RESULTS: Ok, as I said below, I was already close to these settings, but I changed everything accordingly to match exactly - except my FOV is on 80, and my sharpness is on 75 (which I actually moved up from 50). The result was that YES, I did get an FPS boost, probably between 5-10, enough to notice in dense areas. As for how the game looks - it actually looks BETTER than it did before. So, with these adjustments, both the look and performance improved. It's all about knowing which settings give you the most bang for the buck, and adjusting accordingly. I really thought I had it locked in, but these recommendations gave me a notable improvement all around. Thank you!!!
The correct settings literally make or break the game in my opinion, its amazing how well it looks and plays after following your recommendations, I'd argue it even looks better than just using the stock high / ultra preset, was really sleeping on the dlss sharpness slider. Thank you :)
Okay... i was wondering. Played on 2.0 and was amazed i ran around 80 FPS and at a stable 58-60 no matter what. came back on 2.12 and i am down to 45-55 in city, and while combat or in high density areas i drop to even 30, no changes what so ever.
This worked great for me. I'm running a RTX 3070 / I5-13600k combo at 1440p and was averaging 61 fps on the benchmark with my ill considered and badly understood config. Following your settings albeit with contact shadows off I'm now getting 119 fps average, with a lowest of 89, and the experience is great in terms of graphics quality and immersion. So glad to get this nailed just as I'm getting back to the game to experience phantom liberty. Fine work sir, you have another subscriber.
How did you get 120 fps?? I am getting around average fps 44 even after doing all the settings in the vid , I have a Rtx 3050Ti and i5-11400H cpu .. any help?
@@Games_canbe_funny I was getting ~60 after tweaking ultra settings, but got about the same with stock ultra and rt. Hope you've tried out the settings in this vid and you're way over 100 now.
I've got an i9900k & RTX 3060Ti on a 4K native screen (42" Sony TV). Was getting 55 FPS with recommended settings, RTX off & DLSS Performance. Went through your guide and now getting 66 FPS with DLSS Quality and RTX off (38 FPS with RTX on). Very nice improvement in FPS and image quality. Thanks for posting this guide. Cheers.
Dude, THANK YOU!! I run a Ryzen 7 5800x and RTX 3080 and these settings keep me at 100-120 in most cases, between 80-90 on the lower side. so much better now, I was having some issues with streaming it to twitch, those issues are now gone. YOU'RE A HERO CHOOM
For reference, before I was getting 45-60, sometimes even in the 30s, especially in Dog Town, so sitting over 100 without issues is game changing, staying around 90 even with RT reflections on : )
wow okay ! Thank a bunch for the video. As for my end of the bargain, I went from around 60-80 to 110-125 fps, with believe it or not better visuals in some areas, because I had some settings tuned lower than what you suggested. My CPU is intel 13600K (running at base speeds) and RTX 3070 (8GB, modestly OC'ed). Cheers !
Amazing video dude! I've struggled to find that quality/fps sweet spot since this game came out, but these settings were perfect. I'm on a 3060, and went from running 40-50 frames in crowds and I'd hit 60 at best normally, to 90-100 normally, and 70-80 in crowds.
Running a Core i5-12600K - 32gb RAM - Gigabyte RTX 4070 12GB card with 1440 monitor. Ran with the exact same settings recommended in the video. Benchmark ended up at 166 FPS average.
I thank RUclips algorithm for recommending this video. By following this video my FPS went from 65-70fps to now 125-135 fps. Since I didn't fiddle much around with settings when I reinstalled Cyberpunk I just went with the high settings preset with a couple of tweaks like motion blur off etc and it did not turn on DLSS and I was only getting that 65-75fps while at the city now I have stable 125-135 fps sometimes reaching my max 144fps which feel awesome in combat and exploration.
Amazing. I have always had issues with Cyberpunk 2077 graphics. No matter how I tweaked it it looked newer impressive. But after changing the settings according to your recommendation, I was blown away by the improvement in graphics. This has been one of the most important RUclips videos I have ever watched. Thanks a million.
Commenting from 2024 and this guide has proven informative and extremely helpful. I've got a beast of a setup but it has dramatically improved my Cyberpunk 2077 experience as I'm on my first Corpo run through (2nd game playthrough). Thanks! :)
came back to this video after the newest update reverted my settings, glad to say this is still update to date, all i changed was adding the new AMD Super resolution 3 and turned on the new FSR frame generation. went from 110~fps, stuttering, pixelated mess, to 180+ beautiful game. 10/10 video
for me personally I have to say that lighting makes a huge difference in visual fidelity. So much so that I'd rather go with path-tracing on and medium texture quality to balance out the VRAM usage. It runs at usable framrates for me, but I also only use a 1080p monitor with a 3070Ti
About the setting "crowd density", it has a very large impact on fps, cause I tested it out with a config, where all NPC's and cars got removed and I got more fps, a lot more... and no stuttering
So the trade off is either a beautiful ghost town, or an ugly living city, this game was really fun until phantom liberty broke it for me, now things just don’t stop popping in and breaking things.
