007 First Light PC Requirements (2026): Minimum, Recommended, and 4K Specs

007 First Light developer IO Interactive has published a full, updated breakdown of the game’s 007 First Light PC system requirements, adding new “Enthusiast” and “Ultra 4K” tiers on top of the original minimum and recommended specs. The James Bond origin-story action-adventure launched on PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store on May 27, 2026, and IOI’s Glacier engine update means even mid-range rigs will need to budget for a full 80 GB install and an SSD.

NEWS SUMMARY CALLOUT

• IO Interactive released a detailed five-tier PC spec sheet on May 8, 2026, ahead of the game’s May 27 launch.
• Minimum specs target 1080p at 30 FPS on a GTX 1660 or RX 5700-class GPU; recommended specs target 1080p 60 FPS on an RTX 3060 Ti.
• New “Enthusiast” tiers cover 1440p 60 FPS (RTX 4070) and 4K 60 FPS (RTX 4080), while an “Ultra 4K” tier targets 200+ FPS with an RTX 5080.
• An SSD is required at every tier, and the game needs 80 GB of storage regardless of preset.
• A dedicated path-tracing mode is confirmed but won’t arrive until a post-launch update in summer 2026.

007 First Light PC Specs — What We Know

IO Interactive first teased 007 First Light‘s PC specs back in January 2026 alongside a collaboration with Nvidia covering DLSS 4 support. That partnership brings DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation to the game on GeForce RTX hardware, aimed at improving both visual fidelity and performance. The studio then followed up on May 8 with a more granular spec sheet that splits performance into five distinct presets instead of the original two.

Here’s the full official breakdown, current as of the May 8, 2026 update:

Source: IO Interactive official spec sheet, May 8, 2026

[NOTE] IOI’s original January 6, 2026, press release listed slightly different VRAM figures for the minimum and recommended tiers (8 GB and 12 GB, respectively) alongside 16 GB and 32 GB system RAM targets. The May 8 breakdown above is the more recent and more granular source, so treat it as the current baseline — but readers building a PC around the earlier numbers should double-check against the latest Steam page listing before buying hardware.

All tiers run on Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit, and none of the listed presets include DirectX version details in IOI’s public sheet.

What This Means for PC Players

The jump from a simple minimum/recommended split to a five-tier system is a sign of how much headroom 007 First Light‘s upgraded Glacier engine needs at the top end. Hitting 4K at 60 FPS on “High” settings calls for an RTX 4080 or RX 7900 XTX, and the Ultra 4K tier is built specifically around Nvidia’s RTX 5080 and DLSS 4.5’s frame generation rather than raw rasterization.

That’s a steep ask for a third-person action-adventure, but it lines up with IOI’s stated focus on cinematic character work and dense, “breathing” environments for this reimagined Bond origin story. Players on GTX 1660- or RX 5700-class cards can still get in at 1080p 30 FPS, so the minimum bar itself isn’t unreasonable.

[WARNING] An SSD isn’t optional at any tier. Players running the game from a mechanical hard drive should expect stutter and long load times regardless of GPU horsepower.

What’s Next for 007 First Light on PC

IO Interactive has confirmed a dedicated path-tracing mode for 007 First Light, but it won’t ship at launch. The studio has said the mode is coming post-launch, in “summer 2026,” meaning PC players won’t have access to it on day one. It’s also still unconfirmed whether AMD FSR 4 or Intel XeSS will be supported alongside Nvidia’s DLSS 4.5, so AMD and Intel GPU owners should watch for further patch notes.

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