The wait is finally over as Cyberpunk 2077 has officially launched to the masses. One of the most anticipated games of the year, CP2077 is sure to make some PC hardware sweat. But how demanding is it really? We take a look at the PC performance benchmarks for Cyberpunk 2077...
First of all, in this PC performance benchmark article for Cyberpunk 2077, we benchmark a range of graphics cards going from the higher-end RTX 2080; the lower-end R9 380 - which is close to the minimum required GPU for 1080p resolution on Low graphics settings; as well as the mid-range GTX 1060 - which is the recommended GPU for 1080p High graphics settings; and finally, the GTX 970.
Then we go through the FPS test results of each graphics card running at 1080p, 1440p and 4K screen resolutions. From there we can see the performance of the minimum and recommended system requirement graphics cards and consider how well optimized Cyberpunk 2077 really is.
Unfortunately, Cyberpunk 2077 does not include an in-game benchmarking tool. So for these results below we walked around the city for a bit and taking in the sights. Since Cyperpunk seems to be more demanding outdoors than indoors, and most of the action you'll experience is indoors, we found this to be pretty representative of the experience you'll have in-game, in terms of performance.
As such, performance may vary compared to the numbers below, but most of the time you'll experience better performance when indoors or in areas with less stuff going on. These results below should then be seen as the most demanding moments in the majority of your experience whilst playing Cyberpunk.
Cyberpunk 2077 also includes DLSS and ray tracing graphics features, but we chose not to enable any of them in these benchmarks so that we could standardize the results across a variety of graphics cards. GTX 10 series GPUs will be able to use ray tracing effects, but only RTX GPUs will be able to take advantage of the DLSS technology available.
We will be updating this article with more variety of graphics cards when we can. The RTX 2080 results will be added shortly.
With that in mind, let's jump into the PC performance benchmarks for Cyberpunk 2077...
Cyberpunk 2077 PC Graphics Settings
Check your PC can run Cyberpunk 2077 system requirements
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Ray tracing off
Cyberpunk 2077 minimum system requirements - 1080p Low graphics settings
- OS: Windows 7 64-bit or Windows 10 64-bit
- CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K or AMD FX-8310
- RAM: 8GB
- GPU RAM: 3GB
- GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 or AMD Radeon RX 470
- Storage: 70GB HDD (SSD recommended)
- DX: 12
Cyberpunk 2077 recommended system requirements - 1080p High graphics settings
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit
- CPU: Intel Core i7-4790 or AMD Ryzen 3 3200G
- RAM: 12GB
- GPU RAM: 6GB
- GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 or Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Super or AMD Radeon RX 590
- Storage: 70GB SSD
- DX: 12
Cyberpunk 2077 recommended system requirements - 1440p Ultra graphics settings
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit
- CPU: Intel Core i7-4790 or AMD Ryzen 3 3200G
- RAM: 12GB
- GPU RAM: 6GB
- GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 or AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
- Storage: 70GB SSD
- DX: 12
Cyberpunk 2077 recommended system requirements - 4K Ultra graphics settings
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit
- CPU: Intel Core i7-4790 or AMD Ryzen 3 3200G
- RAM: 16GB
- GPU RAM: 8GB
- GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super or Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 or AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
- Storage: 70GB SSD
- DX: 12
Ray tracing on
Cyberpunk 2077 ray tracing system requirements - minimum
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit
- CPU: Intel Core i7-4790 or AMD Ryzen 3 3200G
- RAM: 16GB
- GPU RAM: 6GB
- GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
- Storage: 70GB SSD
- DX: 12
Cyberpunk 2077 ray tracing system requirements - High
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit
- CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 or AMD Ryzen 5 3600
- RAM: 16GB
- GPU RAM: 6GB
- GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
- Storage: 70GB SSD
- DX: 12
Cyberpunk 2077 ray tracing system requirements - Ultra
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit
- CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 or AMD Ryzen 5 3600
- RAM: 16GB
- GPU RAM: 6GB
- GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
- Storage: 70GB SSD
- DX: 12
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Cyberpunk 2077 RTX 2080 benchmarks and frames per second analysis performed on Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 | Intel i9-9900K | 16GB
Average FPS for Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 in Cyberpunk 2077 @ 1080p
Cyberpunk 2077 | Low | Medium | High | Ultra |
Average FPS | 98.8 | 90.9 | 83 | 71.2 |
Min FPS | 79.3 | 74.5 | 70.6 | 62.6 |
Max FPS | 112.1 | 110.8 | 101 | 80.8 |
1% Low FPS | 58.5 | 54.3 | 55.5 | 48.9 |
0.1% Low FPS | 43 | 36.8 | 43 | 31.5 |
The FPS performance for the RTX 2080 in Cyberpunk 2077 at 1080p is pretty good, as this card is able to achieve above 60fps on Ultra graphics settings. Obviously this is underwhelming given the 2080's expected performance in most games, but in comparison to the other cards benched this performance is great.