If you're not playing in a competitive FPS tournament frame rates is not that important, especially in a single player game. It's allot more important to get a stable frame rats. You will feel like it lagging if the frame rate bouncing all over the place even if it's between 60 and 120. Some times it's better to cap the frame rate at a lower Hz than try to get as high number as possible.
It's about responsiveness of the game. Mouse input translating into things happening on the screen. Even if you have nvidia reflex on, it will take at least 2 engine frames to change anything on the screen starting with the mouse input, that's 30ms. If you run at 144hz it's closer to 10ms. The game feels more responsive, and you the player feel more immersed. Always aim for more than 60fps. You can get away with much less in something like a slow paced strategy game, but fast shooty action? Aim for 100 at the very least. It feels much better to play.
@@InternetStudiesGuy It's that the AI is too stupid for you to need to be that good in a single player game. Also most players are not skilled enough to even be able to take advantage of that fact. But the higher resolution and the bigger your screen is the higher hertz you need. However If you play on a laptop with a 17" screen, 4k resolution is a total waist of processing power. You need at least 45" or even 50" before 4k at 120 Hz is required. The human eye can't see the difference between 1080p and 2160p on a small screen anyway.
Great video! Glad you explained what each setting does too. I have a I7-13700 and a 4070. The game auto maxed everything and was getting normally 90-100 frames and down to 60 in more graphical intense areas. Now I get 180 and 140 in intense areas.
I have rtx 3060 card and I was getting around 50-55fps even with almost all setting being at high. After this video, im getting a stable 60 with even better visuals. Thank you so much dude, you helped me a lot. Hope this helps other people too!
I was using these settings before update 2.1 dropped (running a Ryzen 5 5600G & RTX 3060) and my FPS went from 30-40 to 80-90, then 2.1 seemed to throw my settings out the window. Glad I was able to come back to this!
Decided to revisit this game with a new monitor 1440p and used these settings with a RTX3060 & I5-11400f gained 20-30FPS from using the base settings and the game looks great. Many thanks for the guide.
That is incredible, and thank you. I am running an i5-12600K with the venerable 1080Ti, (so no DLSS or Ray Tracing) and previously on High settings. This is 1080p, and I was getting about 64fps on benchmark. I do like motion blur so set this back to High. The rest of the changes, I cannot tell the difference. I'm now getting 84fps with 109 high and 64 low on v2.1, too. This is a brilliant video, thank you again.
Nice. Just got myself an RTX 4060 OC 8GB and while it's not top of shelf by any means, I'm impressed and happy with the results in Cyberpunk, especially so after following this guide. Thank you!
Great settings and great video! I just differ on one thing you mentioned about Path Tracing. I've played the game in both rasterized and ray traced modes, the visual upgrade you get with normal ray traced mode is only worth in reflections mostly. But now that I've tried path tracing... OMG it's a totally different experience (visually). Of course you will destroy fps with that setting on, but if you have a nvidia 4070ti or higher, the game is surely playable. I'm running it on that card and getting 50-90 fps without your optimizations! For me the most important thing for any game to look good, is great lighting, and don't get me wrong, cp2077 looks beautiful even in pure rast mode!
100% agree. This is not a game where you need max FPS for latency/accuracy like you would in competitive FPS games. This game is so beautiful and if you have hardware that can run it, it's a crying shame not to use it. I'm lucky to have X3D CPU with 4090, so can max everything (path tracing) and still keep perfectly playable frames. I could care less about getting 20-30 more FPS and losing the visual experience this game has to offer.
Yeah, I’m running a 4070ti on a ryzen 7 2700. Usually have it on ray tracing low when streaming with a fps of 70-90, and without streaming can run ray tracing ultra, even overdrive with 60+ fps.
good video man i recently upgraded from a 1070 to a 3060ti i had most of the same settings but i tried some u suggested good explaining all the setting and the video wasnt an hour long
My FPS shot up from 65fps to 90fps on the "Run Benchmark" test inside video settings in-game. That's a 38% FPS boost! I too have a 3090 GPU like the video poster (as well as a i7-10900k CPU), and I more-or-less did exactly what the video poster did except for maybe 3 options which I did different (put on more demanding of setting). This video is gold to get your FPS to skyrocket while also, surprisingly, making the game look even better! Hats off to FourEyes for posting this!
Excellent! Thanks to this video, a game that has always had poor quality and slow operation is now light and clean as if it were a different game. I wanted to express my gratitude even if I had to use a translation site. Thank you.
A little late to this but I just got into cyberpunk heavy. I’ve got a 4070 Super, i5-12600k, 32 gigs of ram, Frame generation and ray reconstruction on. Runs extremely smooth at an average of 185 fps. With DLAA I’m getting a still solid 130 fps both at 1080p (didn’t beef up my monitor yet.) Thanks for the huge help!
