How to get optimal performance on 1080ti

[Onion]

Hi everyone. Recently I've got a "new" PC running on i7-8700k + 1080Ti 12Gb + 16 Gb DDR4 2666 dual-channel + nvme ssd. And i have a problem with Cyberpunk 2.12 running only 8-12 fps on all-med settings...
Can anyone help with variants of settings (something little better than all-low)?...

[Nar!]

What resolution are you playing with, friend? 1080P or 1440p (or 4k)?

[Maviba]

Reduce any cpu related settings such as shadows, rendering distance, etc.

That should help a bit, but don't expect miracles. Your cpu is pretty outdated and will struggle with cpu taxing games like this.

Maybe consider capping your fps to 30-60 .

[JokeryEU]

always go for 1080p and all low first on that gpu, then increase slowly each settings, textures usually can be set higher. Usually you make a trade quality for fps, start from bottom and increase till you have the desired fps and quality, i would say 30+ fps should be good.

[Onion]

Originally posted by Nar!:

What resolution are you playing with, friend? 1080P or 1440p (or 4k)?

I\m playing at 1600x900 resolution

[Onion]

Originally posted by Maviba:

Reduce any cpu related settings such as shadows, rendering distance, etc.

That should help a bit, but don't expect miracles. Your cpu is pretty outdated and will struggle with cpu taxing games like this.

Maybe consider capping your fps to 30-60 .

I`m tried to set all-low settings, and max fps i`ve got is 15-18 (

[Atomic]

You could be running out of system memory (RAM), 12GB seems to be on the rough side.

You may need to close all background processes and only have steam running (better yet, disable most of the startup apps via task manager then reboot PC)

For optimal graphics settings, try checking this reddit post as to what impacts performance and you can adjust settings based on what you prefer to have visually.

Also check the pinned comment for recommended settings.

Crowd density should be set to low as that may have an impact on memory and cpu, hope this helps.

[Maviba]

Just saw the 12gb RAM thingy.
How is that? Did you pair different memory sticks?
In that case it's one reason for your issues. 12 gb is also a bit low for this game. So is the the ram speed.
Get 16 gb at least, and also faster ram.

[Onion]

Originally posted by Maviba:

Just saw the 12gb RAM thingy.
How is that? Did you pair different memory sticks?
In that case it's one reason for your issues. 12 gb is also a bit low for this game. So is the the ram speed.
Get 16 gb at least, and also faster ram.

Um, no. a little mistake. I`ve bought 2x8 kit and installed it a few days ago.

[Jouchebag]

There is absolutely something wrong with that framerate on that PC. I don't think it's even about settings. You should be getting mostly 60 fps @ 1080p with medium-high.

[Maviba]

Originally posted by Onion:

Originally posted by Maviba:

Just saw the 12gb RAM thingy.
How is that? Did you pair different memory sticks?
In that case it's one reason for your issues. 12 gb is also a bit low for this game. So is the the ram speed.
Get 16 gb at least, and also faster ram.

Um, no. a little mistake. I`ve bought 2x8 kit and installed it a few days ago.

By that you mean one kit consisting of two 8gb sticks or did you install 4 x 4gb now?

[Dyna]

1080ti is 11gb vram.

[Lil Grandpa]

I got a 1070 and can run it on high.

[Razgriz]

I first played cyberpunk all the way back at release on a 1080ti paired with a 6700k and 32GB of slow af 2666Mhz DDR4 and was able to get ~60fps (sub 60 drops mostly coming from a CPU bottleneck) on 1440p with a mixture of medium and high settings (mostly high). Though I no longer have access to that hardware to test myself, I highly doubt CDPR has done anything to the game in the myriad of updates they've put out since release that could have somehow made it run significantly worse on a near identical system.

Have you made sure the game is using the 1080ti and not the integrated iGPU included in the 8700k?
Have you ran DDU and then installed current drivers?
Are other games running as you would expect for the hardware?
Are the temps operating within safe parameters? <80-84c
Is the powersupply sufficient for the system? From a reputable manufacturer?
Background processes?

[Maviba]

Ah, I saw you updated your initial post. Nice, now everything is clear.

But I think that although a 1080 ti is already pretty old, it's still a good gpu, especially for 1080p.
So should still be good enough for cp2077 at high settings.

But since it's pretty old, there's a good chance of it's thermal paste being dried out now.
Did you check your temps?

One of the easiest ways would be by installing hwinfo64.
Install it, run it on sensor mode and play some cp2077 for an hour or so.
Then check hwinfo. There's a record that shows you the max temp reached and also if there was thermal throttling active.
If so, that's probably the issue.

Replace tp and thermal pads, as well as clean your cooling in that case.

If temps are good, you gpu is not the issue.

Which brings us back to your CPU.
an 8 core CPU is recommended for cp2077, you've got a 6 core only, so there's already a limit.
And since its a pretty old CPU, you also shout check the temps here.

Enable xmp in the ram settings (via bios) giving you a slight ram oc, wich could help a bit.

Also close all unnecessary apps running in the background when playing cp.
E g. RGB control centers, x-box game bar etc.
That includes bloatware like geforce experience (I would completely deinstall it anyway)

That should help your cpu

[the smoking mค็็็็็n]

Something is broke, probably that 1080, perhaps something else, but there is no reason that rig in good condition on medium settings should not give you a fairly stable 30fps
maybe it is even your monitor..1600x900?