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As of the pre-order launch for Phantom Liberty, we’d like to inform you about the update to the 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, active support for them will be discontinued, and testing the game on those setups stopped.

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.

You can check out the updated system requirements below:



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plan99: They've long needed to make it clear for their games that Galaxy and online DRM are requirements for the 100% FULL games. So no one misses it, here're the wishlist entries:

https://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/cyberpunk_2077_drm_free_version
https://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/witcher_3_remove_drm
Thank you for these links, upvoted.
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plan99: They've long needed to make it clear for their games that Galaxy and online DRM are requirements for the 100% FULL games. So no one misses it, here're the wishlist entries:

https://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/cyberpunk_2077_drm_free_version
https://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/witcher_3_remove_drm
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SargonAelther: Thank you for these links, upvoted.
Happy to put them up whenever I get a chance. :)
This sounds more like we gave up optimising the game and made it a customer problem. Frankly looking at how ugly the female V and you would reasonably assume that is 'the best' they could manage with their character creator, the future of cyberpunk 2077 is an ugly unoptimised dystopia.

They should have just switched back to the dull generic male V at least it looked better than that. Celebrities in games isn't selling me on stumping up the extra hardware cost to run this.
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Wait... Seriously?! Instead of optimizing the game CDPR makes completely opposite move - make new system requirements which are higher than previous system requirements for base game? And also base game after update will have these higher system requirements?! And now people who bought their game and haven't upgraded their PC or bought new console won't be able to play even base game??? Since when it is considered normal, have I missed this new western trend and it is ok now?! Does anyone remember when game system requirements was set higher with patches and addons, not lower?!
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Andrey82: Wait... Seriously?! Instead of optimizing the game CDPR makes completely opposite move - make new system requirements which are higher than previous system requirements for base game? And also base game after update will have these higher system requirements?! And now people who bought their game and haven't upgraded their PC or bought new console won't be able to play even base game??? Since when it is considered normal, have I missed this new western trend and it is ok now?! Does anyone remember when game system requirements was set higher with patches and addons, not lower?!
Yeah, I'm not happy about it also. Been running Cyberpunk 2077 at 1440p at 60fps at High to Ultra on my 5700XT no problem. Now the 5700XT is a recommend requirement for 1080p. Ridiculous. Was really looking towards getting Phantom Liberty. Probably not getting it now. Definitely don't want to buy a new GPU just cause of an expansion for an existing game.
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Andrey82: Wait... Seriously?! Instead of optimizing the game CDPR makes completely opposite move - make new system requirements which are higher than previous system requirements for base game? And also base game after update will have these higher system requirements?! And now people who bought their game and haven't upgraded their PC or bought new console won't be able to play even base game??? Since when it is considered normal, have I missed this new western trend and it is ok now?! Does anyone remember when game system requirements was set higher with patches and addons, not lower?!
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Matruchus: Yeah, I'm not happy about it also. Been running Cyberpunk 2077 at 1440p at 60fps at High to Ultra on my 5700XT no problem. Now the 5700XT is a recommend requirement for 1080p. Ridiculous. Was really looking towards getting Phantom Liberty. Probably not getting it now. Definitely don't want to buy a new GPU just cause of an expansion for an existing game.
Same here - was playing original game on High settings (without raytracing and blurs), but now my rig is slightly above minimal requirements. And now, I have to play same game on lower settings because CDRP can't properly optimize their game? I never ever thought such thing is possible!
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Andrey82: Wait... Seriously?! Instead of optimizing the game CDPR makes completely opposite move - make new system requirements which are higher than previous system requirements for base game? And also base game after update will have these higher system requirements?! And now people who bought their game and haven't upgraded their PC or bought new console won't be able to play even base game??? Since when it is considered normal, have I missed this new western trend and it is ok now?! Does anyone remember when game system requirements was set higher with patches and addons, not lower?!
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Matruchus: Yeah, I'm not happy about it also. Been running Cyberpunk 2077 at 1440p at 60fps at High to Ultra on my 5700XT no problem. Now the 5700XT is a recommend requirement for 1080p. Ridiculous. Was really looking towards getting Phantom Liberty. Probably not getting it now. Definitely don't want to buy a new GPU just cause of an expansion for an existing game.
I am in the same situation. I have to buy a new Laptop for the Addon Phantom Liberty. No!
i dunno if i did overread it but are the 60 fps for the non raytracing specs with dlss?
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Mark-Mark: This sounds more like we gave up optimising the game and made it a customer problem.
That is exactly how this reads to me as well.
Well $30 bucks saved, after all. Seen the new system requirements I won't buy this DLC as my just updated pc won't afford to even run at minimum.
Please give us an option to at least prevent the game to further update itself so at least we can play with the original one without spending other money, thanks
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koolk: Please give us an option to at least prevent the game to further update itself so at least we can play with the original one without spending other money, thanks
I would advise archiving the offline installer on a separate storage medium
new pc ftw
Well, they could meet halfway. If CDPR had an option to dump entire areas into RAM. Anyone with 32gb minimum ram could still use a HDD.

I mean...if they cared that is. Its a cheap solution to the problem, but wth do I know...

¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Shmacky-McNuts: Well, they could meet halfway. If CDPR had an option to dump entire areas into RAM. Anyone with 32gb minimum ram could still use a HDD.

I mean...if they cared that is. Its a cheap solution to the problem, but wth do I know...
If you use a half-decent OS, it will cache files in RAM anyway. No need to code it in the game. That won't help with the first load though.
Post edited June 22, 2023 by clarry
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Shmacky-McNuts: Well, they could meet halfway. If CDPR had an option to dump entire areas into RAM. Anyone with 32gb minimum ram could still use a HDD.

I mean...if they cared that is. Its a cheap solution to the problem, but wth do I know...
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clarry: If you use a half-decent OS, it will cache files in RAM anyway. No need to code it in the game. That won't help with the first load though.
Im pretty sure if a half decent os existed, I would agree with you ;)