Oh my god thank you. This saved my gameplay. I streamed last night and it looked like I was recording on a old Nokia phone through a potato lens. So much better now.
In my experience since release,decreasing the crowd really buffs up the FPS. + points for running over less people if your driving license is from Brazil.
Killer video breakdown! I was already pretty close in my settings, just from a lot of experimentation, and this video will save people a LOT of that time I used. I run on a 3070ti mobile, so I went a little more on the FPS side, like having contact shadows off. The one that I have off, that I'm immediately going to toggle on, is Lens Flare. I just don't typically turn it on, but the mention of all the neon has me curious to see. Plus, my current FPS floats between high 70s, in the most dense areas, to mid 100s, meaning I have room to add a little more.
thanks man! i have a 6400 rx and its difficult to me to find balance between performance and quality. your video has helped me to get a smoother game with cool graphics
I just realized that I don't have to decline a feature. I play with the "Ray Tracing Overdrive" preset with path tracing on and 2K ultra-wide screen resolution and get around 100 FPS. My hardware is good, but not the best (for example, the smallest current CPU). But I chose a 4080 graphics card - and oh my god, is that a beast of a card! I will never regret spending €1500 on it. The good thing is that the card will be enough for the next 10 years (as long as the card doesn't break).
*Video:* VSync: Off Max FPS: Off Windowed mode: Windowed Borderless Resolution: (Your native res) HDR: None Nvidia Reflex Low Latency: On with Boost Enabled (If your GPU is stronger than your CPU) On (If your CPU/GPU is balanced) *Graphics:* Texture Quality (Setting only visible on main menu): High (on 8GB cards, lower on 4GB cards) Frame Generation: Only available to 40 series cards, but turn it on if you have one. Seriously, it's magic! ;) DLSS Super Resolution: Quality DLSS Sharpness: Between .80 and 1 Nvida DLAA: Off *Basic* Field of view: 100 Film Grain: Off Chromatic Aberration: Off Depth of Field: Off Lens Flare: On Motion Blur: Off *Advanced* Contact Shadows: On (But turning it off can get you additional FPS on lower end systems) Improved Facial Lighting Geometry: On Anisotropy: 16 Local Shadow Mesh Quality: Medium Local Shadow Quality: Low or medium depending on the strength of your system Cascaded Shadows Range: High Cascaded Shadows Resolution: Medium Distant Shadows Resolution: High Volumetric Fog Resolution: Low (for most people) Medium (for beast rigs) Volumetric Cloud Quality: High Max Dynamic Decals: Ultra Screen Space Reflections Quality: Medium - High Subsurface Scattering Quality: High Ambient Occlusion: High Color Precision: High Mirror Quality: High Level of Detail: High Crowd Density: High (If you have a good cpu) Low (If you have a slower or older CPU) *Ray Tracing* Ray Tracing: On Ray-Traced Reflections: Off Ray-Traced Sun Shadows: Off Ray-Traced Local Shadows: On Ray-Traced Lighting: Off Path Tracing: Off (Unless you have a beast system with a 4090) Path Tracing in Photo Mode: Off (Same as above) *There. I just saved you 16 minutes of your life.*
Awesome changes. I have been fiddlingwith setting for some time and best i got was 40-50 fps but with your suggested settings i get 70-90. Huge jump dogtown is not a stuttershow anymore. Thx for the video.
I find it really irritating when people say things like "this setting has no impact on performance." Sure, it doesnt on your 3090 system, but it can and does in lower end or older cards, or even good cards paired with lower end CPUs for certain settings. Just because the bottleneck is elsewhere for your card doesn't mean that's the case for everyone or every system.
good recomendations overall. the only 2 things id say need a "astrix" would be V sync, and motion blur. V sync unless youre sensitive to latancy or in a competitive game you really should leave that on. save power, temps, and possably noise. unless youre struggling to hit the refreash rate, as it can create stutter in that case. then motion blurr, if you struggle with motion sickness in game try turning on motion blurr. its something youre brain dose to fast moving objects naturally. especially if you sit close to youre screen and/or it takes up a large portion of youre field of view this can help a ton. it can make it worse though depends.
I benchmarked the exact same settings shown in the video with local shadow raytracing enabled: Min: 70 Max: 192 Average: 148 System: Laptop/Mobile (Acer Nitro 517-55) RTX 4060 - i7-12700H - 16GB DDR5 Standard power mode
Such a helpful video, thank you! I would add: it seems like you could turn on path tracing in photo mode, because then you're not as concerned about FPS
Finally some good settings! I havent been able to optimize this game until now and can finally enjoy it. Hardware Unboxed just lost a follower and you just gained one sir.
