Can I Run Cyberpunk 2077 on My PC / Laptop?

Yes. The GTX 1060 6GB is the official minimum card. Expect about 30 fps at 1080p High, or closer to 60 with lowered settings and FSR turned on. Keep ray tracing off.

No. The official minimum is 12GB of system RAM, and busy areas of the city use 12 to 16GB. On 8GB you will get stutter and crashes. Aim for 16GB. Note that 8GB often refers to graphics memory on a card, which is a different thing.

About 70GB for the base game and closer to 110GB with the Phantom Liberty expansion. Keeping roughly 130GB free on your SSD leaves room for patches and the shader cache.

Yes. An RTX 3060 does around 60+ fps at 1080p Ultra, and it can turn on ray tracing at 1080p with DLSS. It is a solid card for this game.

Yes, and that is the default. Ray tracing is optional and lives in its own set of requirements. The standard game looks great and runs far better.

Only high-end RTX 40-series cards, roughly an RTX 4070 Ti and up, with DLSS and Frame Generation on. Native 4K path tracing drops below 20 fps even on an RTX 4090.

Only the newer, stronger integrated chips, and only at low settings with upscaling on. Intel Iris Xe manages about 720p Low with XeSS for roughly 30 fps. AMD's Radeon 780M, found in newer Ryzen laptop chips, is a step up and can hold close to 1080p Low with FSR on. Older AMD Vega 8 graphics and basic laptop chips fall well short of the GTX 1060 minimum and struggle to stay playable.

Yes. A DirectX 12 capable graphics card is required and there is no DirectX 11 mode.

The free Update 2.0 that shipped alongside it did. That update raised the minimum to an SSD and 12GB of RAM and added the full tier system. Phantom Liberty itself is the paid story expansion in Dogtown.

Use DLSS if you have an RTX card, since it gives the cleanest image and the biggest speed boost. FSR works on almost any graphics card, including older Nvidia, AMD, and Intel cards, and is the right pick if you don't have an RTX GPU. XeSS is tuned for Intel Arc cards but also runs on other hardware. All three do the same basic job: render at a lower internal resolution and reconstruct a sharper image, which frees up frame rate.

Frame Generation inserts AI-created frames between the ones your GPU actually renders, which roughly doubles the displayed frame rate on screen. DLSS 3 Frame Generation needs an RTX 40-series card. A later patch also added FSR Frame Generation, which works across a wider range of Nvidia, AMD, and Intel cards. It's what makes path tracing at 4K playable on cards that otherwise couldn't hold 30 fps.

6GB, on cards like the GTX 1060, is the real floor and it works at 1080p Medium to High. 8GB is the comfortable number for 1080p Ultra and most of 1440p, and it's what most current mid-range cards ship with. 12GB or more only matters at 4K Ultra or when path tracing is on, since those modes load much bigger textures and ray-tracing data into memory.

Not for normal play. 16GB is the sweet spot and matches the official recommended spec. The Ultra and RT Overdrive tiers list 20 to 24GB, which in practice means installing a 32GB kit. If you're running Ultra settings with path tracing while streaming or recording at the same time, 32GB gives you headroom, but it won't raise your fps on its own.

DirectX 12 only. The game's engine, REDengine 4, does not offer a Vulkan renderer, and there is no DirectX 11 fallback either. Your graphics card and driver both need to support DirectX 12.

There is no dedicated benchmark mode, but you can turn on an in-game performance overlay from the graphics settings that shows your frame rate, frame time, and basic hardware stats while you play. If you want more detail, the overlays built into GeForce Experience, AMD Adrenalin, Intel Arc Control, or Steam's own FPS counter all work fine on top of that.

The most common cause is shader compilation, which briefly stutters the first time you see a new area, effect, or weapon after a driver or game update, then settles down. Beyond that, ongoing drops (not a one-time stutter) usually come down to less than 12GB of RAM, a hard drive instead of an SSD, or a VRAM-limited card pushed to Ultra settings. Updating your graphics driver and lowering crowd density or volumetric fog usually helps the most.

Yes. Cyberpunk 2077 runs on the RTX 3050 at 1080p low to medium; shave a setting or two and the frame rate settles. Around 40 to 50 fps at 1080p Low to Medium with DLSS.

No, not comfortably. The GTX 1650 misses Cyberpunk 2077's minimum bar, so any session would be very low settings and low fps. Playable only at 720p to 1080p Low with upscaling, often below 40 fps.

It clears the bar. The GTX 1060 6GB matches Cyberpunk 2077's minimum, so 1080p on low to medium is realistic once you tune a few settings. Expect about 30 fps at 1080p High, or near 60 with lowered settings and FSR.

Probably not worth it. The RX 580 is short of Cyberpunk 2077's minimum, so even very low settings may not give a smooth result. About 30 to 40 fps at 1080p on low to medium with FSR.

Comfortably, yes. The RTX 4060 clears Cyberpunk 2077's recommended bar, which puts high 1080p and 1440p both in reach. Roughly 75 fps at 1080p Ultra, or 90+ with DLSS Quality.

Yes. The RTX 3060 has headroom over Cyberpunk 2077's recommended card, so you can push 1080p high and move to 1440p when you want. Around 60+ fps at 1080p Ultra, and it can turn on ray tracing at 1080p with DLSS.

For sure. The RTX 2060 outpaces Cyberpunk 2077's recommended card, leaving you high 1080p now and 1440p whenever you like.

