Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty is not a PC melter but it will increase system requirements

Recent Cyberpunk 2077 warning about cooling caused a lot of panic but it's not as bad as it may seem at first glance. However, the system requirements will get stiffer.

Cyberpunk 2077 will become more demanding with the Update 2.0, which will bring vehicle combat and other improvements and better utilisation of your hardware.

What that means is that the game will be able to use around 90 per cent of your CPU , which will improve in-game frame rates but bring your processor's working temperature up. In fact, the shift is large enough to cause a developer on the game to warn the players to check their cooling before the update hits.

Following a mass panic where everyone thought the game would melt their hardware the moment they booted it up, the same dev noted this will not be the case as long as your PC's airways are not clogged. He also showed the new system requirements that will be the norm after the update.

Cyberpunk 2077 will bring the heat to your hardware when Phantom Liberty launches

New Cyberpunk 2077 PC requirements with Phantom Liberty

The new requirements mostly pertain to higher CPU usage, which caused the game to mostly shift the minimum for that component. In all cases, the storage requirement is 70 GB but depending on the performance targets, you may need different types.

Minimum requirements (1080p / 30 FPS)

CPU - Intel i7-6700K / AMD Ryzen 5 1600
GPU - GTX 1060 6GB / RX 580 8GB / Intel Arc A380
Storage - SSD
RAM - 12 GB

Recommended specs (1080p / 60 FPS)

CPU - Intel i7 12700 / AMD Ryzen 7 7800
GPU - RTX 2070 Super / AMD RX 5700 XT / Arc A770 (8 GB VRAM in all cases)
Storage - SSD
RAM - 16 GB

Ultra specs (4K / 60 FPS)

CPU - Intel i9 12900 / Ryzen 9 7900X
GPU - RTX 3080 / RX 7900 XTX
Storage - NVME
RAM - 20 GB

CDPR With great visual spectacle come massive hardware demands

Raytracing system requirements

With raytracing, you will need to beef up your system even more.

Minimum (1080p / 30 FPS, Low raytracing)

CPU - Intel i7 9700 / Ryzen 5 5600
GPU - RTX 2060 / RX 6800 XT / Arc A750
Storage - SSD
RAM - 16 GB

Recommended (1080p / 60 FPS, Ultra raytracing)

CPU - Intel i9 12900 / 7900X
GPU - RTX 3080 Ti / RX 7900 XTX
Storage - NVME
RAM - 20 GB

Cyberpunk 2077 elaborates on vehicle combat feature

Raytracing Overdrive (4K / 60 FPS, Overdrive raytracing)

CPU - Intel i9 12900 / 7900X
GPU - RTX 4080
Storage - NVME
RAM - 24 GB

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