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Cyberpunk 2077 Players Warned To Check Their PC Cooling Systems Before Phantom Liberty Launch

Is your PC cool enough to handle Phantom Liberty?

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With just two weeks left to go before Cyberpunk 2077's Phantom Liberty expansion launches, lead scene programmer Filip Pierściński has advised players on PC to make certain that their machines can handle the heavy load that'll be placed on their systems.

"We use all that you have, so workload on CPU 90% on 8 core is expected," Pierściński posted on Twitter/X. "To save your time please run Cinebench or similar and check stability of your systems."

Cyberpunk 2077 had some high hardware demands when it first launched on PC in December 2020, and for the expansion, developer CD Projekt Red has updated the system requirements to reflect the changes in PC hardware and software over the last couple of years. An SSD is now mandatory, a Geforce RTX 2060 Super or Radeon RX 5700 XT GPU are listed in the recommended settings, and to experience the game in ray-tracing overdrive mode at 4K 60fps, you'll need to have a Geforce RTX 4080 16GB GPU installed.

To see if your PC rig can handle what is expected to be an intensive workload, the recommended Cinebench program is a free way to measure your PC and cooling systems for any thermal throttling issues.

Phantom Liberty, which serves as the one-and-only paid expansion to Cyberpunk 2077, brings with it a number of big changes to Night City. Cops will be more ruthless, car combat has been added, and the game has a distinctive spy-thriller atmosphere as you infiltrate a new district that's home to dangerous factions.

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So this game will stress test your PC for you. Wimpy systems need not apply.

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@Bamda: You know there is going to be no end to people with systems like this who are going to complain they can't run it. Game devs are going to begin slowly phasing out people with old hardware and people who own the old hardware are going to complain non-stop about it.

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@sgtkeebler: I would advise not purchasing the game then. Easy Peasy.

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@Bamda: I already got it, and my machine is more than capable of running the new expansion for an extended period.

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I haven't played the game yet.
Even though it's playable now,
I'm waiting for it to be totally finished before I jump in.
It's exciting watching it get better and better from the sidelines.

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I'm all over this. Ready for a fresh run.

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@itsnota2mer: Same. So long as it doesn't melt anything. : p

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@mogan: Jinx! 🤯

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I'm excited to finally play this game after waiting for so long. I think it'll be more immersive than Starfield is

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wow they are so proud of developing an unoptimized game of a decade and blame our PCs lol. they were even better than bethesda on releasing unfinished buggy game though it's their only success as so called AAA video game developer lol

and another wow for they only added the features they lied about they will be in the game at launch just added to the DLC so do you really think I would buy the DLC? ha ha funny CDPR. they should stop developing video games and become professional comedian instead because they cracking me up since they released cyberjunk 2077â„¢ :DDD

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@majikayo666: You act like a teenager, you know that? It's all good if you are one...
But anyway, the features part of the DLC will be free. The paid part is the new story/region.
And no, their sales numbers says they don't need to stop making games.

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@Psyny: I was going to say he sounds like a clown. LOL

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@Psyny: "You act like a teenager, you know that? It's all good if you are one..."

you act like a baby :DDD. look teenagers breathing so stop breathing to prove you are not teenager. I have no idea what kind of BS logic made you fart like that but this gamespot, not toilet :DDD

"But anyway, the features part of the DLC will be free. The paid part is the new story/region."

if you take CDPRs words as proof don't because they are known to lie. gamespot said "Phantom Liberty, which serves as the one-and-only paid expansion to Cyberpunk 2077, brings with it a number of big changes to Night City.Cops will be more ruthless, car combat has been added, and the game has adistinctive spy-thriller atmosphereas you infiltrate a new district that's home to dangerous factions." so I'll consider these features are DLC exlusive paid content because beliving in you is same as beliving in metacritic reviews about a game. we live in information age therefore there are lots of information garbage around so you better don't believe anything you hear. so I'll consider this as possible fact until I prove otherwise thank you. still lies or misinformation doesn't prevent me from joking about it which you didn't understand because you are so proud to be an emo you mistakenly think it as being adult and mature by ignoring existence of sense of humor but in reality you act like some 15 years old kiddo trying to act mature. I bet you just stopped watching cartoon and feel entitled to make everyone adult like how you are lmao :DDD

"And no, their sales numbers says they don't need to stop making games."

wow so serious. I guess you are a shill shilling :DDD

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@majikayo666: In one comment you're saying that they are making a poorly optimized game (which is just ridiculous), and in the next you're yammering on about everything else that you don't like about the game.

It just reads as though been wronged by this developer in some way, or you have some kind of bug up your rear about the company - a big serious bug.

