What will the system requirements be? Lets discuss!

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i've gone full ham on this,
in prep for this game (and only this game) i have gone through an entire overhall of my rig, as follows.
i7-8700k @ 37% oc @ 5.0 (stable as F)
32gb 3000 Vengence pro RBG
GTX 2070 super Asus Strix rog
NVME WD black 500gb
game pre orderd and waiting

Mind if I ask why you went with 32gb instead of 16gb?
 
Good airflow and thermals is what I’m looking for in a good case. Ideally for a case to also be silent but you can’t have it both ways, choosing one inevitably leads to sacrificing the other. So far my front runner was CoolerMaster H500 with a mesh front and 2 200mm fans, it’s rated very high by Gamers Nexus as far as thermals go. I’ve been on the fence between CoolerMaster H500 and NZXT H500 but the latter has a close front which leads to front fans choking and bad CPU thermals no matter how neat and minimalistic NZXT’s offering might look.
But lately I’ve been advised a Phanteks P400A which also has a mesh front. It’s a newer case and it’s not yet available. Waiting for reviews on that one. There also a slightly bigger and robust option in Phanteks P600S. Supposedly it lets you choose between silence and cooling as in you can take out the front panel easily revealing a mesh front underneath.

Speaking as someone with a NZXT H400, the thermal performance isn't bad. It's not what you would get with an open, mesh front panel case design, of course. I wouldn't say the front panel is completely choked off from airflow though (the side vents do allow air into the case). The H500 is a bit different but it's close enough. Having said that, the Coolermaster H500 with the mesh front is probably going to give better thermal performance. Not that this is surprising since, as mentioned, it would have a more open front panel.

To clarify, I get pretty reasonable temps with an OC'd 8700k (hot chip) in my NZXT case. The chip isn't de-lidded (hotter chip). It's not a particularly "good" chip either (average at best, thanks Intel).

Fractal would be an option to look into too. Specifically some of the Meshify iterations. The Phanteks cases you mentioned look like they would be technically sound but, as you astutely pointed out, wait for reviews.

All of that aside... case shopping is a pain in the ass. So GL in your search. Given recent trends in cases I'm thinking of building my next one out of cardboard and duct tape.....
 
After doing proper research this time around, my current list looks like this:

  • Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
  • Processor cooler: Corsair H60 2018
  • Motherboard: Asus TUF X570 Plus Wi-Fi
  • RAM: Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR4-3200 8 GB × 2
  • Graphics card: Asus ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080 Super
  • M.2 SSD: Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB
  • HDD: Seagate Barracuda 4TB
  • Power supply: SeaSonic FOCUS Plus 650 Gold
  • Case: be quiet! Dark Base 700

I might update it again around the release date but I'm pretty satisfied with this one for now.
 
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  • CPU
    • Number of Cores/Threads: 8/8 [1]
    • Frequency: speculated to be running a base clock speed of 1.6 Ghz on a 2.75 Ghz capable chip
    • Shared L2 Cache: 2 x 2 MB [2]
    • Manufacturing Process: 28 nm [3
  • GPU:
    • GPU Cores: 8 [5]
    • GPU Clock: 800 MHz [6]
  • Memory: 8GB GDDR5
    • Frequency: 5500 MHz [7]
    • System Memory Bus: 256-bit [8]
    • System Memory Bandwidth: 176.0 GB/s [9]
this being ps4 specs so pretty much has to be minimum requirements
 
I hope I got the post right.

