007 First Light system requirements

The 007 First Light system requirements aren't as low as some recent triple-A games, but are still modest enough that most older and entry-level gaming PCs should have no problems running the game. The main potential stumbling block is its need for 16GB of RAM and 80GB of SSD storage. Otherwise, James Bond's latest gaming adventure should be one that most fans get to enjoy.

Crucially, while it's always nice to have the best graphics card that money can buy, you don't really need it for 007 First Light. The minimum specs require a Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 or AMD Radeon RX 5700, which is very modest by modern standards - there's no forced ray tracing here. If you want to run the game at high settings, more serious hardware will be required, of course, and this is explained below.

Here are the 007 First Light system requirements for PC:

All things considered, the minimum requirements for what our 007 First Light review has shown to be an incredibly fun game are very accessible. As mentioned above, the graphics cards are among the most notable modest components in these specs. They're old and were only mid-range options at the time of their launch, so the vast majority of current gaming PCs should have a GPU at least as powerful or more modern. Needing only 6GB of VRAM is also something most graphics cards should manage.

The lack of forced ray tracing is a huge part of what allows this game to still support such old GPUs, and it's great to see such a high-profile game shun this ray tracing-only trend. In fact, 007 First Light isn't even launching with ray tracing support. It's only expected to get in a post-launch update.

CPU requirements are modest, too, with all the options listed being at least seven years old, and again being mid-range or lower options at the time of their release.

However, RAM is a different story. In the current RAM price crisis, needing 16GB is a limit that has the potential to trip up a few gamers hoping to play this title on old PCs. We'd expect most PCs built in the last ten years to have at least 16GB by now, but if you're still holding out with 8GB or 12GB, you might require a much-more-expensive-than-it-was-this-time-last-year upgrade.

If your PC just hits these minimum requirements, you can expect to be able to play the game at 1080p at 30fps. That may not sound like a great experience, but it's a controller-friendly title, so 30fps will be playable.

In terms of the recommended specs, the GPU requirements jump up quite considerably, as you'll need an RTX 3060 Ti or RX 6700 XT, which puts this game almost on par with the likes of Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 and Black Ops 7, so if your system can manage those titles, it should run this one too.

CPU specs jump up, too, with the Intel Core i5 13500 and AMD Ryzen 5 7600 only being three-year-old chips, though they are mid-range options. Crucially, RAM requirements don't jump up from 16GB to 32GB, so you shouldn't have to make an even more costly RAM upgrade.

With these specs reached, 007 First Light should run at 1080p at 60fps. IOI doesn't specify what detail settings either the minimum or recommended specs will allow you to run the game at, but the minimum will probably need you to set everything to Low, while hitting the recommended specs is likely to get you Medium detail settings.

The 007 First Light download size is 80GB, which is mid-range for a modern title - well below the 120GB+ of some, but still a sizeable download. The game also requires an SSD, so you will need to upgrade if you're still running on an old hard drive. You can find our current top recommendations in our best SSD guide.

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Find out more about the 007 First Light release date or check out our 007 First Light best settings guide to find out how to configure the game for best performance.