Dying Light: The Beast has just released their system requirements, but gamers online have been quick to question the odd list. Read on to learn more about the required specs and what fans are saying!
Dying Light: The Beast Spec List Questioned by Players
Minimum Specs Lists Non-Existent CPU
Dying Light: The Beast just released their complete list of PC specifications, detailing the hardware required for performance ranging from 1080p 30FPS to ray-traced 4K 60FPS. While the list seems unremarkable at first glance, many have questioned the upcoming zombie game’s "bloated" CPU requirements, paltry minimum target, and strange CPU and GPU specifications.
The minimum requirements, in particular, has been the main subject of scrutiny, with eagle-eyed enthusiasts calling out the fact that the listed "AMD Ryzen 7 5800F" does not exist. While a cursory Google search can confirm that no such processor exists, it is most likely that the spec sheet was meant to recommend a Ryzen 7 5800, as the "F" in Ryzen SKUs simply denotes a lack of integrated graphics.
Players Call Out High CPU Demands
Even with that cleared up, however, players still find the CPUs listed questionable, especially considering that one of the GPUs listed, the Nvidia GTX 1060, is a mid-range card from almost a decade ago. In contrast, the Ryzen 7 5800F and Intel i5-13400F are 8- and 10-core processors from 2023 and 2021, respectively. This questionable sort of matching continues up the spec sheet as players are expected to pair mid-range GPUs from across generations with top-of-the-line CPUs.
A possible reason for this is that Dying Light has historically been a CPU-bound franchise, specifically at 1080p, meaning that the series’s games are more likely to max out resources on the CPU side, rather than the GPU side—opposite of the norm for AAA games. Furthermore, as game engines evolve and grow in complexity, developers have consistently made significant progress in GPU optimization while CPU bottlenecks have largely been more difficult to avoid.
Another reason for this could be that the game supports latency optimization technologies, namely Nvidia Reflex 2, AMD Antilag 2, and Intel XE Low Latency. While the tech is meant to decrease overall loads, some have argued that, in some cases, it can actually mean more work for CPUs, leading some gamers online to name latency optimization as the culprit.
The forthcoming Techland project’s oddly imbalanced recommended specs could very well prove to be a sign of the times, or it could simply be an outlier.
1080p 30FPS Too Low According to Gamers
Regardless of requirements, however, some gamers were also outraged by the fact that 1080p 30FPS was even the game’s minimum target. While that was the unequivocal standard in the past, the industry has long been making strides to aim for a minimum of 60FPS, with the only exception being to achieve the highest visual fidelity possible.
Whether or not 30FPS at low settings is still considered playable is entirely up to the player, but that target paired with the game’s "absurd" CPU requirements has angered more than a few players online.
Still Some Minor Gripes
While the CPU requirements and minimum specs drew majority of gamers’ ire, a few questioned the game’s GPU prerequisites as well, specifically on the "Ultra" and laptop sides.
For the highest performance benchmark, Dying Light: The Beast lists the Nvidia RTX 5070, AMD Radeon RX 9070, and Intel B580 as players’ minimum options. This sparked confusion among players, as the B580 is a class (or two) behind even the second-highest target’s required GPUs. In fact, the Intel Arc B580 is also listed in the game’s mid-tier requirements but not its "High" 4K 60FPS category.
This could mean one of three things—Dying Light: The Beast is specifically optimized for Intel hardware, Techland has massive faith in Intel’s frame generation and ray-tracing capabilities, or the B580’s inclusion was simply a mistake.
Lastly, the most minor of offenses was the fact that the spec sheet had AMD Ryzen AI chips listed under GPU requirements for laptop gamers. While these processors do serve as GPUs as well, commenters online spared no ground in pointing out that these are CPUs first and foremost.
Dying Light: The Beast is set to release on September 18, 2025 on PC, Xbox Series X|S, and PS5. For more on the latest Dying Light installment, check out our article below!
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Steam Community | Dying Light: The Beast - System requirements
Reddit | Dying Light: The Beast PC system requirements
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