Hi, I am writing to ask you if, indicatively, my PC is ready for Cyerpunk, I am writing down the following features:
In theory, my PC should be almost ok

CPU: i7-8700 3.2 / 4.6 GHz
RAM: 16GB
HD: 2 TB 7200 rpm.
Operating system: Windows 10 Pro 64 bit
Power supply: ATX XILENCE 600W
Video card: At the moment I have an old geforce sere 6 that I plan to replace with the Geforce GTX 1080, unless otherwise indicated.
I have a Philips (PHL 234E5) with 1920x1080 resolution and 60Hz refresh rate, with bit intensity at 8.
I realize that there are no official ideal requirements for the final version, but I ask you anyway for plausible indications, to understand if the replacement of the graphics card is sufficient, with a geforce GTX 1080 or equivalent
 
@Drakker38 I literally have the same crappy Philips monitor. I say crappy because it doesn’t have a vertical adjustment but mostly because it doesn’t feature Flicker-Free tech and I have to have brightness set to 90 so as to not notice the flickering which still leads to eye fatigue.
I plan to replace it with a 27” 1440p LG 27GL850.

Go with RTX2070 Super instead of that GTX1080. This way you might be able to enjoy some of the raytracing if CDPR actually introduces individual toggles like Remeedy did in Control.
 

The reports in those links are inconclusive and don’t paint a consistent picture: one guy had a faulty old PSU, another one - an older BIOS...

I would need more information to label RTX2070 Super as having issues.

Any 2070S owners here?
 

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I will upgrade my GPU for the game, currently have 1080ti but I want ray tracing and the 20## series doesn't cut it, the 30## series should but there's a chance it still won't be enough for 1440p at 100fps, which would mean waiting a long time for the 40## series.. I am not happy with the cost of the newer cards either. Hopefully I am just being pessemistic.
 
I hope I got the post right.

Hi, I am writing to ask you if, indicatively, my PC is ready for Cyerpunk,

You need a SSD. Well, not absolutely, but for many years any decent office PC would have one. For open world games especially you want an SSD so theres no lag in those on the fly, in game, texture loads.

A 1tb SSD is cheap. Keep HDDs relegated for mass media storage (movies, music etc). Everything else runs off SSD.

At the least man, please get one for your O/S. I cant imagine a consumer O/S running off HDD these days.


I will upgrade my GPU for the game, currently have 1080ti but I want ray tracing and the 20## series doesn't cut it, the 30## series should but there's a chance it still won't be enough for 1440p at 100fps, which would mean waiting a long time for the 40## series.. I am not happy with the cost of the newer cards either. Hopefully I am just being pessemistic.

I think the 3000 series is also going to be quite expensive. Not as much as first release of 2080ti but the cheap days are gone. Many are willing to spend big for flagship models. I doubt the 3000 series will be released before April. Guess 3rd/4th quarter 2020.

Either wait till then or keep your eye out for ebay specials or others on the 2080ti, youll recover decent $ when you sell 1080ti. I paid approx $1090 for MSI gaming X and sold the 1080ti for $650. Worth it for the $450? ehh, its not so bad. Regarding PC stuff, fast storage is my biggest money pit.
 
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You need a SSD. Well, not absolutely, but for many years any decent office PC would have one. For open world games especially you want an SSD so theres no lag in those on the fly, in game, texture loads.

A 1tb SSD is cheap. Keep HDDs relegated for mass media storage (movies, music etc). Everything else runs off SSD.

At the least man, please get one for your O/S. I cant imagine a consumer O/S running off HDD these days.




I think the 3000 series is also going to be quite expensive. Not as much as first release of 2080ti but the cheap days are gone. Many are willing to spend big for flagship models. I doubt the 3000 series will be released before April. Guess 3rd/4th quarter 2020.

Either wait till then or keep your eye out for ebay specials or others on the 2080ti, youll recover decent $ when you sell 1080ti. I paid approx $1090 for MSI gaming X and sold the 1080ti for $650. Worth it for the $450? ehh, its not so bad. Regarding PC stuff, fast storage is my biggest money pit.

yeah, i broke the bank and got a samsung 1tb 970pro m.2 for my latest build, i love fast storage tho, cannot stand waiting around on slow drives
 
I'm actually building a PC specifically so I can play this game on it. I've been budgeting and planning buying a part bi weekly with each paycheck. Here are all the parts I'm getting. Let me know what you guys might think.