I play with Path Tracing and all RT on max. My FPS went from 28-30 avg (console experience) to 38-40. 33% gain. 😊 Specs: 10600K, 7900XT eco-mode. My PC is built to be quiet and cool. The difference in quality is massive. I dont wanna play the game without Path Tracing.
Thank you for the in-depth explanation of everything. With your exact settings I got an average of 132 FPS on my 7900XT GPU and Ryzen 5 7600 CPU. I think I might try turning of AMD FSR thanks to this and play that way. Edit: With AMD FSR Turned off the benchmark result is 113. So I am keeping these settings (with only AMD FSR turned off). Thank you very much for the video.
as someone who gets 90+fps on maxed settings but came from a low end system, this doesnt explain everything in the settings but it does help to those who have an old gtx gpu
I run this game as high as I can for a 3070 rtx , these tips helped boost me by roughly 10+ fps howver normally i fell like this should increase your fps by about 18fps
I normally run the Hardware Unboxed recommended settings. They show that RT shadows looks no different to pure raster shadows. Raytraced reflections look better than SSR set to psycho
I am running a 3070Ti (ZOTAC) and AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 8-Core Processor. The FPS went from a stuttering 45-60 to a really smooth and clear 120-140. This remind me of when I played Shadow of Mordor without proper graphics drivers at around 15 fps, watched Total Biscuit the Cynical Brit may he rest in peace, and then updated the drivers and the game ran at over 80fps
RESULTS:
Ok, as I said below, I was already close to these settings, but I changed everything accordingly to match exactly - except my FOV is on 80, and my sharpness is on 75 (which I actually moved up from 50).
The result was that YES, I did get an FPS boost, probably between 5-10, enough to notice in dense areas.
As for how the game looks - it actually looks BETTER than it did before.
So, with these adjustments, both the look and performance improved. It's all about knowing which settings give you the most bang for the buck, and adjusting accordingly. I really thought I had it locked in, but these recommendations gave me a notable improvement all around.
Thank you!!!
does FOV alter framerate?
@@grayless8887 Yes, in my experience a wider FOV means a lower framerate, since more is being rendered onscreen.
Yes, especially if you ultrawide monitor like me 😭😭
The correct settings literally make or break the game in my opinion, its amazing how well it looks and plays after following your recommendations, I'd argue it even looks better than just using the stock high / ultra preset, was really sleeping on the dlss sharpness slider. Thank you :)
Update 2.1 reduced my performance by 60%. Going default helped a little bit this video made it run like butter. Thank you!
Okay... i was wondering. Played on 2.0 and was amazed i ran around 80 FPS and at a stable 58-60 no matter what. came back on 2.12 and i am down to 45-55 in city, and while combat or in high density areas i drop to even 30, no changes what so ever.
Same, the game is near unplayable now. I have RTX 3090
I'm getting 60 fps stable max settings with RT off with a 2070 SUPER so this seems like a non-issue.
@@Vestui have rtx 3060 ti and 80 to 100 at everything Max but Ray traicing on high
@@Teoga2 Okay maybe I'll have to try the game again. It could be some single setting that's now ruining mine.
You explained how a lot of these settings work in such a clear and understandable way that really demystified how things work for me. Thank you
Thank you so much, went from 60 to 100+ fps after these settings with quality staying pretty much the same
This worked great for me.
I'm running a RTX 3070 / I5-13600k combo at 1440p and was averaging 61 fps on the benchmark with my ill considered and badly understood config. Following your settings albeit with contact shadows off I'm now getting 119 fps average, with a lowest of 89, and the experience is great in terms of graphics quality and immersion.
So glad to get this nailed just as I'm getting back to the game to experience phantom liberty. Fine work sir, you have another subscriber.
How did you get 120 fps?? I am getting around average fps 44 even after doing all the settings in the vid , I have a Rtx 3050Ti and i5-11400H cpu .. any help?
@@Sh0a1bSaj1dthe rtx3050 is miles weaker than the rtx3070
@@Sh0a1bSaj1d you have the laptop variant of the 3050 which is as fast as like a 1660ti which is 200 times slower than a 3070
I have rtx 3070, 240 hz display with I7 processor, why the hell I am getting 40, 45 fps, I haven't changed settings yet, still using stock ultra
@@Games_canbe_funny I was getting ~60 after tweaking ultra settings, but got about the same with stock ultra and rt. Hope you've tried out the settings in this vid and you're way over 100 now.
I've got an i9900k & RTX 3060Ti on a 4K native screen (42" Sony TV). Was getting 55 FPS with recommended settings, RTX off & DLSS Performance. Went through your guide and now getting 66 FPS with DLSS Quality and RTX off (38 FPS with RTX on). Very nice improvement in FPS and image quality. Thanks for posting this guide. Cheers.
