Cyberpunk 2077 system requirements for 4K and ray tracing announced

Cyberpunk 2077 in a few weeks and we finally know exactly what kind of hardware you will need to run the PC version the way you want it to. CD Projekt Red announced the system requirements for the game on Friday and gave gamers plenty of details on what kind of hardware they will need to run the game on various settings, including with ray tracing enabled.

We already knew the Cyberpunk 2077the minimum and recommended settings of, which are both quite reasonable. Even the “High” settings listed by CD Projekt Red are not too bad. With just an RTX 2060 or a Radeon RX 5700 XT, you will be able to run the game on Ultra settings at 1440p. If you want to upgrade to 4K, you’ll need to upgrade your GPU to an Nvidia RTX 2080S, RTX 3070, or Radeon RX 6800 XT.

While these modes can be quite demanding, it’s when ray tracing is involved that the demands really jump. To run the game with ray tracing on Ultra at 1440p you will need an RTX 3070. If you want to switch to 4K ray tracing with the settings on Ultra, only the RTX 3080 will do the job – or the RTX 3090. if you are lucky.

Unfortunately, CD Projekt Red’s impressive spec chart doesn’t include information on what frame rates we can expect the game to work with each of these setups. While it would be good to say with confidence that this graph refers to 60 fps, it’s much more likely that its target is 30 fps. That being said, if you’re not too picky about frame rates, 30 fps should be a good way to play. Cyberpunk 2077, especially if you’re exploring Night City in 4K with the ray tracing turned to maximum.

Cyberpunk 2077 is currently slated for release on December 10 for PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. The game will also release for Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 sometime in 2021.