Advice to maximize FPS and graphics?

[Chud]

Hello I have a RTX 3070 and an i7-10700k CPU + 32 gb ram. Any advice on how to go about setting my graphics settings to get good playable fps and nice visuals?

[Kayits]

all high, ray traicing med - DLSS Quality.

If you playing 1080 thats the best option.

If you playing 1440p, then DLSS Performance

If you playing 4k, then dont try to play 4k with a 3070 xd

[Alio]

I have a 10850k, 32GB, and a 3070. I play with everything turned up except Screen Space Reflections set to Ultra and not Psycho. No DLSS (It causes shimmering, ghosting and artifacts) and no ray tracing.

At 1080p the game will hold 60fps locked 99.9% of the time, dropping to 56 lowest in the most extremely demanding area (Little China market for example) and regularly to 65-69 while driving around uncapped, so I lock to 60. 1440p native will not hold 60fps on a 3070 with these same settings, so you may have to turn a few things down to hold 60fps or opt for the terrible DLSS, at 4k you would have to lock the game to 30fps.

If 60 fps bothers you, play with a 30fps cap for 10-15 minutes, then switch to 60fps and it will look as smooth as 120fps. You can do this for any game :P

[Chud]

Thank you I will try both of your suggestions.

[brandenwaite]

Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty Optimization, The Best Settings to Change on PC!
https://youtu.be/B03_Aa5NwIY?si=2_2nwXvacr0ewr1J

That video will help you get the best quality visuals to performance ratio.

[Silentframe54]

I have a 3070 ti playing on 1440p native monitor. does the step down to 1080p really make a big difference even if all settings are max or am i just being nitpicky ?

[NeuroZ]

Originally posted by Silentframe54:

I have a 3070 ti playing on 1440p native monitor. does the step down to 1080p really make a big difference even if all settings are max or am i just being nitpicky ?

it does take to load off your gpu so technically you could reduce the resolution and increase the rtx settings yes, honestly just keeping it at 1440p and settings high enough where you are comfortably getting at least 60-80 fps is great, just upgrade your system when you can and it will be even better

[Alio]

Originally posted by Silentframe54:

I have a 3070 ti playing on 1440p native monitor. does the step down to 1080p really make a big difference even if all settings are max or am i just being nitpicky ?

1080p on 1440p native looks really bad. You would need to use DLSS Balanced or Performance so that it renders in 1080p and then upscales to 1440p with AI to see a performance boost. I cannot recommend DLSS in this game though unless you want to see flickering lights bouncing off shiny objects all the time, mainly cars during the day. It's like camera flashes going off and it's enough to trigger someones epilepsy its so bad. At night you will see ghosting/trailing and you will get shimmering on fences and other miscellaneous objects.

I wouldn't accept anything less than a locked 60 for this game, it's too fast paced in combat for anything less IMO.

If you had a 1080p monitor you could use DLDSR to play at 1440p though, which doesn't look bad at all. I actually retired my 1440p monitor and went back to 1080p because of DLDSR. Now I can enjoy all my native 1080p media/competitive games AND 1440p/1620p gaming when I have the performance headroom.

Originally posted by brandenwaite:

Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty Optimization, The Best Settings to Change on PC!
https://youtu.be/B03_Aa5NwIY?si=2_2nwXvacr0ewr1J

That video will help you get the best quality visuals to performance ratio.

The only issue I have with HUB's videos like these, is that they fail to tell you that your 1% lows are largely unaffected by changing graphics settings in a CPU bound scenario, and your 1% lows are your true locked framerate for a stutter free experience.

There's no point in lowering your graphics settings if your 1% low doesn't increase, in which case you would simply increase your graphics settings until your 1% low is effected.

And if for some reason you don't lock your framerate to your 1% low, then your game is already a stuttering mess.

[catch22atplay]

I'd agree with the 1% low statement somewhat. Sometimes you just got no choice. And there are settings for cpu bound people. The biggest being Crowd Control. And while i'm cpu bound i still leave it on High. But worse case scenario i will drop down to 48fps. There is nearly no difference for me to go from 2560x1440 to 1920x1080. And i just can't stand 1080p. So not worth it at all. But if there's no other option try it.

I gained 33% fps just by disabling HPET. It may or may not work for you. Just letting others know. Op isn't cpu bound. But i'm sure others are.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3130326281
And granted this vid is 2.0 i do like his testing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6K0nMGv4ttQ&t=699s