007 First Light has been repeatedly postponed, but should finally be released a few weeks before summer.
If they're not forced into yet another postponement, the authors of the Hitman series should be back with the first James Bond video game in almost 14 years. 007 First Light has indeed been repeatedly postponed, but it's now been announced for May 27 and, as if to prove that this time it's the right one, studio IO Interactive has released a preview of the recommended PC configurations for playing the secret agent. Beware, it stings.
In fact, only two configurations are currently published by IO Interactive, which for the moment is only offering Full HD (1920×1080). We're sure that other configurations will be announced in the coming weeks, to give an indication to all gamers aiming for definitions such as QHD (2560×1440) or UHD (3840×2160). In both cases, the hardware requirements are likely to be extremely demanding.
The two configurations currently on display © IO Interactive
Minimum system requirements:
- Operating system: Windows 10/11 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core i5-9500K or AMD Ryzen 5 3500
- RAM: 16 GB
- Graphics card: NVIDIA GTX 1660 or AMD Radeon RX 5700 or equivalent Intel graphics card
- Video memory: 8 GB
- Disk space: 80 GB minimum
- Operating system: Windows 10/11 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core i5-13500 or AMD Ryzen 5 7600
- RAM: 32 GB
- Graphics card: NVIDIA RTX 3060 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 6700XT or equivalent Intel graphics card
- Video memory: 12 GB
- Disk space: 80 GB minimum
On the face of it, the requirements are pretty low for a game set in 2026 and presented as a technological showcase. However, it's worth taking a closer look at the " performance target " line, which details the targeted performance: for the first configuration, we're only talking about 30 frames per second in Full HD, while the second configuration goes up to 60 fps, but still in Full HD. Yes, we're talking about needing 32 GB of RAM to play in Full HD! So, when you see this, you have to wonder whether you won't need 64 GB or 96 GB to play in UHD (4K)!
