28/09/2026
Control Resonant is out on PC, and its system requirements tell gamers exactly where to spend their upgrade money.
If you're planning a gaming PC or graphics card upgrade for Remedy's new game, this one is for you. Control Resonant launched on 24 September on Steam and the Epic Games Store. Look at the official PC specs and one thing jumps out: the CPU barely moves.
A Ryzen 7 3700X or Core i7-10700 is listed for 1440p at 60fps, for 4K at 60fps, and even for 4K path tracing at 60fps. The graphics card is what climbs:
1080p, 30fps, Low: GTX 1070, RX 5600 XT or Arc A580
1440p, 60fps, Medium: RTX 3060 Ti, RX 6700 XT or Arc B580
4K, 60fps, High: RTX 3080 or RX 6800 XT
4K, 60fps, path tracing: RTX 5080
Every tier also needs 16GB of RAM and 120GB of free SSD space. That's triple what the original Control asked for.
Launch benchmarks from DSOGaming back it up. The game is GPU-bound even at 1080p, path tracing roughly halves frame rates, and upscaling (DLSS 4.5 or FSR 4) is doing a lot of the heavy lifting at 1440p and 4K.
What it means for you: already running a modern 6 or 8-core CPU? Put your budget into the graphics card, not the processor. And clear space on an SSD before you hit download, because a hard drive isn't recommended.
Not sure if you need a new GPU or a whole new build? Tell us what you play and we'll spec it properly. → Ginger6
Sources: Remedy Entertainment, PC Gamer, DSOGaming