SSD: Samsung 860 Evo

Ram: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 DRAM 3200MHz C16 Desktop Memory Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2B3200C16)

CPU: AMD Ryzen 3600X

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6 GB DUAL OC Video Card

Motherboard: ASUS ROG Strix X470-F Gaming AMD Ryzen 2 AM4 DDR4 DP HDMI M.2 ATX Motherboard

Case: Fractal Design Meshify C White - TG FD-CA-MESH-C-WT-TGC White Steel / Tempered

Power Supply Unit : Corsair RMi Series, RM650i, 650 Watt, 80+ Gold Certified, Fully Modular - Digital Power Supply

Monitor: MSI Optix G24C Black & Red 23.6" Curved FHD 1080p 1ms (MPRT) 144Hz 110% sRGB Widescreen LCD AMD FreeSync Non-Glare Curved Gaming Monitor 250 cd/m2 3000:1 HDMI DisplayPort DVI

Mouse: Logitech G300S

Keyboard: Logitech G213 Gaming Keyboard with Dedicated Media Controls
 
I'm actually building a PC specifically so I can play this game on it. I've been budgeting and planning buying a part bi weekly with each paycheck. Here are all the parts I'm getting. Let me know what you guys might think.

I just have some points to make.

I would suggest to get an x570 mobo. I know that x470 mobos are compatible with Ryzen's third generation CPUs with a Bios flash, but, generally, I would just go for the latest lineup and avoid any Bios flashes.

Since you're getting this pc specifically for Cyberpunk, then you should probably consider an RTX card and ultra wide monitor. And I have my doubts that an entry RTX card will be able to maintain at least 60+ fps on ultra settings in 1080p.

In addition, I am not quite sure about the performance of the MSI Optix G24C while enabling G-sync. Generally speaking, G-sync is no longer limited to G-sync monitors and it can also be enabled on Freesync ones. However, Nvidia made a list of Freesync monitors that can properly work with G-sync. Although MSI did announce a list of Freesync monitors that are compatible with G-sync, which includes the MSI Optix G24C, the official Nvidia list does not contain these Freesync monitors or at least the MSI Optix G24C. However, and most importantly, many users shared positive results with some of MSI MAG monitors, though not entirely free from technical issues, and the G-sync did preform well on them. And if HDR is a thing to you, then you should probably look for other monitors.

Sorry if I went too far with the specs, but I am assuming that you want the best possible experience for Cyberpunk. But in the end, everything falls to your preferences and budget. Hope this helps :)
 
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I just have some points to make.

I would suggest to get an x570 mobo. I know that x470 mobos are compatible with Ryzen's third generation CPUs with a Bios flash, but, generally, I would just go for the latest lineup and avoid any Bios flashes.

Since you're getting this pc specifically for Cyberpunk, then you should probably consider an RTX card and ultra wide monitor. And I have my doubts that an entry RTX card will be able to maintain at least 60+ fps on ultra settings in 1080p.

In addition, I am not quite sure about the performance of the MSI Optix G24C while enabling G-sync. Generally speaking, G-sync is no longer limited to G-sync monitors and it can also be enabled on Freesync ones. However, Nvidia made a list of Freesync monitors that can properly work with G-sync. Although MSI did announce a list of Freesync monitors that are compatible with G-sync, which includes the MSI Optix G24C, the official Nvidia list does not contain these Freesync monitors or at least the MSI Optix G24C. However, and most importantly, many users shared positive results with some of MSI MAG monitors, though not entirely free from technical issues, and the G-sync did preform well on them. And if HDR is a thing to you, then you should probably look for other monitors.

Sorry if I went too far with the specs, but I am assuming that you want the best possible experience for Cyberpunk. But in the end, everything falls to your preferences and budget. Hope this helps :)

I was actually looking into the G sync and Freesync monitor options as well as the wide monitors and even 4k resolution monitors but those all seemed to be a bit out of my budget range for now. I'm gonna be waiting to buy the monitor second to last, so hopefully my budget allows buying one that will be more high end and be able to show me the performance I'm paying for, but we'll see. I really appreciate the in depth advice though. The more information the better. And sadly the X570s seemed a little out of my budget as well when I originally looked into it. Upon further research after reading this though, I found they're only about $100 more so I should definitely be able to afford it.