Dude, THANK YOU!! I run a Ryzen 7 5800x and RTX 3080 and these settings keep me at 100-120 in most cases, between 80-90 on the lower side. so much better now, I was having some issues with streaming it to twitch, those issues are now gone. YOU'RE A HERO CHOOM
For reference, before I was getting 45-60, sometimes even in the 30s, especially in Dog Town, so sitting over 100 without issues is game changing, staying around 90 even with RT reflections on : )
@@TheDarkLordKronenwhat’s your settings dude I got the same setup except cpu is 1 gen below ryzen7 3700
wow okay ! Thank a bunch for the video. As for my end of the bargain, I went from around 60-80 to 110-125 fps, with believe it or not better visuals in some areas, because I had some settings tuned lower than what you suggested. My CPU is intel 13600K (running at base speeds) and RTX 3070 (8GB, modestly OC'ed). Cheers !
Amazing video dude! I've struggled to find that quality/fps sweet spot since this game came out, but these settings were perfect. I'm on a 3060, and went from running 40-50 frames in crowds and I'd hit 60 at best normally, to 90-100 normally, and 70-80 in crowds.
Bruh
elaborate?@@shashwatmali3640
WTF is wrong with my pc?? I have 3080 ti and can barley get 40 to 50 fps in the city. 70 in the badlands.
@@dima97 Depends on your cpu. And hes probably playing at 1080p.
@@hyperionmetalcore I mean I have 5600 x ryzen cpu so it's pretty decent. I was also playing 1080p too
Running a Core i5-12600K - 32gb RAM - Gigabyte RTX 4070 12GB card with 1440 monitor. Ran with the exact same settings recommended in the video. Benchmark ended up at 166 FPS average.
Absolutely best video. Went from 33fps avg to 98 in bench before and after. Game still looks incredible.
I thank RUclips algorithm for recommending this video. By following this video my FPS went from 65-70fps to now 125-135 fps. Since I didn't fiddle much around with settings when I reinstalled Cyberpunk I just went with the high settings preset with a couple of tweaks like motion blur off etc and it did not turn on DLSS and I was only getting that 65-75fps while at the city now I have stable 125-135 fps sometimes reaching my max 144fps which feel awesome in combat and exploration.
Amazing. I have always had issues with Cyberpunk 2077 graphics. No matter how I tweaked it it looked newer impressive. But after changing the settings according to your recommendation, I was blown away by the improvement in graphics. This has been one of the most important RUclips videos I have ever watched. Thanks a million.
I rarely leave comments on videos, but this just made my game go from ~30 fps to ~60 in dogtown's stadium ! Thank you so much !
Thank you Sir! Went from 55 to 82 FPS averages on the in game benchmark. Running a 3060 (12G) on a Ryzen 7 5800X at 1440p. Much appreciated.
Commenting from 2024 and this guide has proven informative and extremely helpful.
I've got a beast of a setup but it has dramatically improved my Cyberpunk 2077 experience as I'm on my first Corpo run through (2nd game playthrough).
Thanks! :)
came back to this video after the newest update reverted my settings, glad to say this is still update to date, all i changed was adding the new AMD Super resolution 3 and turned on the new FSR frame generation. went from 110~fps, stuttering, pixelated mess, to 180+ beautiful game. 10/10 video
Oh really?
for me personally I have to say that lighting makes a huge difference in visual fidelity. So much so that I'd rather go with path-tracing on and medium texture quality to balance out the VRAM usage. It runs at usable framrates for me, but I also only use a 1080p monitor with a 3070Ti
About the setting "crowd density", it has a very large impact on fps, cause I tested it out with a config, where all NPC's and cars got removed and I got more fps, a lot more... and no stuttering
So the trade off is either a beautiful ghost town, or an ugly living city, this game was really fun until phantom liberty broke it for me, now things just don’t stop popping in and breaking things.
If you're not playing in a competitive FPS tournament frame rates is not that important, especially in a single player game. It's allot more important to get a stable frame rats. You will feel like it lagging if the frame rate bouncing all over the place even if it's between 60 and 120. Some times it's better to cap the frame rate at a lower Hz than try to get as high number as possible.
if you have a pc like his than yeah but i think this helps lower ends pc more, for example my pc goes from around 55 fps to around 75
for shooter games your priority is to target as many fps as possible but for AAA singleplayer games at the very least 60fps and you are good to go
It's about responsiveness of the game. Mouse input translating into things happening on the screen. Even if you have nvidia reflex on, it will take at least 2 engine frames to change anything on the screen starting with the mouse input, that's 30ms. If you run at 144hz it's closer to 10ms. The game feels more responsive, and you the player feel more immersed. Always aim for more than 60fps. You can get away with much less in something like a slow paced strategy game, but fast shooty action? Aim for 100 at the very least. It feels much better to play.
@@InternetStudiesGuy It's that the AI is too stupid for you to need to be that good in a single player game. Also most players are not skilled enough to even be able to take advantage of that fact.
