Harmony, the upcoming hero shooter from Firewalker Studios and Sony, “has some juice,” govt editor Tyler Wilde declared in a current preview. Even higher, it additionally has a few beta weekends coming very quickly, so whereas I personally would belief Tyler’s evaluation implicitly, you’ll make up your personal thoughts if that is how you favor to do issues—so long as you may have a PC as much as the duty, that’s.
The PC system necessities revealed right this moment are just a little on the heavy aspect. My very own rig may most likely sneak in beneath the “advisable” wire, but it surely’d be nearer than I might like—which, alas, is changing into increasingly frequent with every passing 12 months. Getting as much as the “efficiency” stage at 2K/60 fps, you will want a fairly succesful rig, together with a Core i7-10700K CPU and RTX 3080 GPU.
The small print:
Minimal (1080p, 60 fps, low graphics preset)
OS: Home windows 10 64 bit (Creators Replace)CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K or AMD Ryzen 7 2700XRAM: 8GB DDR4GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 6GB or AMD Radeon RX 5500 XTStorage: 30GB SSD
Really helpful (1080p, 60 fps, medium graphics preset)
OS: Home windows 10 64 bit (Creators Replace)CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K or AMD Ryzen 7 2700XRAM: 16GB DDR4GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Tremendous or AMD Radeon RX 5700 XTStorage: 30GB SSD
Efficiency (1440p, 60 fps, excessive graphics preset)
OS: Home windows 10 64 bit (Creators Replace)CPU: Intel Core i7-10700K or AMD Ryzen 7 3700XRAM: 16GB DDR4GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 or AMD Radeon RX 6800 XTStorage: 30GB SSD
Extremely (4K, 60 fps, extremely graphics preset)
OS: Home windows 10 64 bit (Creators Replace)CPU: Intel Core i7-10700K or AMD Ryzen 7 3700XRAM: 16GB DDR4GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTStorage: 30GB SSD
You may additionally require a broadband web connection throughout the board, as a result of (in fact) that is a web-based shooter.
These are fairly heavy specs, particularly if you wish to roll at 4K. One other concern right here, famous by PC Gamer shooterman Morgan Park, is the absence of specs for body charges above 60. That is not fully shocking, on condition that Harmony is actually a PlayStation 5 recreation that is additionally coming to PC—60 fps is the usual console goal—however usually talking, excessive body charges are preferrable to wonderful eye sweet in aggressive PC shooters, and hardcore gamers might discover 60 fps rather less than supreme.
These necessities are strictly for the upcoming beta assessments—Sony mentioned last specs shall be launched nearer to Harmony’s launch—and it is doable the sport will provide unlocked body charges on PC, though hitting 144 fps will naturally require higher {hardware}. Hopefully the graphics settings are closely tweakable for many who prioritize fps over particle results.
Harmony’s early entry weekend beta, for many who pre-order the sport, runs July 12-14, and shall be adopted by an open beta operating July 18-21. The complete recreation is ready for launch a month later, on August 23.