Fine for a lighter setup. The GTX 1660 clears Cyberpunk 2077's minimum, so target 1080p low to medium and adjust down for a steady rate.

Runnable. The GTX 1660 Super covers Cyberpunk 2077's minimum, meaning 1080p low to medium and a smoother feel after a small settings drop.

Runnable. The RX 6600 covers Cyberpunk 2077's minimum, meaning 1080p low to medium and a smoother feel after a small settings drop.

Good enough to play. The GTX 1660 Ti sits at Cyberpunk 2077's minimum, so expect 1080p low to medium and a bit of tuning for smoothness.

You are well set. The RTX 3060 Ti exceeds Cyberpunk 2077's recommended card, so 1080p high is easy and 1440p is realistic.

That is more than enough. The RTX 4050 clears Cyberpunk 2077's recommended requirement, so aim for high at 1080p or step up to 1440p.

Not a good match. Cyberpunk 2077 asks for more than the GTX 1050 Ti provides, so you would be stuck on very low settings and choppy frame rates.

For sure. The RTX 4070 outpaces Cyberpunk 2077's recommended card, leaving you high 1080p now and 1440p whenever you like.

MacBook Air and Pro models, M-series chip or not, have nothing to run: Night City never got a native Mac build. GeForce Now cloud streaming is the dependable route, and a Windows layer such as CrossOver works, unofficially and unevenly.

A Chromebook has nothing under the hood for Cyberpunk 2077 itself, so GeForce Now cloud streaming, which renders the game elsewhere and sends you the video, is the only route in.

Yes. Both handhelds run it. The Steam Deck has an official preset around 30 fps on Low with FSR, and the ROG Ally pushes a little higher, roughly 40 to 50 fps with upscaling on.

You need an RTX 3080 or RTX 4070 or better with DLSS for smooth 4K. Native 4K Ultra is very demanding, and 4K with path tracing realistically needs an RTX 4090 with Frame Generation.

An RTX 3060 Ti, RTX 4060 or better holds 60 fps at 1440p high, especially with DLSS Quality turned on.

An RTX 2060 SUPER or RTX 3060 gets you a steady 60 fps at 1080p high. On weaker cards, turning on DLSS or FSR is usually enough to reach 60.

1080p Ultra needs around an RTX 3060. For 1440p or 4K Ultra you want an RTX 3080 or RTX 4070 class card, and the ray-tracing Ultra tiers ask for more again.

Yes, for the standard game and 1080p or 1440p play. Only the Ultra and ray-tracing tiers ask for 20 to 24GB.

An SSD is required now, and a hard drive is not supported. The Ultra tiers recommend a faster NVMe drive for the best streaming.

Barely. A 4GB card like a GTX 1650 or RX 570 manages 720p to 1080p on low with upscaling, but 6GB of graphics memory is the real minimum, and 4GB brings texture stutter.

Yes to both. The base PS4 version was rough at launch and is best on a PS4 Pro, while the PS5 version runs well with 60 fps and ray-tracing modes. This page focuses on PC.

Yes, through a cloud service like GeForce Now, which runs the game on their servers and streams it, so your own hardware only needs to handle video.

Four things trip people up most: a card weaker than the GTX 1060 floor, under 12GB of RAM, a hard drive install instead of an SSD, and drivers that have gone stale. Work down that list before anything else.

Proton handles it well even without an official Linux build. The Steam Deck Verified badge is really a Proton compatibility check, and a desktop Linux install running a current Proton version gets performance close to native Windows on matching hardware.

Not comfortably. The official minimum CPU is an i7-6700 or Ryzen 5 1600, already a higher bar than most minimum specs. An i3 or Ryzen 3 chip sits below that and will bottleneck the game regardless of your graphics card. Expect stutter and inconsistent frame rates, especially in dense parts of Night City. A six-core CPU is the realistic starting point.

It works, but not as efficiently as on Nvidia cards. AMD cards from the RX 6800 XT up can run the standard ray-tracing tiers, and FSR helps recover the frame rate cost. Path tracing, RT Overdrive, is a different story: it leans on Nvidia-specific technology and isn't a realistic option on AMD hardware yet.

Yes. Cyberpunk 2077 runs on Xbox Series X and S, with 60 fps performance and ray-tracing modes on the Series X. It is also on Xbox One, though that older version is weaker. This page focuses on the PC version.

Within limits, yes. At the minimum of a GTX 1060 6GB, an i7-6700, 12GB of RAM and an SSD you can play 1080p Low at around 30 fps, and turning on FSR pushes it higher. Below that hardware the game will struggle.

Only on the Switch 2, which has a native version. The original Switch cannot run it. This page covers the PC version.

It sits right around the official minimum. The RTX 2050 is a laptop GPU with 4GB of VRAM, close to a desktop GTX 1650 in raw power, so expect 1080p Low around 30 to 40 fps with DLSS turned on. Drop to 720p if you want a steadier frame rate.

Yes, it's listed as an official minimum-tier card alongside the GTX 1060 6GB and RX 580. Expect around 30 fps at 1080p Low to Medium. Keep Intel's drivers current, since Arc cards lean heavily on driver-level fixes for older or unusual game code.

Yes, and well. It's the Intel card listed at the official recommended tier alongside the RTX 2060 SUPER and RX 5700 XT, so it holds 1080p High around 60 fps and can attempt ray tracing at 1080p with XeSS turned on.