But the higher resolution and the bigger your screen is the higher hertz you need. However If you play on a laptop with a 17" screen, 4k resolution is a total waist of processing power. You need at least 45" or even 50" before 4k at 120 Hz is required. The human eye can't see the difference between 1080p and 2160p on a small screen anyway.
i need fps for immersion cuz i got some sort of mental disorder
Great video! Glad you explained what each setting does too. I have a I7-13700 and a 4070. The game auto maxed everything and was getting normally 90-100 frames and down to 60 in more graphical intense areas. Now I get 180 and 140 in intense areas.
💀💀💀
Me happy with my 3050 getting good 30 fps on high settings
@@shashwatmali3640its a lie lol about fps
I have 4070ti with good cpu
U cant chance fps for so much
Bro probably turned on dlss 💀
@@D0GLS maybe 1080p
@@D0GLSwhat’s wrong with dlss?
I spent so long trying to work out the best settings and failed. Wish I'd found this video earlier, it was super helpful. Thanks for making it.
I have rtx 3060 card and I was getting around 50-55fps even with almost all setting being at high. After this video, im getting a stable 60 with even better visuals. Thank you so much dude, you helped me a lot. Hope this helps other people too!
Thank you man, redownloaded CyberPunk and was getting 15fps for whatever reason and followed your guide and getting a smooth 75 your the best!
In the end of the vid when you said comment ur fps and ur specs, really helps from a person pov who tryna buy the game. gained a sub !
I was using these settings before update 2.1 dropped (running a Ryzen 5 5600G & RTX 3060) and my FPS went from 30-40 to 80-90, then 2.1 seemed to throw my settings out the window. Glad I was able to come back to this!
Decided to revisit this game with a new monitor 1440p and used these settings with a RTX3060 & I5-11400f gained 20-30FPS from using the base settings and the game looks great.
Many thanks for the guide.
That is incredible, and thank you. I am running an i5-12600K with the venerable 1080Ti, (so no DLSS or Ray Tracing) and previously on High settings. This is 1080p, and I was getting about 64fps on benchmark. I do like motion blur so set this back to High. The rest of the changes, I cannot tell the difference. I'm now getting 84fps with 109 high and 64 low on v2.1, too. This is a brilliant video, thank you again.
Nice. Just got myself an RTX 4060 OC 8GB and while it's not top of shelf by any means, I'm impressed and happy with the results in Cyberpunk, especially so after following this guide. Thank you!
Great settings and great video! I just differ on one thing you mentioned about Path Tracing. I've played the game in both rasterized and ray traced modes, the visual upgrade you get with normal ray traced mode is only worth in reflections mostly. But now that I've tried path tracing... OMG it's a totally different experience (visually). Of course you will destroy fps with that setting on, but if you have a nvidia 4070ti or higher, the game is surely playable. I'm running it on that card and getting 50-90 fps without your optimizations! For me the most important thing for any game to look good, is great lighting, and don't get me wrong, cp2077 looks beautiful even in pure rast mode!
100% agree. This is not a game where you need max FPS for latency/accuracy like you would in competitive FPS games.
This game is so beautiful and if you have hardware that can run it, it's a crying shame not to use it.
I'm lucky to have X3D CPU with 4090, so can max everything (path tracing) and still keep perfectly playable frames.
I could care less about getting 20-30 more FPS and losing the visual experience this game has to offer.
Yeah, I’m running a 4070ti on a ryzen 7 2700. Usually have it on ray tracing low when streaming with a fps of 70-90, and without streaming can run ray tracing ultra, even overdrive with 60+ fps.
good video man i recently upgraded from a 1070 to a 3060ti i had most of the same settings but i tried some u suggested good explaining all the setting and the video wasnt an hour long
Good job yo. I been suffering with about 45 frames a sec and wishing for more. You made this game better for me. Thank you ❤😊
TY for guaid i love it i got 180 fps insted or 30 and image is grate. you earn SUB
My FPS shot up from 65fps to 90fps on the "Run Benchmark" test inside video settings in-game. That's a 38% FPS boost! I too have a 3090 GPU like the video poster (as well as a i7-10900k CPU), and I more-or-less did exactly what the video poster did except for maybe 3 options which I did different (put on more demanding of setting). This video is gold to get your FPS to skyrocket while also, surprisingly, making the game look even better! Hats off to FourEyes for posting this!
Amazing, bro. You helped so much. I gained on average 20 fps as high as 30 . low-end 10. Thank you so much.
Excellent!
Thanks to this video, a game that has always had poor quality and slow operation is now light and clean as if it were a different game.
I wanted to express my gratitude even if I had to use a translation site. Thank you.
My fps took a huge tank in dogtown but these settings made it indistinguishable in terms of fps from other areas in the game, thank you so much!
This is one awesome guide to properly running Cyperpunk 2077! Thank you for this man 🙂
A little late to this but I just got into cyberpunk heavy. I’ve got a 4070 Super, i5-12600k, 32 gigs of ram, Frame generation and ray reconstruction on. Runs extremely smooth at an average of 185 fps. With DLAA I’m getting a still solid 130 fps both at 1080p (didn’t beef up my monitor yet.) Thanks for the huge help!
