INSANE FPS drop after 2.1 update!

[DuleTnT]

As headline says - after last update FPS dropped from 150-200 FPS on max settings to less than 30 FPS.

System:
Alienware aurora R15
13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-13900KF
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
64GB Memory
4TB SSD / 2TB HDD

Monitor:
Alienware AW3423DW
3440 x 1440

I updated nvidia drivers - no change.
Other games work as usual.
Only CP 2077 is messed up after the update.

Any idea how to fix the problem?

[MonkeyGamesVR]

Did you try to set the deafult graph settings at first and try again. From there up the graphic untill you come to where you had it.

[DuleTnT]

Originally posted by MonkeyGamesVR:

Did you try to set the deafult graph settings at first and try again. From there up the graphic untill you come to where you had it.

Thanks. I just did that.
It seems it worked to some extent. FPS went up to around 110.
Still less than what I had before but much better than 30 after update.

[catch22atplay]

You should be seeing between a 1%-5% increase in performance. That's about what we're getting with Intel cpu and Nvidia 4xxx video cards. So keep checking your stuff.

[Kraptor]

Revert back to 2.02. I had an older system with 3070. It ran very good with 2.02 not it is utter garbage, like release day 1.:(:(:(

[BobaTeaJay]

3060ti here and I was able to play this game at 1440p at around the high 50s-80s to now barely crawling to 50 with the framerate mainly being stuck on the mid 40s and this is after re-enabling DLSS. Not to mention the graphics look noticeably worse and flatter on the default high setting without raytracing. The performance issues are 100% CDPRs fault since they decided to just shove out more content without optimizing it and doing some weird lighting changes that made the game somehow look worse not to mention this game was fully playable albiet not an amazing experience on the steam deck at medium settings and now it can barely run it on these settings since the framerate constantly drops to the mid 20s everywhere in the city. The best thing to hope for is a patch to bring this game back up to standards again performance wise

[NorthernLight]

Originally posted by RamenBoi1:

3060ti here and I was able to play this game at 1440p at around the high 50s-80s to now barely crawling to 50 with the framerate mainly being stuck on the mid 40s and this is after re-enabling DLSS. Not to mention the graphics look noticeably worse and flatter on the default high setting without raytracing. The performance issues are 100% CDPRs fault since they decided to just shove out more content without optimizing it and doing some weird lighting changes that made the game somehow look worse not to mention this game was fully playable albiet not an amazing experience on the steam deck at medium settings and now it can barely run it on these settings since the framerate constantly drops to the mid 20s everywhere in the city. The best thing to hope for is a patch to bring this game back up to standards again performance wise

I'm debating reverting back to previous version. I haven't been able to get it to run quite the same either. And the radio feels broken, bugged, not like a new feature and has me fumbling while driving, I don't like it i cant believe that was touted as a feature in the update. There should be Cyberware implant instead that lets you 'listen to your ipod' or whatever.

Rode the NCART once and that is actually really relaxing and cool to stare out the window once or twice but I cant walk around the train or meet for missions on said train? No combat on train? This is likely an update for new players who are looking for aspects from other open world titles that this game was fine without. The new effects in the boss fights are cool but without a NG+ feature yet I feel alot of players won't experience this unless they are new. Which is great, but I'm just doing the Phantom Liberty DLC after completing everything in the main story, not playing the entire game over just yet.

The DLC is absolutely phenomenal though, enjoying it thoroughly.
More of this kinda of DLC please.

I don't consider this 2.1 update part of Phantom Liberty per se (or making it better) more just tacking on some bells and whistles that kinda distract from the orchestra that is Cyberpunk.

However, all these additions will allow the devs to get really creative with how you experience the game in future DLCs.

[Sikklid]

Yup same on GoG version ofc. Intermittent FPS drops like crazy causing a stuttering mess. 13900k, 4090, 64GB. 2.0 ran fine before.

Most people claiming to have great performance are most likely using crutches like frame gen, which I cant use myself on my non-gsync monitor or I get awful tearing - and I'm not going to replace it just for some fake frames.

