ryzen 5 3600
- Memory: 16GB
- GPU: RTX 2080 S / RTX 3070 / Radeon RX 6800 XT
- VRAM: 8 GB
- Storage: 70 GB SSD
Cyberpunk 2077 system requirements with Ray Tracing
RT minimum
- Resolution: 1080p
- GFX settings: RT Medium
- OS: 64-bit Windows 10
- Processor: Intel Core i7-4790 / AMD Ryzen 3 3200G
- Memory: 16 GB
- GPU: RTX 2060
- VRAM: 6 GB
- Storage: 70 GB SSD
RT high
- Resolution: 1440p
- GFX settings: RT Ultra
- OS: 64-bit Windows 10
- Processor: Intel Core i7-6700 / AMD Ryzen 5 3600
- Memory: 16 GB
- GPU: RTX 3070
- VRAM: 8 GB
- Storage: 70 GB SSD
RT ultra
- Resolution: 2160p
- GFX settings: RT Ultra
- OS: 64-bit Windows 10
- Processor: Intel Core i7-6700 / AMD Ryzen 5 3600
- Memory: 16 GB
- GPU: RTX 3080
- VRAM: 10 GB
- Storage: 70 GB SSD
That’s a heck of a lot of hardware needed to enable maximum breathtaking visuals, but for Keanu? It’s worth it.
Last Updated: November 23, 2020
CrAiGiSh
November 23, 2020 at 09:52
My PC is ready for that 1080p, so we good.
Iskape
November 23, 2020 at 09:59
I have the XSX so assume I’m looking at about 1440 max most probably – well I hope. I can’t see 2160 (4k) happening. My PC will do high at 1080 nix the ray tracing.
Seeker
November 23, 2020 at 10:17
As long as Cyberpunk works on last gen consoles then our PCs won’t have to suffer. They most probably optimised with to work well on even on our potato PCs.
Plus the only game I have seen that makes a good argument for getting a card with ray tracing is Rift Breaker. All others make it hard to see the benefits of sacrificing frames for some reflections and shadows I will hardly see while in the midst of action.
Krabby Paddy
November 23, 2020 at 11:08
My plan. Play 1080p mid-high settings on release, upgrade graphics card in 2-3 years and then replay at 1440p on ultra with RT. It will be just like playing a remastered version of the game.
Llama In The Rift
November 23, 2020 at 12:34
Kinda confusing…..what do i need to play on 1080p Ultra Settings with RT on Ultra?
My Specs: Ryzen 5 1600, 16GB RAM and RTX 2080 super…SSD space is ready and waiting.
HvR
November 23, 2020 at 12:59
You can probably deduce from these since 3080 got double the processing power of 2080 but you are running half the resolution you will probably be able to run high to ultra on 1080p
geel slang
November 23, 2020 at 21:04
I also want to know what what you need for 1080p RT Ultra. But you will be very close.
HairyEwok
November 24, 2020 at 12:01
I’d say you’d be fine, it’s either a 2080 super or a 3070 for ultra ray tracing on 1080p
Viper_ZA
November 23, 2020 at 14:47
Eagerly awaiting stock of the 3080 🙂
Plague Doctor Who
November 23, 2020 at 18:53
3900x – Check
2080 Super – Check
64GB – Chrome awaits
My loins are moist awaiting Dec 10th
geel slang
November 23, 2020 at 21:03
If I understand it correctly PS5 and XSX also wont have ray tracing at launch. AMD ray tracing not that hot apparently.
Francois Knoetze
November 24, 2020 at 07:23
Yay!! ticking all the boxes on high 1440p!! My 5600xt I still doing me proud