Dude you are the greatest you have no idea the game still looks phenomenal after your settings ❤
Oh my god thank you. This saved my gameplay. I streamed last night and it looked like I was recording on a old Nokia phone through a potato lens. So much better now.
Liked and subbed went from 50 fps to 80 just like that. Thank you good man.
Dude, Monstrously helpful video, much appreciated! 🔥
0:06 floating car LOL
you're right bro wtf is that shit 😭😭😭
Many thanks. You’re the best!
Update: I have the 4060. Fps went from 79 to 97.78 avg.
Great video. Increased not only my fps drastically but my game also looks wayyyy better.
Thank you so much my game looks and feels way better
In my experience since release,decreasing the crowd really buffs up the FPS.
+ points for running over less people if your driving license is from Brazil.
Killer video breakdown! I was already pretty close in my settings, just from a lot of experimentation, and this video will save people a LOT of that time I used. I run on a 3070ti mobile, so I went a little more on the FPS side, like having contact shadows off.
The one that I have off, that I'm immediately going to toggle on, is Lens Flare. I just don't typically turn it on, but the mention of all the neon has me curious to see. Plus, my current FPS floats between high 70s, in the most dense areas, to mid 100s, meaning I have room to add a little more.
thanks man! i have a 6400 rx and its difficult to me to find balance between performance and quality. your video has helped me to get a smoother game with cool graphics
This is great seen a few optimisation tutorials now I get a proper boost! And thanks for the ray tracing tips that really make it.
Thanks again
Bro you gave me a major FPS boost went from clocking under 30 to 50 better than before but tryna get more
I just realized that I don't have to decline a feature. I play with the "Ray Tracing Overdrive" preset with path tracing on and 2K ultra-wide screen resolution and get around 100 FPS. My hardware is good, but not the best (for example, the smallest current CPU). But I chose a 4080 graphics card - and oh my god, is that a beast of a card! I will never regret spending €1500 on it. The good thing is that the card will be enough for the next 10 years (as long as the card doesn't break).
*Video:*
VSync: Off
Max FPS: Off
Windowed mode: Windowed Borderless
Resolution: (Your native res)
HDR: None
Nvidia Reflex Low Latency: On with Boost Enabled (If your GPU is stronger than your CPU)
On (If your CPU/GPU is balanced)
*Graphics:*
Texture Quality (Setting only visible on main menu): High (on 8GB cards, lower on 4GB cards)
Frame Generation: Only available to 40 series cards, but turn it on if you have one. Seriously, it's magic! ;)
DLSS Super Resolution: Quality
DLSS Sharpness: Between .80 and 1
Nvida DLAA: Off
*Basic*
Field of view: 100
Film Grain: Off
Chromatic Aberration: Off
Depth of Field: Off
Lens Flare: On
Motion Blur: Off
*Advanced*
Contact Shadows: On (But turning it off can get you additional FPS on lower end systems)
Improved Facial Lighting Geometry: On
Anisotropy: 16
Local Shadow Mesh Quality: Medium
Local Shadow Quality: Low or medium depending on the strength of your system
Cascaded Shadows Range: High
Cascaded Shadows Resolution: Medium
Distant Shadows Resolution: High
Volumetric Fog Resolution: Low (for most people) Medium (for beast rigs)
Volumetric Cloud Quality: High
Max Dynamic Decals: Ultra
Screen Space Reflections Quality: Medium - High
Subsurface Scattering Quality: High
Ambient Occlusion: High
Color Precision: High
Mirror Quality: High
Level of Detail: High
Crowd Density: High (If you have a good cpu) Low (If you have a slower or older CPU)
*Ray Tracing*
Ray Tracing: On
Ray-Traced Reflections: Off
Ray-Traced Sun Shadows: Off
Ray-Traced Local Shadows: On
Ray-Traced Lighting: Off
Path Tracing: Off (Unless you have a beast system with a 4090)
Path Tracing in Photo Mode: Off (Same as above)
*There. I just saved you 16 minutes of your life.*
Doing gods work
bro if heaven exists you're 100% going straight there
I hate you tubers like this
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This worked a lot for me! TY!!!!
Adapted your advice and jumped from 31fps to 75fps. Game still looks good in the benchmark tool. Nice video!
This is a good guide for solid performance for me with 95-105 FPS . I'm running a 3060 (12GB) with AMD Ryzen 7900X 32GB, Resolution: 3440x1440
Running a 4060ti, got almost 100fps over the ultra with DLSS active
Yooo thanks for the details and dislclosures
...and with this video YOU earned my SUBSCRIPTION...good one keep 'em comin'...
Awesome changes. I have been fiddlingwith setting for some time and best i got was 40-50 fps but with your suggested settings i get 70-90.