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@lonesamurai00: you are too emotional and therefore exaggerating. I just discussed a topic about this article so what do you expect? this is not twitter where people say whatever they want randomly. so why do you complain about me? by your logic you have some kind of bug up your rear about me :DDD

you are clearly a shill otherwise I cannot make sense why some random person complain about me especially when I made negative comment about the game

if you must know I have nothing against CDPR or cyberjunk 2077 yet it's not a must have condition for anyone to talk bad about a game. for example one of my favorite video game is fallout new vegas but if gamespot made an article about lack of vehicles in the game you would see me saying how stupid it's to not add vehicle into game. it doesn't have to mean I have a thing going on for a company or something lmao

yet like most people here you mixup here for twitter. this place is to discuss stuff without sending short messages. yet again I'm saying this is not twitter so why complain when my message is long for you? it's a you issue which you can fix by stop being on gamespot and only hanging out on twitter lmao

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@majikayo666: I'm too emotional... Yeah a brotha is crying while typing? I'm not the one typing a wall of text to get his point across. The emotions are pouring from you my man, or woman.

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@lonesamurai00: if you call this wall of text it means you don't read articles posted here so why are you here? also it doesn't make sense when a wall of text as you define it should be emotional because it's wall of text. yeah dude articles here are so emotional because they are wall of text :DDD

BTW you were so wrong it took me a book to write how wrong you are :DDDDDDDD

IDK man go touch grass or something :DDD

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@majikayo666: "and another thing: im not mad. please dont put in the newspaper that i got mad."

Bro you are OBSESSED with this. Just malding. Anyone needs to touch grass it's you. Sad.

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@blackparrottt: IDK if you are an AI :DDD

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@majikayo666: Disagreeing with you does not make someone a shill.

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@mogan: I call them a shill for making my opinion a big deal and they making it dramatic with lots of assumptions by exaggerating what actually happened by complaining about me just because I made a negative comment about the game. as you see it's not a discussion a person can even be right or wrong and they don't have to be agree with me obviously as I don't care who is right or wrong, including myself. this is not a science meeting so we don't discuss if time travel is possible or not, we discuss about the article so why a person has to be right or why do you make it seem like a person have to agree with you? they clearly bothered by my negative comment about the game so they just trash talk about me for no good reason so I call them a shill. if they were not a shill I see no point to even write a message like that

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@majikayo666: Just stop calling people shills unless they're actually shilling.

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@mogan: ok but can I ask if they are a shill? :DDD

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@majikayo666: "I have nothing against CDPR or Cyberjunk 2077"

You called it Cyberjunk in the same sentence as saying you have nothing against it. Calling it Cyberjunk quite strongly implies that you have something against it.

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@Alluziion: it's my sense of humor. you have to be crazy to think a person can have a thing for a game or company lol

I can also say one of my favorite video game fallout new vegas "fallout old vegas" just because they basically used fallout 3's assets. it doesn't change the fact that I love the game. you should touch grass and realize not everyone thinks like you lmao

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Bethesda: "No one can release game content as half-assed as we can!"

CDPR: "On your left"

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Gee CDPR, why does mom let you have two massively unoptomized Cyberpunk 2077 releases?

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@epic_poke8: Uhh no. I say this as someone who as only ran around the city to test performance. The game, at least of the PT update, is incredibly optimized.

On a 5800x3D 3070 32gb its 45-60fps maxed 1440p DLSSp, with ridiculously perfect frametime (a clear sign of fantastic optimization).

"Full pathtracing" implies optimization, otherwise they wouldn't bother.

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@treechopper88: they talking about release not how the game is right now

but you cannot deny the possibility that the DLC seems so unoptimized we have to watch for our PCs temps as CDPR stated + not to mention launch of cyberjunk 2077 was very bad so who can be so sure launch of DLC will be decent too? lmao

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@majikayo666: uhh he said "two massively unoptomized Cyberpunk 2077 releases" - referring to the release as well as how it is right now or at the time of the PL expansion release.

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@Alluziion: nope. read it again. they meant the game released in unoptimized state and they think DLC will be also released in an unoptimized state because CDPR stated people may have heat issues. DLC is not counted as base game getting fixed situation as how it's right now, DLC and its content is own thing

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@treechopper88: facts aren't going to convince anyone

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@treechopper88: I dont know why you bother answering here. Most ppl have no idea what they are talking about. It's just a "complain is cool" behavior.

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@Psyny: Hating on games that catch bad press regardless of the facts or improvements made to them has been the MO of gamers recently. Even games journalists are susceptible to it. Incredibly annoying trend.

