I have a decent Pc but my game still runs like butt

[Milkywaters]

I have an AMD Ryzen 5600 with an AMD Radeon RX 5500, i have no problem running most games as long as they're not poorly optimized for pc. Everything I've found in terms of advice has been unhelpful, when I look up specifics about how my pc should preform everyone says that I should be able to get atleast 60 fps on high graphics settings but when I load up the game the recommended settings are low, even on the lowest graphics settings my frames drop to 20 or lower and the game is constantly stuttering, when im in an enclosed environment or in a conversation though there is no frame drop or stuttering at all. I've messed with all of the settings and made sure everything on my pc is up to date but literally nothing has helped other than plugging in a wireless controller somehow made my game work normal for a day and then it went right back the next. I have cyberpunk downloaded on my personal drive rather than a hard drive too, i only have one other game downloaded to my personal drive. I would really appreciate some advice.

[craigsters]

do you have a processor at i5 or higher and do have enough mb cache as well?

[envirovore]

Originally posted by craigsters:

do you have a processor at i5 or higher and do have enough mb cache as well?

You do know that i5, i7, etc really means nothing at all as far as CPU generation goes, right?

i-whatever only means the tier of that generation, Intel has been using the i# scheme for many multiple generations now.

There's a vast difference between an i5 3470 and an i5 12600.

Same as AMD's use of R5, R7. R9...has nothing to do with generation, just product line tier.

Edit: and what does "do you have enough MB cache" even mean, or more specifically...what do you think it means?

[👑 Yuuwaffl 💀 (Syum)]

mby little more info would be nice like rams , monitor resulution etc

[higzumo]

Cyberpunk is very GPU intensive, and unfortunately, an rx 5500 just won't cut it. It might also cause a bottleneck, slowing down your (otherwise very capable) CPU.
You should probably upgrade your GPU, but if you can't (or don't want to, it's your money after all), you should try enabling FSR, perhaps even use some mods to enable FSR 3, along with the minimum settings, that might do the trick.
EDIT : Just looked up some basic benchmarks, and it looks like the 5500 is close to a 580, so capable of a playable experience on low settings, that is, unless you have the laptop version in which case FSR 3 might be able to make it playable though I would not count on it.

[craigsters]

Originally posted by envirovore:

Originally posted by craigsters:

do you have a processor at i5 or higher and do have enough mb cache as well?

You do know that i5, i7, etc really means nothing at all as far as CPU generation goes, right?

i-whatever only means the tier of that generation, Intel has been using the i# scheme for many multiple generations now.

There's a vast difference between an i5 3470 and an i5 12600.

Same as AMD's use of R5, R7. R9...has nothing to do with generation, just product line tier.

Edit: and what does "do you have enough MB cache" even mean, or more specifically...what do you think it means?

vram 16MB cache or higher

[higzumo]

Originally posted by craigsters:

do you have a processor at i5 or higher and do have enough mb cache as well?

He has a Ryzen 5 5600, which is comparable to an I5 12400.

[Zef]

resolution?

you are using FSR 2.1 right?

[Blur]

Originally posted by Milkywaters:

ieveryone says that I should be able to get atleast 60 fps on high graphics settings

You need to start checking your sources of information, for 60 fps on high you need AT LEAST RX 5700 or 5700XT. 5500 is low end gpu and you definitely need to upgrade, RX 6700 or 6800 are cheap on aftermarket and will boost your performance drastically

[envirovore]

Originally posted by craigsters:

Originally posted by envirovore:

You do know that i5, i7, etc really means nothing at all as far as CPU generation goes, right?

i-whatever only means the tier of that generation, Intel has been using the i# scheme for many multiple generations now.

There's a vast difference between an i5 3470 and an i5 12600.

Same as AMD's use of R5, R7. R9...has nothing to do with generation, just product line tier.

Edit: and what does "do you have enough MB cache" even mean, or more specifically...what do you think it means?

vram 16MB cache or higher

So. Do you mean VRAM buffer, which is now measured in GB's and nothing to do with cache directly? No, 16GB of VRAM isn't required.
RedEngine itself *will not* exceed VRAM buffer as long as you meet the minimum 6GB requirement, it will automatically cull/downgrade assets, textures, graphical features to always fit within VRAM buffer.

Or L1, or L2 cache, which is not VRAM buffer and is located on the GPU cores?
If cache...you realize (as an example for reference) that even a RTX 3080 has only 128 KB (per SM) of L1 cache, and 5MB of L2 cache, and is still an extremely competent GPU...

My point being, while your attempts to be useful are of the best of intentions, you also don't seem to have a full grasp on what you're talking about either.

[wesnef]

I ran the original game on a Ryzen 3600 + RX570 8GB (slightly below your 5500) at mixed Med/High settings / 1080p / low-30's fps.
I've since upgraded to an RX 6650xt.
But Cyberpunk *also* upgraded - the 2.0 patch & Phantom Liberty increased the system requirements.
But with FSR2 and similar mixed Med/High settings, I'm getting 60fps. It just gets a bit louder/warmer in Dogtown.

[Jeff Kaos]

I was getting losing a lot of FPS and just for a lark I dropped the crowd density to medium rather than high and FPS jumped right up. Nothing else in the settings caused such a dramatic change in the way the game runs. While I would definitely prefer to have Nite City more crowded the drops in FPS in busier areas of the city was too hard to ignore. I just tell myself everyone is staying indoors due to smog alerts or something.

[Milkywaters]

Originally posted by 👑 Yuuwaffl 💀 (Syum):

mby little more info would be nice like rams , monitor resulution etc

Ram is 8GB, I have a desktop with a tower and a single monitor, resolution is 1920x1080 uhhh idk what else

[Milkywaters]

Originally posted by Blur:

Originally posted by Milkywaters:

ieveryone says that I should be able to get atleast 60 fps on high graphics settings

You need to start checking your sources of information, for 60 fps on high you need AT LEAST RX 5700 or 5700XT. 5500 is low end gpu and you definitely need to upgrade, RX 6700 or 6800 are cheap on aftermarket and will boost your performance drastically

my source is google and a smart person told me i should be fine to buy cyberpunk lmao ig they were wrong

[Milkywaters]

Originally posted by Zef:

resolution?

you are using FSR 2.1 right?

resolution is 1920x1080 on a single monitor, I have been using FSR 2.1 but changing it to others doesn't seem to hurt the performance much

[Milkywaters]

Originally posted by envirovore:

Originally posted by craigsters:

vram 16MB cache or higher

So. Do you mean VRAM buffer, which is now measured in GB's and nothing to do with cache directly? No, 16GB of VRAM isn't required.
RedEngine itself *will not* exceed VRAM buffer as long as you meet the minimum 6GB requirement, it will automatically cull/downgrade assets, textures, graphical features to always fit within VRAM buffer.

Or L1, or L2 cache, which is not VRAM buffer and is located on the GPU cores?
If cache...you realize (as an example for reference) that even a RTX 3080 has only 128 KB (per SM) of L1 cache, and 5MB of L2 cache, and is still an extremely competent GPU...

My point being, while your attempts to be useful are of the best of intentions, you also don't seem to have a full grasp on what you're talking about either.

I have no clue what any of this stuff is ngl