Cyberpunk 2077 - from Witcher devs

[hellfish6]

Same, really enjoying it. Been playing for about two hours. Still a bit overwhelmed with all the new sights and sounds and experiences. It is an experience.

[Pete Dero]

Played most of the day and it's looking gorgeous. My system can't run it on Ultra in 4K, but on 1440p it runs fine in Ultra.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/88a5ax/cyberpunk-2077-finally-shows-what-dlss-is-good-for

In fact, DLSS-capable hardware might be the only environment in which Cyberpunk could be said to run well. According to early performance testing by Tom's Hardware, DLSS is giving Nvidia cards a huge framerate boost in Cyberpunk 2077. At 2460x1440 resolution, Ultra graphics settings and Ray Tracing, and on an Intel i9-10900k, an RTX 3080 GPU ran the game at 39 frames per second without DLSS, and 65 frames per second with DLSS on. The same rig with an RTX 3070 got a boost from 28 frames per second to almost 50 from DLSS, and a nearly identical boost for the same rig with an RTX 2080Ti.

Tested for myself and game runs below 30 FPS with DLSS off (everything Ultra & Ray Tracing on medium).
Turned DLSS on and got 60 FPS (with all other settings unchanged).

https://www.dsogaming.com/pc-performance-analyses/cyberpunk-2077-ray-tracing-dlss-2-0-benchmarks/

[Yskonyn]

Game's running fine on my 1080 without DLSS on 1440p on Ultra.
Framerates in the high 40's, which is more than fine for this type of game.
I wonder what people find 'bad performance' these days...

[Pete Dero]

Cyberpunk 2077 now the biggest ever PC launch !

CD Project tweeted the sci-RPG had eight million preorders and in a separate tweet they specified that 59% of these preorders were for the PC edition.
59% of 8 million is 4.72 million copies, so Cyberpunk 2077 is over a million units ahead of Shadowlands even before the purchases made on day one itself (World of Warcraft: Shadowlands became the fastest-selling PC launch of all time last Tuesday).

[al_infierno]

Game's running fine on my 1080 without DLSS on 1440p on Ultra.
Framerates in the high 40's, which is more than fine for this type of game.
I wonder what people find 'bad performance' these days...

I have a buddy who's a bit of a diva about framerate in any type of game.  He can't stand any drops below 60.  I think he uses a monitor with a high refresh rate, though, so maybe frame drops are more noticeable.

[AchillesLastStand]

The game is really doing a number on my GTX1070, with all the shadow options at off/low as well as the DOF CA/etc off.
@4K i am getting about 20 fps inside
@2K am getting about 45ish inside
@1080 am getting around 60.
This after todays patch, as well as the Nvidia GPU driver that was released a couple days ago and optimized for Cyberpunk.

May put it on the shelf or even refund until i can get my hands on a 3-series Nvidia card.

[Pete Dero]

Recommended = 1080p with High settings overall but without ray-tracing.

1440p needs a RTX 2060 so the GTX 1070 doesn't really have the power for it.


Try changing the DLSS settings as they can make a big difference (On=higher FPS).

[Yskonyn]

DLSS is not a feature on the 1000 series cards though.

The performance difference overall is only about 10% between the two cards and highly dependent on what rendering techniques are used in the game affected. So I doubt you see much difference between a 1070 or 2060, with DLSS admittedly being the single feature to make an impactful difference, perhaps.

But with the framerates reported by Achillis I don't see why he could not play the game comfortably, even at 1440p.

Depending on the size of your monitor, however, I'd say playing in 1080p at max detail will still give you an unforgettable experience.

Lastly, fluff like Depth of Field, Bloom, Motion Blur, etc I always turn off anyway. Most of the time these effects are far too exaggerated for my taste and/or hamper my situational awareness too much, while taking precious rendering resources away.

There's also one setting in the graphics options that tanks performance of many users; Cascaded Shadows Resolution. Don't set this higher than Medium, or leave it on Low.
There is little graphical fidelity lost and helps framerates lots. Try it out.

Back to the game:
Now in Act 2 and I am very impressed by the story so far. It's action packed and fun, has a good narrative and introduces interesting characters! The seemless transition (on my system at least) between scenes is pretty awesome as well.
Gunplay still feels sluggish. It feels like every time you aim down sights the game slows down intentionally. I don't like that at all. So I am gearing towards a melee and stealth build now. It plays better for me.

