CD Projekt has up to date Cyberpunk 2077’s PC system necessities forward of the discharge of the hefty Phantom Liberty enlargement.
Revealing the adjustments on Steam, CD Projekt Red stated the adjustments are designed to be extra updated (given the enlargement is launching practically three years after the bottom recreation) and goal a decision output of both 1080p or 4k.
While the Phantom Liberty enlargement is a paid DLC gamers needn’t purchase, it’ll come alongside a big patch to model 1.7 that overhauls plenty of the bottom recreation’s mechanics and due to this fact means the PC model will turn into extra demanding.
This is made clear in CD Projekt Red’s determination to solely help SSDs going ahead. “One of the adjustments is the selection to cease supporting HDDs for the minimal necessities,” it stated. “SSDs supply sooner loading instances, improved streaming, and higher general efficiency when in comparison with HDDs.”
CD Projekt Red made clear this doesn’t imply the sport will cease engaged on the earlier minimal necessities, however it’ll “discontinue energetic help for them and cease testing the sport on these setups”.
Instead of requiring a minimal Intel Core i5-3570K or AMD FX-8310 alongside 8GB of RAM and an Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 3GB or AMD Radeon RX 470 GPU, Cyberpunk 2077 will quickly require a minimal Intel Core i7-6700 or AMD Ryzen 5 1600 alongside 12GB of RAM and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon RX 580.
The advisable settings would require an Intel Core i7-12700 or AMD Ryzen 7 7800 alongside 16GB of RAM and an Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super or AMD Radeon RX 5700.
While Phantom Liberty is confirmed to launch on September 26, CD Projekt Red hasn’t given a selected launch date for model 1.7 itself, although confirmed it’ll come no sooner than September 9.
“The adjustments to the minimal necessities are a mirrored image of our new normal of necessities, which we imagine higher signify the minimal PC configuration required to run the sport at 1080p, whereas sustaining a mean of 30 FPS at low preset,” CD Projekt Red stated.
“The purpose for making these adjustments is that updating the necessities is a crucial a part of the sport enchancment course of, and of enhancing and including new options.”
Phantom Liberty’s launch date and a brand new trailer was shared throughout the Xbox Games Showcase on June 11, which is only one a part of a a lot bigger Summer of Gaming.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll speak about The Witcher all day.