Average FPS for Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 in Cyberpunk 2077 @ 1440p
Cyberpunk 2077 | Low | Medium | High | Ultra |
Average FPS | 93.2 | 71.4 | 59.1 | 52.4 |
Min FPS | 79.5 | 61.6 | 53 | 43.8 |
Max FPS | 144.6 | 93.7 | 70.3 | 57.7 |
1% Low FPS | 58.2 | 52 | 42 | 36.2 |
0.1% Low FPS | 15.9 | 30.3 | 17.6 | 15.7 |
The RTX 2080's FPS performance in Cyberpunk 2077 at 1440p is also pretty good. Whilst it does not achieve 60fps at High graphics settings or above, this is still very much playable and comfortable to enjoy.
Average FPS for Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 in Cyberpunk 2077 @ 4K
Cyberpunk 2077 | Low | Medium | High | Ultra |
Average FPS | 45.1 | 33.5 | 26.1 | 21.5 |
Min FPS | 37.7 | 28.7 | 21.4 | 19.4 |
Max FPS | 52 | 172.9 | 34.9 | 23.9 |
1% Low FPS | 34.1 | 26.4 | 20.4 | 18.3 |
0.1% Low FPS | 21.7 | 21.2 | 19.2 | 17.5 |
Lastly, the RTX 2080's FPS performance at 4K resolution in Cyberpunk 2077 is okay. The good news is that 4K is certainly playable, albeit on Medium graphics settings. Anything higher starts to hinder your enjoyment we found as it becomes too stuttery and slow.
Overall, the RTX 2080 is perfectly suitable for playing Cyberpunk 2077 on Ultra graphics settings at both 1080p and 1440p resolutions. For 4K it is recommended to stay on Medium settings for the best experience.
Cyberpunk 2077 RTX 2060 benchmarks and frames per second analysis performed on Nvidia PNY GeForce RTX 2060 | Intel i7-5820K | 16GB
Average FPS for Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 in Cyberpunk 2077 @ 1080p
Cyberpunk 2077 | Low | Medium | High | Ultra |
Average FPS | 68.9 | 68.1 | 62.3 | 52.2 |
Min FPS | 59 | 63.1 | 55.1 | 45.6 |
Max FPS | 72.7 | 76 | 69.7 | 51.2 |
1% Low FPS | 48.6 | 48.6 | 46.1 | 41.2 |
0.1% Low FPS | 27.2 | 29.7 | 15.9 | 35.3 |
The FPS performance of the RTX 2060 in Cyberpunk 2077 at 1080p resolution is pretty good (in terms of playable FPS). Going up to Ultra graphics settings here is perfectly fine and comfortable to play still. Interestingly, there seems to be a bottleneck happening on the Low graphics settings, and is most likely down to the CPU performance of this specific setup.
Average FPS for Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 in Cyberpunk 2077 @ 1440p
Cyberpunk 2077 | Low | Medium | High | Ultra |
Average FPS | 62.6 | 49 | 38.6 | 32.7 |
Min FPS | 56.5 | 44.6 | 34.7 | 29.6 |
Max FPS | 72.9 | 57.6 | 43.9 | 37.2 |
1% Low FPS | 47.4 | 39.9 | 32.1 | 27.5 |
0.1% Low FPS | 34.9 | 16.9 | 22.9 | 25.3 |
At 1440p, the FPS performance of the RTX 2060 in Cyberpunk 2077 drops significantly, but is still playable even at Ultra graphics settings. If you want the most stable frame rate with room for some of the game's most demanding moments, High graphics settings would be a better choice.