Also these RTX video cards are insanely expensive lol those are definitely not an option for me but maybe later down the line I can upgrade if necessary.

I really appreciate the insight though. I've adjusted my build to have an x570 mobo instead and I'm gonna be definitely keeping a more keen eye out for a better monitor.
 
I would consider pushing the graphics card back as close to release as possible: AMD Navi 12 & 14 are just around the corner and will put some pressure on the RTX line by Nvidia -> would expect some price drops after they release...
 
I heard they showed their demo at gamescom with a 1080 TI. If that is what they used with an unoptimized version of the game, it will certainly suffice playing a that quality at home.
Unless of course, if you want to play it at 4k with 200fps and RTX.
 
Also these RTX video cards are insanely expensive lol those are definitely not an option for me but maybe later down the line I can upgrade if necessary.

The weak point is the GPU and monitor.
You should forget 100+hz and focus on maintaining a minimum of 60fps (use Vsync - it works).
Have a look at a used gtx 1080 on ebay. They're not much more than a 1660ti yet will yield vastly more performance. Youd be able to run 1440p.
A 32" 16:9 1440p 60hz monitor is available for just over $200 US. A decent BenQ sells for $229.

We all have our opinions but that sub 24" curved 100hz is absolute trash compared to what youd get with the BenQ. Curved should only be on ultrawides and on a 23" monitor its a perfect example of the 'leet gaming' marketing wankery the PC industry loves to do.
I've spent many thousands on my system. I basically have an unlimited budget. What do i use? A high end 32" 16:9 1440p 60hz monitor. (there are reasons i prefer 16:9 over 21:9 - more screen area than 34" 21:9, useful vertical height, less fuking around with HUDs and GUI tweaks, more content is 16:9 - with that displayed on 21:9 youre reduced to sub 27". As for 100+hz there are no decent 32" 16:9 100hz on the market. LG makes one but it uses a lousy panel)

My point is, for not much more $ you can get amazingly more performance and visuals. Also, everything will be better. Browsing, watching video, working with spreadsheets, imaging, porn, whatever, etc etc etc. There is no comparison with that tablet sized piece of crap. If 32" is too big for you (it isn't), then go with a non-curved 27" 1440p. 16:9 of course

The single greatest improvement ive had with PCs is going to a 32" monitor, and that includes the awesome 3dfx voodoo days and going from raptor HDDs in raid to a 256gb SSD back in 2009. (that little number alone cost $850 au)
 
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You could launch a benchmark before the game was released. Would help in optimization.
Make a release
FPS test would help you optimize the game before launch.
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Deliver a cyberpunk 2077 benchmark fps test, to help optimize the game
 
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I just hope this will be compatible with Win 7 64 Ultimate. My system is outdated, five years old but it is just going to have to do for now. I build my own systems and do not buy off the shelf. Still running a Zotac GeForce GTX 980 Ti, AMD FX 8350 / 8 core @4.2 Ghz on an ASUS Crosshair V Formula A-Z motherboard, 16 GB DDR3 memory. The only change I will be making sometime soon is upgrading the memory to 32 GB. I have Win 10 available (dual boot) but hope I don't have to use it for this game, not right now anyway.
i was using OC'd 8370 (4.82GHz) w/ 980ti and just upgraded in december to 3800X and 32GB and yeah just wanted to let you know i got a lot more performance out of the 980ti with the upgrade. It was a little costly but i wouldn't waste your money on more ddr3 at this point just save the $$ and put it toward platform upgrade. You could get a 2080ti with the system you got now and prob wouldn't see much of a boost.

i know what you're thinking, i hated to do it too because i was running games just fine and now i got my old system sitting over there collecting dust but with the new consoles coming out w/ 8 core zen2 processors in them it won't be too long before you are gonna be required to upgrade to keep gaming. good luck!
 
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