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@blackparrottt: I acknowledge of improvement of cyberjunk 2077 after like 3 years but you guys missing the point of the current state of the game had to be in launch day, not 3 years later. they asking for AAA price but they deliver what even most indie companies doesn't do. the game also lacks so many basic feature it shows they are not professional deserving money. what they did is never okay and no company should be forgiven for doing that. that's the reason of hate. the game was so junk even on console it was not playable for a year. if you make it seem okay companies will be entitled to use players as free tester shaming customers with their own money by releasing half baked tech demos as full golden game. no way in hell you spend your own hardworking money and when you experience a BS you can still have positive opinion about a company after cyberjunk 2077 disaster. they even managed to be in history of video gaming on most unfinished video game that doesn't even work on consoles. can you realize the BS going on in CDPR? so nope it's not a hate trend or something, CDPR deserves all the hate to make example for other companies no matter what they sell. comparing CDPR even EA wasn't that shit lmao

would you want to buy a TV that doesn't have a basic feature like increasing/decreasing volume? what about the visual stuttering and all and what would you think when you had to wait for 3 years to just have a TV that works ok as it should have from the start like other TVs? IDK what kind of shill brainwash you guys experiencing lmao

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@majikayo666: Here's news for you, genius: I didn't buy the game and I still haven't. I will when they release the update that's coming out with lots of improvements, because they've now made the game with features that I expect at a price I think is fair. Just like I did with NMS. If for any reason I see that the new update does not offer the improvements that I expect, I won't buy it at all.

I'm effectively doing what you want me to do, buying games that work. It literally makes no difference whether it came out 3 years ago buggy or not, that might as well have been early access. Back then no one bought it because of the issues and many many people refunded it. They were punished for their mistake. Buying the game now is not "rewarding" that, it's rewarding the making of a game that works. Any thoughts on that or are you going to keep spewing your annoying drivel?

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"I will when they release the update that's coming out with lots of improvements"

yeah I wrote it's wrong to ever pay for CDPR and here you are :DDD

would you be okay to buy a TV from a company that it took 3 years for them to release that game? still same example which you don't get. you embarrass yourself for paying for such low quality shitty company and it doesn't matter if they fixed the issue 3 years later. same as no man's sky BS. from the start they should have release a decent game but they couldn't because they basically suck hard and you pay money for them like what they did was ok wow lol

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@majikayo666: This is literally nonsense. They received the backlash, they didn't receive the money, they continued to work on the game to fix their mistake, they fixed their mistake, and now it's a game worth the money.

If I make something, let's say a wooden chair, and I say "Will you buy this?" and someone says no, it's not good enough, and I go back and put time and work into it until it is what someone will buy, I have done the work necessary to make that sale. It is literally no different.

You act like people were forced into buying a broken game with no refunds. They got refunds. The backlash was widely known, and anyone who bought the game knew what they were getting into after that. People were angry because the game was not what was promised. No one lost anything. Their trust may have been broken, but no harm was done. Now CDPR has rebuilt that trust by creating a game worth playing.

They didn't kill your dog, dude. They released a buggy game which they have now fixed. Get over yourself. You're not some beacon of morality wronged by some great evil.

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@blackparrottt: you take the topic into nonsense ways so when I try to get out from your nonsense POV you only realize how your topic is nonsense but you blame me

cannot argue the facts here and your refund idea is very BS. most people spent 2 hours creating their character so no refund for them on steam. consoles had special refund agreement for the game but it was not allowed for many people anyway. even if the person took 1 minute to create their character, realizing how the game is buggy and realizing the game basically didn't release with most of the promised features took more than 2 hours. some people ignored the bad comments and they still played more than 2 hours and they couldn't refund the game

still the topic you try to pull is literally nonsense

the company couldn't deliver a product that should have worked in the way it was advertized. if an american company did the same in america CDPR would be legally punished because basically what they did is false advertizing. from customer POV the game was unplayably buggy which is no different than selling a defunct product crime, they scammed with lies that the game would have at launch but never did

I made the subject very obvious but you refuse to listen to. CDPR basically committed lots of crime, even if they didn't commit crime they just sold BS and it causes subjective problem to society and it's another wrong aspect of CDPR. if you are still okay with that than touch grass. I knew CDPR suck ass so I never bought any of their game so I'm ok but if you bought cyberjunk 2077 you probably gone from "my money is wasted" to "finally they proved my money is not wasted" mentality. so you experience 5 steps of acceptance that you made a bad decision to pay for CDPR. if you are still ok to pay for CDPR even though they scammed you then I can say you are not a person I would ever listen to your BS anymore because you clearly suffer something like stockholm syndrome over CDPR lol. badbye :DDD

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@majikayo666: You have ZERO ground to call any of us brainwashed, when you have demonstrated an intelligence level of a Llama. Thanks for not talking anymore you future rocket scientist.

Btw, you are the one who is brainwashed. Hit some of us hard when everything on the internet suddenly only could be upvoted, and some of us? It made ******* out of them. Case in point.

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@treechopper88: I didn't even write you are brainwashed so why you jump on the bullet I shot at someone else? lmao

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@majikayo666: I'm not sure what all this is about. No one has to buy an under-developed game (or TV) on release... in fact, you probably shouldn't. Wait until it works like you expect, then buy it. The game developer doesn't get money until the product is up to your expectations.

I bought the game 2 years after release for 50% off, thought it was amazing, and am looking forward to this expansion.

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@willhouse4: wow how can you be okay when a company released a TV that lacks basic features and doesn't even work ok and it took them 3 years to make it an okay TV? from the start paying for such company is dead wrong lol

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