Latest driver (even hotfix) and tweaking settings does nothing, unless you completely turn off nearly all the raytracing eye candy, which was advertised to be great on 4090s and listed in recommended specs as such. Even happening on lower resolutions when I was testing it yesterday, so seems like its not running CPU bound instructions as efficiently as 2.0. Probably in how its calculating raytracing since thats what Nvidia mostly changed in 2.1.

Of course Nvidia will have new cards to sell us that will magically fix all the gimped performance they introduced yet again. :/

[Pork Hunt]

Originally posted by NorthernLight:

Originally posted by RamenBoi1:

3060ti here and I was able to play this game at 1440p at around the high 50s-80s to now barely crawling to 50 with the framerate mainly being stuck on the mid 40s and this is after re-enabling DLSS. Not to mention the graphics look noticeably worse and flatter on the default high setting without raytracing. The performance issues are 100% CDPRs fault since they decided to just shove out more content without optimizing it and doing some weird lighting changes that made the game somehow look worse not to mention this game was fully playable albiet not an amazing experience on the steam deck at medium settings and now it can barely run it on these settings since the framerate constantly drops to the mid 20s everywhere in the city. The best thing to hope for is a patch to bring this game back up to standards again performance wise

I'm debating reverting back to previous version. I haven't been able to get it to run quite the same either. And the radio feels broken, bugged, not like a new feature and has me fumbling while driving, I don't like it i cant believe that was touted as a feature in the update. There should be Cyberware implant instead that lets you 'listen to your ipod' or whatever.

Rode the NCART once and that is actually really relaxing and cool to stare out the window once or twice but I cant walk around the train or meet for missions on said train? No combat on train? This is likely an update for new players who are looking for aspects from other open world titles that this game was fine without. The new effects in the boss fights are cool but without a NG+ feature yet I feel alot of players won't experience this unless they are new. Which is great, but I'm just doing the Phantom Liberty DLC after completing everything in the main story, not playing the entire game over just yet.

The DLC is absolutely phenomenal though, enjoying it thoroughly.
More of this kinda of DLC please.

I don't consider this 2.1 update part of Phantom Liberty per se (or making it better) more just tacking on some bells and whistles that kinda distract from the orchestra that is Cyberpunk.

However, all these additions will allow the devs to get really creative with how you experience the game in future DLCs.

They have gone on record saying there will be no future DLC's or expansions. There may be small updates and bug fixes, but no more expansions or major DLC.

[NorthernLight]

Originally posted by Pork Hunt:

Originally posted by NorthernLight:

I'm debating reverting back to previous version. I haven't been able to get it to run quite the same either. And the radio feels broken, bugged, not like a new feature and has me fumbling while driving, I don't like it i cant believe that was touted as a feature in the update. There should be Cyberware implant instead that lets you 'listen to your ipod' or whatever.

Rode the NCART once and that is actually really relaxing and cool to stare out the window once or twice but I cant walk around the train or meet for missions on said train? No combat on train? This is likely an update for new players who are looking for aspects from other open world titles that this game was fine without. The new effects in the boss fights are cool but without a NG+ feature yet I feel alot of players won't experience this unless they are new. Which is great, but I'm just doing the Phantom Liberty DLC after completing everything in the main story, not playing the entire game over just yet.

The DLC is absolutely phenomenal though, enjoying it thoroughly.
More of this kinda of DLC please.

I don't consider this 2.1 update part of Phantom Liberty per se (or making it better) more just tacking on some bells and whistles that kinda distract from the orchestra that is Cyberpunk.

However, all these additions will allow the devs to get really creative with how you experience the game in future DLCs.

They have gone on record saying there will be no future DLC's or expansions. There may be small updates and bug fixes, but no more expansions or major DLC.

Good to know! Thanks for the info. Only planning 1 DLC campaign (Phantom Liberty) is selling this game short in my opinion. The quality is through the roof though so I can understand why.