Cyberpunk 2077 - System requirements. i7-8700K ??

frankfu1122 on 10/06/2020 - 13:06
Last edited 10/06/2020 - 14:56 by 1 other user

So I just bought the game for PC and got an email with the recommended specs.

Processor: Intel i7-8700K
Motherboard: ASUS ROG STRIX Z370-I GAMING
Memory: 2 x 16GB of 3000MHz G.Skill Ripjaws V
Graphics: Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti
Storage: Samsung 960 Pro 512GB M.2 SSD
PSU: Corsair SF600 600W

WHat??!

Should I be upgrading my rig? I'm gaming on a 1440p@165hz monitor paired with a 7700k/1080ti combo. If the Witcher 3 was anything to go by it didn't feel like it was CPU intensive at all. I wonder why they are advertising such high CPU requirements.

Gaming CD Projekt Red Video Game

Comments

  • phamid on 10/06/2020 - 13:12
    +1

    Depends on what the settings these recommended specs are. Does it say?

    • frankfu1122 on 10/06/2020 - 14:09

      Nope but as others have pointed out, it might be for 4K although not sure if that's at 60hz or 30hz

  • lucas001 on 10/06/2020 - 13:17
    +2

    that's recommended, not minimum I would say.. you're probably safe with your rig, just don't expect to play at full ultra specs, although, your monitor is 1080p right?

    • frankfu1122 on 10/06/2020 - 14:07

      Yeah I hope so. I built my rig in 2017 hoping it would last me 5 years. I've got a 1440p monitor.

      • lucas001 on 10/06/2020 - 16:01

        5 years is a stretch.. you might have to upgrade components in the meantime.

        • frankfu1122 on 10/06/2020 - 17:12

          Yeah I thought about this though the 7700k doesn't leave me much of a nice upgrade path as I'd need to change out the entire mobo to get any CPU upgrade at all.

  • lordsnipe on 10/06/2020 - 13:26
    +1

    I didn't think any specs for Cyberpunk were published yet.

    According to this site: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/news/cyberpunk-2077-updated-r…, those specs you posted were of the machine used in an E3 demo in 2018, in 4K.

    • frankfu1122 on 10/06/2020 - 14:04

      Fair enough. Those guys estimate it to be an Intel i5 9600K or Ryzen 5 3600X with Nvidia RTX 2060 Super (Raytracing) or AMD RX 5700XT. That's even higher than the E3 demo in 4k!

  • QuickdraW on 10/06/2020 - 13:36
    -2

    Emails are 100% accurate, everyone knows this. I would get rid of your current rig asap, if the game detects you were running inferior hardware it will refuse to run.

  • Axelstrife on 10/06/2020 - 14:15

    the witcher 3 release date:
    19 May 2015

    Back then 4 core CPU's was the best there was at least in intels core i5/i7 line up (AMD was irrelevant then)

    Now days 6 core CPU's are the norm since AMD's Ryzen changed things quite a bit.

    Im sure you will be able to run it but im not sure how well, Can't really tell till the games release or some sort of benchmarks with the game.

    • frankfu1122 on 10/06/2020 - 17:07

      Yeah that's true. Though surely I'm not the only one still living in the quadcore-verse who will be buying this game. Will just have to wait for benchmarks I guess.

  • Bargain80 on 10/06/2020 - 14:45

    hmmm, where did you buy cyberpunk 2077? did you have a time machine?

    • lubos on 10/06/2020 - 14:49

      You are trying to be snarky but even if you purchase something today that is to be delivered a few months later - it is still a purchase.

      • Bargain80 on 10/06/2020 - 15:25
        -5

        technically it's called pre-ordered.

        kinda purchase but you haven't received the item.

        and they haven't even release the recommended spec yet for cyberpunk. Hence my comment.

        • lubos on 10/06/2020 - 15:39

          Pre-order is a marketing term. From the law point of view, it is a purchase.

          Plenty of things are purchased with delivery expected at later time. Even pizza. All purchases.

  • cille745 on 10/06/2020 - 15:39

    Really depends if you're someone that likes turning everything up to Ultra, a lot of those settings really aren't worth the performance hit at all

    1080ti should easily be enough for 1440p, just don't expect 100+ frame rate

    • frankfu1122 on 10/06/2020 - 17:11

      Sadly I am one of those people haha! I'm not even getting 100+ fps on TW3 either. I'm hovering around 80-90 FPS with Ultra which I'm actually quite happy with.

  • tamckinnon on 10/06/2020 - 16:49

    Those recommended specs are going will be 3+ year old tech when the game is released. Up until a month ago I was still playing the Witcher 3 (1440p on medium) on a FX8350 cpu and R290x gpu.

    • Patchy01 on 10/06/2020 - 16:57
      -1

      You do know the game is releasing in sept 2020 right?

    • cille745 on 10/06/2020 - 17:13

      What's sad is that the 2080 super is almost the exact same price the 1080ti was 3 years ago with only 5% better performance.

      • frankfu1122 on 10/06/2020 - 17:18
        +1

        Yeah so sad! I'm so glad I got my 1080ti for $900 3 years ago! It's holding up value like Apple products lol

        • cille745 on 10/06/2020 - 17:19
          +1

          I'm in a similar situation, paid $499 for a 980ti, and its equivalent is now $450

  • Patchy01 on 10/06/2020 - 16:51

    Can you please link where you bought it? I would like to buy it as well.

  • Patchy01 on 10/06/2020 - 17:22

    It's fairly common for these key places to sell illegal keys months before a new franchise releases officially. Best of luck.

    • frankfu1122 on 10/06/2020 - 17:28

      I mean I wouldn't buy Windows/Office keys but for games, I've been using cdkeys for years without any dramas. I purchased The Witcher 3 through them too as a GoG key and the process was silky smooth.

      Would be interested to see where the illegal aspects roll in? I understand the dodgy practices people use with bulk enterprise keys for Windows 10 etc but for games? What am I missing here?

      • Patchy01 on 10/06/2020 - 17:35

        Sometimes the devs will ban keys from them because they don't obtain them via ethical means. Yours might be perfectly fine but I wouldn't be taking the risk.

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