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Posted November 19, 2020
I own an original 1990 2nd edn C2020 and have been waiting for Pondsmith to turn it into a VG for decades. (I lack friends interested in my interests.) So, when the first trailer dropped, all my yoofs' fantasies came true.

FFWD eight years and I was about to place my pre-order when I did a last minute check of the specs and was looking all pleased with myself that my old but hi-spec rig is able to match the recommended h/w ... but then I saw DirectX12 listed ... a little research later and a whoooole bunch of gaming news sites are saying "Sorry Window8 players".

I guess I already know the answer, but I suppose it's worth one last, "I-I-Is this ... r-r-really ... true?"

Am I, as a Win8.1 user UNABLE to run Cyberpunk 2077? Is this really what I have come to? This is my question, the reason for my post.

Sure ... after a thirty year wait ... what's another couple until I can afford the next hi-spec rig? But, still, all my sadnesses are flooding in the room this very day.
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Post edited February 12, 2023 by lace_gardenia
Posted November 19, 2020
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jakobbenes: Am I, as a Win8.1 user UNABLE to run Cyberpunk 2077? Is this really what I have come to? This is my question, the reason for my post.
8.1 lacks DX12, so unfortunately that's correct. Wasn't until very late that even W7 users got word on whether they'd be supported given DX12 has only selectively been used for that OS in a few titles (apparently CP2077 now being one of them).

I came to grips with this a few months ago by planning for a new system, giving myself some time for parts since availability has been an issue for various components this year.

Alternatively you could just buy another drive for a W10 install and you'd probably be fine (I say another drive since W10 can be rather flaky with dual OSes on the same drive). You wouldn't even need to activate W10, frankly, if you just wanted to play some games on it. Heck, could just copy over the CP2077 installer files offline if one is overly concerned about W10 and disconnect while it's booted. If you have the hardware to play the game it's not the end of the world :)
Post edited November 19, 2020 by Coreda
Posted November 19, 2020
Check this out
https://www.zdnet.com/article/heres-how-you-can-still-get-a-free-windows-10-upgrade/

Whats your system specs... SSD ?

Edit: Currently i check it out with my 8.1 Laptop....ZZzzZZZZ

Ok success, i have upgrade my Laptop from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 in 2,5 hours (HDD & Core i3 3120m)
Windows 10 is also automaticly activated.
Post edited November 22, 2020 by Andreas_sp
Posted November 21, 2020
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lace_gardenia: ignoring the windows version, can your pc run the game?
Funny thing is, yes, my 8.1 rig, despite being 5 years old, manages to exceed (just) the recommended specs.

Second funny thing is that I have an MSI GE75 Raider 8SF laptop that I never even considered would have the necessaries to handle this game, but, with a i7-8750H @ 2.20GHz (which Passmark says is 30% better than the recommended i7-4790) and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 (8GB) (200% better than GTX 1060) and 16GB of RAM, and the necessary DX12, it might just!

Probably be only able to run the game for an hour at a time owing to cooling issues (or I guess I can leave it in a bucket of liquid nitrogen), and I certainly won't try running the ray-tracing (I've heard the stories), but ... it might ... MIGHT just cope.
Posted November 21, 2020
Cooling issues:

Turn down ingame graphics and set the max fps to 60. No idea if undervolting on this card is possible.
But lower the graphics and max fps to 60 give you cool and quiet hardware on a Laptop.
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