Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition
The Enhanced Edition of the first-person shooter Metro Exodus will be released for the PC on May 9, 2021 - the console versions will appear at a later date. If you're wondering whether the performance of your current computer is sufficient to play the graphically enhanced version of the action game, you've come to the right place. The development studio 4A Games has announced the system requirements, which of course we do not want to withhold from you.It is important to know that the Enhanced Edition of Metro Exodus (buy now 29.14 €) is based on ray tracing is tailored and this graphic feature is not optional for you - you cannot do without it. Furthermore, you need at least a processor with four cores and a graphics card at the level of an Nvidia RTX 2060. In addition, eight gigabytes of RAM should be built into your PC, DirectX 12 is mandatory anyway. The higher the resolution in which you want to play the first person shooter, the higher the hardware requirements are, of course. This also applies to the refresh rate. Here is the overview:
Minimum (1080/45 fps)
General visual settings: Normal Ray tracing quality settings: Normal Windows 10 (20 H2) quad-core processor + HT 8 GB of RAM Nvidia RTX 2060 DirectX : 12 Recommended (1080p / 60 fps)
General visual settings: High Ray tracing quality settings: High Windows 10 (20 H2) eight-core processor 8 GByte RAM Nvidia RTX 2070 / RTX 3060 or AMD RX 6700 XT DirectX: 12 High (1440p / 60 fps)
General visual settings: Ultra Ray tracing quality settings: High Windows 10 (20 H2) eight-core processor 16 GByte RAM Nvidia RTX 3070 or AMD RX 6800 XT DirectX: 12 Ultra (4K / 30 fps)
General visual settings: Ultra Ray tracing quality settings: High Windows 10 (20 H2) eight-core processor 16 GByte RAM Nvidia RTX 3080 or AMD RX 6900 XT DirectX: 12 RT Extreme (4K / 60 fps)
General visual settings: Extreme Ray tracing quality settings: Ultra Windows 10 (20 H2) eight-core processor 16 GB of RAM Nvidia RTX 3090 DirectX: 12 Source: 4A Games
Metro Exodus owners can get the Enhanced Edition free next week, check out the demanding PC requirements
Why it matters: If, like me, you love Metro Exodus and have already played through it several times, here's some good news: an enhanced edition of the FPS arrives on May 6. It's free to existing owners, though there is a small caveat; it requires a very beefy rig.Metro Exodus was one of the flagship titles for showing off ray tracing abilities when it launched in 2019. The Enhanced Edition builds on that by only working on ray tracing-capable graphics hardware.
As the name suggests, the Enhanced Edition brings a slew of improvements. Not only does the game run faster, but it also adds variable rate shading (VRS), advanced ray traced reflections and DLSS 2.1 support for Nvidia GPUs that offers 'sharper image details and increased framerates and display resolutions.' There's a temporal upscaling option for AMD's cards, too.
The enhanced edition of the game is free to owners of Metro Exodus on Steam, Epic Games Store, Microsoft Store, and GOG—no Stadia, Amazon Luna, Linux, or Mac versions. It isn't an upgrade to the base version; so many new features have been added that it's being released as an entire game, hence the new PC requirements.
Save files will carry over on Steam, EGS, and GOG, but not the Microsoft Store, sadly. It's also worth noting that progress within levels isn't saved—you'll have to restart each chapter. There is a 'chapter unlock' feature that creates a new save with default equipment and resources, but you won't be able to earn achievements using said save slot.
Here are the PC requirements for Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition:
The game also requires 73GB of storage space, along with an extra 1GB for The Two Colonels DLC, and 7GB for Sam's Story.