[hellfish6]

I have an i9 and a 2070 and I'm running ray tracing at high. No problems.

[Jarhead0331]

I'm enjoying it overall, and the gameplay is very good. However, there are certain elements of the main story I find annoying and I'm not into the whole Keanu thing. I also feel that some of the missions are too long, that the action is broken up by on-rails sequences where you have little or no control over what happens. I understand they are sometimes necessary to build the narrative, but crap, let me play the game and explore.

It runs great on my system and I don't have the sluggish gunplay that Yskonyn is reporting. Not sure if that's a technical issue or maybe I've put more perks into the shooting arts?

I'm also on Act 2.

[Gusington]

How many acts are there?

[Pete Dero]

How many acts are there?

https://www.shacknews.com/article/121938/how-many-acts-are-there-in-cyberpunk-2077

Unlike many traditional stories, including CD Projekt RED's previous game, The Witcher 3, Cyberpunk 2077 doesn't follow the standard three act structure. Instead, the game is made up of two main acts, and then includes your Lifepath opening story and the option to unlock an epilogue after you finish the main story.
Like most games with multiple endings and an open world to explore, you will be given a notification that you're reaching the point of no return, so you don't have to worry about accidentally starting up the final stretch and not exploring enough.

Hours of gameplay :

Single-Player    Polled    Average    Median    Rushed    Leisure
Main Story         19        20h 07m    19h 30m  16h 59m    24h 39m
Main + Extras    11       42h 24m    40h            36h 06m    50h 36m
All PlayStyles    30       28h 17m    22h 35m    19h 48m    42h 43m

https://howlongtobeat.com/game?id=2127

[Gusington]

^Thanks. Will probably take me longer than average to finish as I am aging and slow.

I played Witcher 3 for 125+ hours and never got bored.

[AchillesLastStand]

Recommended = 1080p with High settings overall but without ray-tracing.

1440p needs a RTX 2060 so the GTX 1070 doesn't really have the power for it.


Try changing the DLSS settings as they can make a big difference (On=higher FPS).

Well the 1070,s performance is probably closer to the 2060 as opposed to the 1060. And as mentioned the 10-series cards don't have DLSS. What did help however was enabling Dynamic Fidelity FX CAS and setting  minimum resolution to around 80 and leaving maximum resolution on 100. https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/12/11/cyberpunk-2077-the-best-settings-to-improve-your-pcs-performance/

[AchillesLastStand]

DLSS is not a feature on the 1000 series cards though.

The performance difference overall is only about 10% between the two cards and highly dependent on what rendering techniques are used in the game affected. So I doubt you see much difference between a 1070 or 2060, with DLSS admittedly being the single feature to make an impactful difference, perhaps.

But with the framerates reported by Achillis I don't see why he could not play the game comfortably, even at 1440p.

Depending on the size of your monitor, however, I'd say playing in 1080p at max detail will still give you an unforgettable experience.

Lastly, fluff like Depth of Field, Bloom, Motion Blur, etc I always turn off anyway. Most of the time these effects are far too exaggerated for my taste and/or hamper my situational awareness too much, while taking precious rendering resources away.

There's also one setting in the graphics options that tanks performance of many users; Cascaded Shadows Resolution. Don't set this higher than Medium, or leave it on Low.
There is little graphical fidelity lost and helps framerates lots. Try it out.

Back to the game:
Now in Act 2 and I am very impressed by the story so far. It's action packed and fun, has a good narrative and introduces interesting characters! The seemless transition (on my system at least) between scenes is pretty awesome as well.
Gunplay still feels sluggish. It feels like every time you aim down sights the game slows down intentionally. I don't like that at all. So I am gearing towards a melee and stealth build now. It plays better for me.

It does run decent at 1440 which is what i will be keeping the resolution at until i can get a 3 series card which i heard wont be available for a couple months if not later. And trust me, the DOF, Chromatic Aberation, Film Grain, Lens flare and Blur were all the first things i turned off. Also turned off or to low Volumetric Fog/Clouds and turned down Screen space reflection quality and Ambient Occlusion.
What i find weird is that there isn't any way to adjust or disable Anti-Aliasing.