Huge jump dogtown is not a stuttershow anymore. Thx for the video.
Bro you're life save! GODSPEED to you! 🔥🔥
best settings, ty it's really upgraded my fps and my game graphics still good :D
Well done, it worked for me way better than the default Low Medium High settings. Your recommendations are a real functioning optimozation
I find it really irritating when people say things like "this setting has no impact on performance." Sure, it doesnt on your 3090 system, but it can and does in lower end or older cards, or even good cards paired with lower end CPUs for certain settings. Just because the bottleneck is elsewhere for your card doesn't mean that's the case for everyone or every system.
good recomendations overall. the only 2 things id say need a "astrix" would be V sync, and motion blur. V sync unless youre sensitive to latancy or in a competitive game you really should leave that on. save power, temps, and possably noise. unless youre struggling to hit the refreash rate, as it can create stutter in that case. then motion blurr, if you struggle with motion sickness in game try turning on motion blurr. its something youre brain dose to fast moving objects naturally. especially if you sit close to youre screen and/or it takes up a large portion of youre field of view this can help a ton. it can make it worse though depends.
I benchmarked the exact same settings shown in the video with local shadow raytracing enabled:
Min: 70
Max: 192
Average: 148
System: Laptop/Mobile (Acer Nitro 517-55) RTX 4060 - i7-12700H - 16GB DDR5
Standard power mode
what temperatures do your cpu and gpu reach ? i play on msi with similar specs..
@@tassaras8 im not actually checking my temps while playing but im pretty sure it never hit above 80 degrees
Sir, this was game changing! Thank you!
Such a helpful video, thank you! I would add: it seems like you could turn on path tracing in photo mode, because then you're not as concerned about FPS
Finally some good settings! I havent been able to optimize this game until now and can finally enjoy it. Hardware Unboxed just lost a follower and you just gained one sir.
Thanks for the detailed explaining of each setting, great video!
Good guide, got me to a solid 70ish fps 1440p ultrawide w ryzen 9 and 3060ti
Thank you man for your HelP!
I appreciate you!
omg bro thanks so much!! helped me to get fps from 17 to playable 55
That DLSS Sharpening made my game look incredible thank you !
Helped my FPS a looot. Thank you!
I’ve got a 3060 ryzen 7 5700x and this really helped my fps
I play with Path Tracing and all RT on max. My FPS went from 28-30 avg (console experience) to 38-40. 33% gain. 😊
Specs: 10600K, 7900XT eco-mode. My PC is built to be quiet and cool.
The difference in quality is massive. I dont wanna play the game without Path Tracing.
Once I was blind but now I see!! Nice Work! Thanx!
Thank u this was awesome I went from about 60-80 to 170 with FG with a 4070 super and 7800x3d
This video actually went so hard my game looks so clear now
Nice guide dude, well done!! Clearly it does look better to me.
Great work done, bro!!!!
thx , ur an amazing person u explain everything very clear
THANK YOU. I needed something line this.
Woah just what i needed, didnt expext so good video about this to exist.
Update: I weny from ~40 to ~70 FPS thanks to it and the game looks waaaay better than what i had on 15 FPS
Update 2: now im at stabvle ~80 after another guide with nvidia settings ang the game looks better than ever
Thank you for the in-depth explanation of everything. With your exact settings I got an average of 132 FPS on my 7900XT GPU and Ryzen 5 7600 CPU. I think I might try turning of AMD FSR thanks to this and play that way.
Edit: With AMD FSR Turned off the benchmark result is 113. So I am keeping these settings (with only AMD FSR turned off). Thank you very much for the video.
Thanks for the explanation, i like to know such things.
as someone who gets 90+fps on maxed settings but came from a low end system, this doesnt explain everything in the settings but it does help to those who have an old gtx gpu
A written list of this would be great. My game settings resets every time I boot it up :p
I run this game as high as I can for a 3070 rtx , these tips helped boost me by roughly 10+ fps howver normally i fell like this should increase your fps by about 18fps
bro ignored AMD GPU users like they dont even exist lmao xD 💀☠
I normally run the Hardware Unboxed recommended settings. They show that RT shadows looks no different to pure raster shadows. Raytraced reflections look better than SSR set to psycho
I am running a 3070Ti (ZOTAC) and AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 8-Core Processor. The FPS went from a stuttering 45-60 to a really smooth and clear 120-140.
This remind me of when I played Shadow of Mordor without proper graphics drivers at around 15 fps, watched Total Biscuit the Cynical Brit may he rest in peace, and then updated the drivers and the game ran at over 80fps
u saVED MY LIFE WATCHED THIS VIDEO LIKE 10 TIMES
Great video mate! I'm getting an average of 90 FPS after those settings and the visuals are still amazing!
Bro on my 4060 laptop following your instructions(plus ray tracing) I’m getting able to run 1080p100fps and looks mind blowing.
Great vid 👍🏻