Question about Performance

[ShotBot]

RTX 3070ti i5-11600k 32GB (2560x1440)

On High settings as of rn outside of V's apartment room I am getting around 55-65 FPS which I assume will get worse outside in the city.
I set my res to 1080p lower settings to some medium most high doesn't seem to change the FPS at all. I set my res back to normal but change settings to medium, don't really see a change, maybe a bit like 1-2 maybe 3 fps sometimes. DLSS is on Ultra Performance.

Is there some settings that's just an FPS killer? Is this just simply the game? Is it my CPU, I feel like it couldn't be my graphics card but I have had suspicions about my CPU (although it seems to be taking up a normal amount of it)?
Maybe a mod that works with 2.0? I was thinking of overclocking for a while so I guess this is the time to do it.
Thanks

[AdeptuS AnonyMouS]

I have a 3080 + 12600k @5.2ghz get similar performance before messing with other settings. Id suggest to watch a optimization video from Hardware Unboxed they do a great job.

[Demesis]

Try lowering Crowd Density. That's usually the culprit for low fps.

[aBigGoofyGamer]

I'm running a 3070 + ryzen 5 5600x and around V's apartment I average 60-80 on high settings with a few things tweaked (Crown density, Fog Resolution, and screen space reflection quality on medium). When I leave the apartment and I'm like right outside the building - then I start seeing FPS similar to what you're describing. If you think you're having FPS issues in other games, then I'd see cause for concern. If you're not tho, then I wouldn't worry about it. Cyberpunk's performance has never been all that stable.

[Solarstrike]

Turn Off Path Tracing, Turn ON DLSS set it to Auto.

[Fayzon]

Sounds like your cpu is bottlenecking your performance. Dropping resolution and seeing no improvement is a pretty clear indication. As mentioned by others try dropping crown density.

[harisenvin]

crowd density to medium for 6 cores.

[ShotBot]

Originally posted by ShadowX1312:

I'm running a 3070 + ryzen 5 5600x and around V's apartment I average 60-80 on high settings with a few things tweaked (Crown density, Fog Resolution, and screen space reflection quality on medium). When I leave the apartment and I'm like right outside the building - then I start seeing FPS similar to what you're describing. If you think you're having FPS issues in other games, then I'd see cause for concern. If you're not tho, then I wouldn't worry about it. Cyberpunk's performance has never been all that stable.

Besides Baldur's Gate 3 which that are actively updating performance and my performance was getting better with the patches, I have had no problems. My CPU is supposuedly a very good match for my GPU so I don't think it would be that but I was seeing many ppl say BG3 was very CPU intensive and I was struggling for a bit there

[Zer0]

Yes.

Screen space reflection is the most expensive. Here's a detailed guide for you that covers all settings:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B03_Aa5NwIY

Regarding whether or not you're CPU bound that's easy to check. While running open Task Manager -> Performance tab. See if your GPU is at 100% usage. If not, you have a bottleneck.

The most CPU expensive settings are FSR/DLSS and crowd density.

[ShotBot]

Originally posted by Fayzon:

Sounds like your cpu is bottlenecking your performance. Dropping resolution and seeing no improvement is a pretty clear indication. As mentioned by others try dropping crown density.

This is very interesting I never knew that about the res. What is strange is when I bought the CPU; I bought it based on how well it would run with my GPU and most websites said I would be seeing in the positive for performance, not bottleneck. However, it was on sale for $200 so I have always been a little suspicious of it considering the other CPU'S out there.

[Tigerchips]

What? I'm running this game on i5 6600, GTX 1070, 8gb of ram, 1080p. Getting the same framerate in Night City. I have screen space reflections low, crowd density on lowest, raytracing off. Everything else on medium.

[HartFalleon]

From what I've seen, higher screen space reflections, volumetric fog/cloud stuff, crowd density and so forth are taxing on the CPU side of things. The HUB video linked in that post goes over various details but there really isn't say one setting that's going to be less demanding on your CPU. Lowering and capping your fps though is an option so, your CPU and GPU has less demand to meet a framerate target.

[Zer0]

Originally posted by GrimKhad:

From what I've seen, higher screen space reflections, volumetric fog/cloud stuff, crowd density and so forth are taxing on the CPU side of things.

GPU*, except crowd density that's CPU.

Originally posted by GrimKhad:

Lowering and capping your fps though is an option so, your CPU and GPU has less demand to meet a framerate target.

Wait, what? Lowering performance to help performance? Why you would lower FPS when the entire goal is higher FPS is beyond me. But sure, capping at 5 FPS would reduce usage even lower. May as well go for gold.

In reality, your goal is to hit 100% GPU. If you can't you're probably CPU bound (but not always).

[ShotBot]

Originally posted by Zer0:

Originally posted by GrimKhad:

From what I've seen, higher screen space reflections, volumetric fog/cloud stuff, crowd density and so forth are taxing on the CPU side of things.

GPU*, except crowd density that's CPU.

Originally posted by GrimKhad:

Lowering and capping your fps though is an option so, your CPU and GPU has less demand to meet a framerate target.

Wait, what? Lowering performance to help performance? Why you would lower FPS when the entire goal is higher FPS is beyond me. But sure, capping at 5 FPS would reduce usage even lower. May as well go for gold.

In reality, your goal is to hit 100% GPU. If you can't you're probably CPU bound (but not always).

When the FPS is jumping from 55- 85 very quickly it makes the game feel even more laggy. Capping it at like 60 does have the downside of not being able to ever get that very smooth FPS but would stop the jumps.
Maybe this is a dumb question but how would I go about hitting 100% GPU usage?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsgT0Iy-yxI

I see videos like this of someone with a worse GPU then me but the same CPU playing at the same resolution and getting WAY more FPS. Maybe I just have to actually leave V's apartment and maybe it will magically fix...

[Zer0]

Originally posted by Winifred Mctavish:

When the FPS is jumping from 55- 85 very quickly it makes the game feel even more laggy. Capping it at like 60 does have the downside of not being able to ever get that very smooth FPS but would stop the jumps.
Maybe this is a dumb question but how would I go about hitting 100% GPU usage?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsgT0Iy-yxI

I see videos like this of someone with a worse GPU then me but the same CPU playing at the same resolution and getting WAY more FPS. Maybe I just have to actually leave V's apartment and maybe it will magically fix...

That video is on patch 1.5. You can't compare different patches, especially not this recent huge one.

Please skim through this looking at roughly the settings and resolution you use to see what FPS you should be getting with your GPU:

https://youtu.be/QBspiPJi_XI

As for why GPU doesn't hit 100%, that could be due to many reasons. Most often it's the CPU being underpowered. I don't like Intel so I'd have to look at your CPU more.

First, check the video and see if you get the FPS you should be getting for your graphics card.

[fibonacci.618]

its just now that I am having this problem with cyberpunk, before phantom liberty I'm on 80fps, everything on high dlss balanced, r5 5600x 3070 32gb gb on ssd as well, now I put it to low preset with dlss I get 30fps lol, I put it to high also 30fps like wth is happening, got no problems with other games though, played this game on 1440p before now playing on my 1080p with ♥♥♥♥ performance, do i need a 4090 with this game now lmfao