Polish game developer CDPR (CD Projekt RED) has always had a strong goal and enthusiasm for continuously improving games. Their games may not necessarily be perfect when they are launched, but after several years of updates, repairs and polishing, they often make the games perfect. Recently they will launch a new expansion pack “Freedom Fantasy” based on “Cyber 2077”. It is expected to be better than the original “2077” in terms of plot and visual performance. However, the original manufacturer also brought another bad news: players whose computers are not powerful enough will not be able to play the minimum required image quality of “Free Fantasy Game”. All system requirements are higher than those of the “2077” period. In other words, if you want to play this new game, you must first evaluate the computer’s failings.
CDPR’s games have always been slow and meticulous, and their development progress has always been slow. They don’t strive for speed, but only for excellence. “2077” was postponed several times before its launch. After its launch, the problems in it were constantly updated, allowing players to feel the efforts of the development team. Perhaps it may not be the most advanced in terms of technology, but the development team that cares most about its own works is definitely CDPR.
It has been more than three years since “2077” was released, and the hardware needs to be updated.
Since the release of “Dytronics 2077”, the first expansion pack has finally been hatched. The expansion pack is named “Phantom Liberty”. This expansion requires payment to be updated to Cybertron 2077. However, compared to the price of the original game, the expansion pack is still cheaper.
However, compared to the price, another news that shocked players came from the hardware requirements of “Freedom Fantasy”. Many people may think that game expansion packs basically rely on the main game, so even if the demand increases, it will not be astonishingly high. However, “Free Fantasy” has been developed for three years after all, and many game consoles or computer hardware that were applicable at that time are slightly outdated for this expansion pack. Therefore, the official hardware requirements for “Freedom Fantasy” are planned in two general directions: image quality and light tracking.
First of all, for most people who want to be able to run games smoothly, it is best to have 1080p resolution and 60 frames of performance. The official recommendation is a Core i7-12700 processor or a Ryzen 7 7800X processor. The former is a large and small core architecture processor configured in 8P4E, and the latter is a 10-core processor. However, students who upgrade their computers this year may prefer Core i7 13700 (or suffix +K or +F) and AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D.
In terms of graphics cards, Geforce RTX 2060 Super or Radeon RX 5700 XT are required. Of course, Arc A770 is also officially recognized. However, these cards are very old and may be available on the market, but the newer RTX 3000/4000 series will be the target that many players consider. The same goes for A cards, and perhaps the RX 6000 series cards have more oomph.
Otherwise, it requires 8 GB of display memory, 16 GB of system memory, and 70 GB of SSD space. Officials believe that with the above hardware configuration, you can play games in 1080p 60 frame mode.
However. CDPR also knows that some players are interested in “Cyberpunk 2077: Fantasy of Freedom“In the game world, I am fascinated by the beautiful light chasing effects. For players who need ray tracing effects and want to play games at 1080p 60 frames, officials believe that they only need to upgrade their CPU to Core i9-12900 or Ryzen 9 7900X, graphics card to Geforce RTX 3080Ti or Radeon RX 7900 XTX, system memory of at least 24GB, display memory of at least 16GB, and SSD preferably with NVME. specifications, you can experience the smooth and beautiful world of light chasing.
Finally, for those with strong financial resources, the official recommended hardware configuration for 2160p, the highest and most extreme image quality (Ray tracing Overdrive) in the game, first refer to the hardware configuration in the previous paragraph, then change the graphics card to Geforce RTX 4080, and increase the system memory to 24GB.
It can be seen from the above hardware configuration suggestions that CDPR has put a lot of effort into “Freedom Fantasy” this time. It took three years to create the story and missions of the new expansion pack, and the picture quality has also been improved to a higher level. Therefore, even the hardware configuration of “Dian Yu Ren Ke 2077” in the past is no longer applicable. Some people may think that CDPR has become sexual. Because on “The Witcher”, the company did not make such radical adjustments to the hardware requirements.
The author believes that it is not very good to require CDPR to launch an expansion pack for a game three years ago and to plan the hardware requirements according to the standards three years ago. Three years have already brought about earth-shaking changes in the entire technology industry. The performance of the graphics card alone has improved a lot. I believe that there will be better special effects and image quality technology in the game to present a better picture. Since it is new content, it is not unreasonable to improve the hardware standards.
For gamers, upgrading their computers is an unavoidable issue. There will always be other new games in the future, but they may not take care of old platform users so seriously. If you think the investment required for the game in front of you is unaffordable, you may want to put the game down first and save money to solve the problem at hand. Think about it from another perspective, there are always discounts on games, but there are new graphics cards and new CPUs every year, so it is good to give time to solve the problem.
Source: KOCPC Chinese