If you’re choosing a PC around a demanding game, the settings matter as much as the name of the game. This May 2025 roundup looks at five titles that give us different things to consider when planning a build. There isn’t one specification that makes them all run the same way.
Cyberpunk 2077
Decide how far you want to push the visuals. Standard settings and demanding ray-traced modes can ask very different things of the hardware. Choose the resolution and visual detail first, then check the official requirements. “It runs Cyberpunk” doesn’t tell you enough on its own.
Starfield and Hogwarts Legacy
Keep the processor, RAM and SSD in the discussion alongside the graphics card. Tell us if you use mods, as they can add demands. A modded game doesn’t have one universal “Ultra Edition” specification we can point every customer towards.
Baldur’s Gate 3 and Flight Simulator 2024
A busy role-playing scene and a detailed flight simulation are different workloads. A list of your own games is more useful than a ranking of which title is hardest to run. It lets us plan for what you’ll actually spend your evenings playing.
Requirements and games can change after this 2025 roundup. For a new order, bring your games list, screen details and budget, and we’ll discuss the gaming PC options that suit.