Average FPS for Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 in Cyberpunk 2077 @ 4K
Cyberpunk 2077 | Low | Medium | High | Ultra |
Average FPS | 31.5 | 23.3 | 17.6 | 14.9 |
Min FPS | 27.9 | 21.3 | 16.3 | 13.8 |
Max FPS | 36.7 | 27.1 | 20.3 | 16.9 |
1% Low FPS | 26.6 | 20.4 | 15.6 | 12.9 |
0.1% Low FPS | 22.5 | 19.6 | 10.3 | 8.3 |
Finally, at 4K resolution the FPS performance in Cyberpunk 2077 with the RTX 2060 is not great. Although it is still playable on Low graphics settings, anything above that feels too stuttery and uncomfortable to play.
Overall, the RTX 2060 is perfectly suitable for playing Cyberpunk 2077 at 1080p and 1440p resolutions on Ultra graphics settings - though if you want a smoother experience at 1440p then drop down to High graphics settings. At 4K resolution it's recommended to stay on Low graphics settings and not go any higher.
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Cyberpunk 2077 GTX 1060 benchmarks and frames per second analysis performed on Nvidia MSI GeForce GTX 1060 | Intel i7-5820K | 16GB
Average FPS for Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 in Cyberpunk 2077 @ 1080p
Cyberpunk 2077 | Low | Medium | High | Ultra |
Average FPS | 49.2 | 39.4 | 31.1 | 25.9 |
Min FPS | 42.8 | 33.8 | 27 | 21.9 |
Max FPS | 62.1 | 50 | 38.7 | 31.2 |
1% Low FPS | 36.2 | 31.2 | 25.4 | 20.4 |
0.1% Low FPS | 25.1 | 21.1 | 16.8 | 16 |
The FPS performance of the GTX 1060 at 1080p in Cyberpunk 2077 is okay, and is certainly still playable at High graphics settings although Ultra is not recommended. The GTX 1060 is also the recommended graphics card for 1080p High settings, therefore we can safely say this spec was targeting 30fps performance.
Average FPS for Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 in Cyberpunk 2077 @ 1440p
Cyberpunk 2077 | Low | Medium | High | Ultra |
Average FPS | 32.1 | 24.6 | 19.1 | 16.2 |
Min FPS | 25.2 | 20.8 | 17.1 | 14.4 |
Max FPS | 40.9 | 30.8 | 23.8 | 19.4 |
1% Low FPS | 25.8 | 20.4 | 16 | 13.5 |
0.1% Low FPS | 15.4 | 13.8 | 9.9 | 9.7 |
At 1440p, the GTX 1060's FPS performance is not great. Although you can still comfortably play on Low graphics settings, anything higher is not recommended as the performance will negatively impact your enjoyment.
Average FPS for Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 in Cyberpunk 2077 @ 4K
Cyberpunk 2077 | Low | Medium | High | Ultra |
Average FPS | 16.3 | 11.5 | 8.5 | 7.3 |
Min FPS | 14.3 | 10.2 | 7.7 | 6.5 |
Max FPS | 20.2 | 13.9 | 9.9 | 8.5 |
1% Low FPS | 14 | 9.8 | 7.5 | 6.4 |
0.1% Low FPS | 12.2 | 7.8 | 6.9 | 5.7 |
Finally, the FPS performance of the GTX at 4K resolution in Cyberpunk 2077 is not great at all. It's unsurprising as the 1060 is not a 4K card, but even on Low graphics settings the game is unplayable.
Looking over all the results above, the GTX 1060 is perfectly suitable for playing Cyberpunk 2077 up to High graphics settings at 1080p resolution. If you want to play Cyberpunk 2077 at 1440p resolution with a GTX 1060, you should stick to Low graphics settings. And finally, 4K is not recommended at all with this GPU in CP2077.
