Cyberpunk 2077 System Requirements: What Hardware Do You Need?
Well, at least the title was asked as a question, considering the article contains no definitive answer and is just making guesses. >_> This is an article that probably shouldn't have been made at least until official system requirements are released. I guess the parts pointing out upcoming hardware might be worthwhile information, but at this point there's too much speculation to make any definitive recommendations.
And by all accounts, the game ran quite well, though ray tracing effects may not have been enabled.
Some accounts I saw floating around from members of the media suggested it was running at 1080p (upscaled from an even lower resolution using DLSS) on a 2080 Ti, and still couldn't maintain 60fps with raytracing enabled, despite raytraced reflections not being turned on. If one is building a new system or upgrading to higher-end hardware specifically for this game, chances are good that they would be better off waiting on any hardware upgrades for now. The game is still almost 5 months away from release, and closer to launch we should have a clearer idea of how it will perform, and should also have access to newer, better graphics cards that will probably make raytracing a lot more usable, and also likely provide better performance for the money.
You could get more cores for better multi-threaded performance with a Ryzen 9 3900X, but as we're mostly focusing on the gaming aspect here, Intel's new Core i7-10700K is arguably the best choice.
Alternately, if the game's performance is primarily graphics limited, which seems likely to be the case, it might be more ideal to go with something like a 3700X with the same number of cores and threads for around $275. Using either the stock Wraith Prism cooler or a less-expensive aftermarket cooler, that could easily save $200+ that could be put toward a better graphics card or other hardware. There will probably be Ryzen 4000 processors launching around that time as well though.