One of the hottest upcoming titles of 2026, IO Interactive’s 007 First Light gets a slightly revised system requirements, after the community had pointed out several inconsistencies regarding the previously released requirements. The newly updated PC specs has a lower RAM requirement of 16 GB as opposed to the earlier 32 GB along with slight changes in the CPU as well (Intel Core i5 9500 instead of 9500K). Also, 007 First Light now requires considerably less VRAM than before for both Minimum and Recommended settings which is definitely welcome.
Check out the final system requirements of 007 First Light:
Minimum:
- Processor: Intel Core i5 9500 / AMD Ryzen 5 3500
- Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 / AMD RX 5700 / Intel discrete GPU equivalent
- RAM: 16 GB
- Video RAM: 6 GB
- Storage: 80 GB minimum
- OS: Windows 10/11, 64-bit
- Resolution: 1080p
- FPS: 30
Recommended:
- Processor: Intel Core i5 13500 / AMD Ryzen 5 7600
- Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti / AMD RX 6700 XT / Intel discrete GPU equivalent
- RAM: 16 GB
- Video RAM: 8 GB
- Storage: 80 GB minimum
- OS: Windows 10/11, 64-bit
- Resolution: 1080p
- FPS: 60
The previous system requirements of 007 First Light was already pretty light for most PC gamers in 2026 and the newly updated specs are even more generous which means a lot in the current hardware situation worldwide. So yes the upcoming James Bond title is sure to run with playable frame rates with decent visual quality settings on most budget and mid-range CPU and GPUs currently out there.
The upcoming 007: First Light boasts an impressive, star studded cast of Dexter: Original Sin’s Patrick Gibson as the new James Bond, Fear the Walking Dead’s Lennie James as Bond’s mentor John Greenway, Priyanga Burford as M, Alastair Mackenzie as Q, Kiera Lester as Moneypenny and Noémie Nakai as Miss Roth.
007: First Light will launch across PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2 and PC on March 27, 2026. You can start pre-ordering your copy of 007: First Light right now to get a free upgrade to the Deluxe Edition.
