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Can I run Cyberpunk 2077 with a GeForce RTX 3050 8GB?

In Cyberpunk 2077 the GeForce RTX 3050 8GB sits between two reference points: past the GeForce GTX 1060 6GB that defines minimum, and 36% short of the GeForce RTX 2070 that defines recommended.

The GeForce RTX 3050 8GB arrived 2 years after Cyberpunk 2077 shipped, so the game was never designed with it in mind: 8 of the 47 cards we track stop at the same point in Cyberpunk 2077. It sits 42 of 47 on our index.

estimated index 9 · 8 GB · 2022
Ceiling with a Ryzen 7 9800X3D and 32 GB

Runs at minimum

Playable at the lowest supported settings, with nothing in reserve.

Headroom
33% clear on VRAM
Bottleneck
GPU
Confidence
estimated

Tier ladder

  1. minimum cleared
  2. recommended blocked by GPU
  3. high blocked by GPU + VRAM
  4. ultra blocked by GPU + VRAM

The weakest link is graphics card: this rig brings 9 against the 14 that Cyberpunk 2077 asks for at the recommended tier. Everything else in the rig is already past that line.

That readout is the best this card can do in Cyberpunk 2077: it assumes nothing else in the machine holds it back. Your own processor and memory can only lower it, never raise it.

The same card with three different processors

In Cyberpunk 2077 the processor beside a GeForce RTX 3050 8GB changes the answer, which is why a card-only verdict is not worth much here. Each row assumes 16 GB of system memory.

Processor Index Verdict Bottleneck
Ryzen 5 1600 30 Will not run processor
Ryzen 9 5900X 70 Runs at minimum graphics card
Ryzen 7 9800X3D 95 Runs at minimum graphics card

Cheapest way up one tier

graphics card: GeForce RTX 3060 12GB

The GeForce RTX 3050 8GB sits at index 9 and the recommended tier starts at 14.

That is the smallest part in our catalogue that clears the recommended tier - not the fastest one, and not a price claim: we hold no price data, so "cheapest" here means "least upgrade that does the job".

Where to look: GeForce RTX 3060 12GB (no store links yet)

Thresholds, against this card

Green means the GeForce RTX 3050 8GB clears that number, red means it does not. The processor and memory columns are yours to fill in with the checker below.

System requirement thresholds for Cyberpunk 2077, by tier
Requirement minimum recommended high ultra your rig
GPU index 6 14 30 45 9
CPU index 42 62 78 90 0
Video memory 6 GB 8 GB 10 GB 16 GB 8 GB
System memory 12 GB 16 GB 16 GB 32 GB 0 GB
Storage 70 GB 70 GB 70 GB 70 GB -

The CPU and system memory rows show zero because this page knows the card and nothing else.

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GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

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Questions

Will a GeForce RTX 3050 8GB run Cyberpunk 2077?
In Cyberpunk 2077 the GeForce RTX 3050 8GB sits between two reference points: past the GeForce GTX 1060 6GB that defines minimum, and 36% short of the GeForce RTX 2070 that defines recommended. Above that the graphics card is what stops it.
Is 8 GB of video memory enough for Cyberpunk 2077?
Yes for the tiers this card can reach anyway - its core speed runs out before its 8 GB of video memory does in Cyberpunk 2077.

More on this card: what the GeForce RTX 3050 8GB runs across every game we track.