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Cyberpunk 2077 R9 380 benchmarks and frames per second analysis performed on AMD MSI Radeon R9 380 | Intel i7-5820K | 16GB
Average FPS for AMD Radeon R9 380 in Cyberpunk 2077 @ 1080p
Cyberpunk 2077 | Low | Medium | High | Ultra |
Average FPS | 31 | 23.2 | 16.6 | 6.9 |
Min FPS | 25.2 | 20.5 | 14.4 | 5.4 |
Max FPS | 38.9 | 27.8 | 20.9 | 8.3 |
1% Low FPS | 21.3 | 14.8 | 11 | 4.2 |
0.1% Low FPS | 17 | 12 | 9.2 | 3.5 |
The FPS performance of the R9 380 at 1080p resolution in Cyberpunk 2077 is surprisingly okay. Unfortunately you'll have to play on Low graphics settings for decent performance, as anything higher is uncomfortable to play, but 31fps is still playable nonetheless.
Average FPS for AMD Radeon R9 380 in Cyberpunk 2077 @ 1440p
Cyberpunk 2077 | Low | Medium | High | Ultra |
Average FPS | 19.5 | 14.5 | 9.1 | 4.7 |
Min FPS | 15.9 | 11.6 | 7.3 | 2.9 |
Max FPS | 25.8 | 18.5 | 11.1 | 5.9 |
1% Low FPS | 10.7 | 6.4 | 4.8 | 2.3 |
0.1% Low FPS | 6.7 | 4.5 | 4 | 1.7 |
Unsurprisingly, the R9 380's FPS performance in Cyberpunk 2077 at 1440p is not good and is completely unplayable at any graphics settings due to the sub-20fps performance.
Overall, the R9 380 is able to play Cyberpunk 2077 at a comfortable frame rate at 1080p resolution, however you will need to stay on Low graphics settings and not go any higher.
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Conclusion
Looking at the results above we can see that Cyberpunk 2077 is an incredibly demanding game, but luckily can still be played with lower-end hardware on lower graphics settings and resolutions. Plus, whilst playing Cyberpunk 2077 at 60fps is desirable, it is still playable and comfortable to play at 30fps performance.
It is clear though that in order to play Cyberpunk 2077 at it's best you will need a powerful high-end/modern GPU like the RTX 30 series or Radeon RX 6000 series, even without ray tracing features enabled.
Alternatively, the use of DLSS can help boost performance quite considerably, but the feature is only available on RTX graphics cards currently. AMD's FidelityFX CAS on the other hand is available on more GPUs and can also improve performance as well.
Fortunately, Cyberpunk 2077 is still playable on lower-end hardware on lower graphics settings and resolutions. Additionally, CP2077 is still perfectly playable at 30fps with even a little room for performance to go either way.
If you compare these new results to yesterday's early performance graphs, you can see that performance has improved slightly, but not by much at all. Hopefully CD Projekt Red will be releasing more updates to improve performance shortly, but for now these are the kind of results we're getting.
Overall, Cyberpunk 2077 is an incredibly demanding game that will require some of the most powerful graphics cards at the moment to play at it's best on native resolution. However the game is still playable on lower-end hardware as long as you stick to lower graphics settings and lower resolutions.
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is an i7 8700k enough to get stable 60fps without dropps at ultra with rtx with 2560x1080p? - gonna get a 3080 and hope I wont need a new cpu to go with it.
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yeah they have 1060 6gb on recommended with High,
i have the exact same setup the recommended column cdpr says but for 30fps maybe? who plays 30fps ? i set all to low to have 50-60fps "stable"
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WOW GD have all nvidea Gpus and only 380 for AMD
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Honestly, that's pretty bad. a GTX 1060 (still a very good GPU) isn't even able to hit 60FPS on 1080p low? The game looks good and is demanding of course, but is it really this demanding?
How are PS4/Xbox One consoles running this game at all?
For me anything below 60 FPS is unplayable
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50 fps on low with the current setup (unplayble for fps), waiting for stock to hit the stores
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On all ultra with "Balanced" DLSS settings my CPU (at 4.8ghz) is bottlenecking pretty bad, being at 85%+ when driving through very dense areas in the city, causing my gpu utilization to drop to 60%-70%. Crazy stuff, but the game looks so ridiculously beautiful I'm not even mad. :D
In most cases it's completely fine though, just happens here and there, especially in the area around V's apartment, and only while driving quickly.
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I'm downloading, should I worry for 1080p 60fps?
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Game runs great on ultra preset 1080p, kinda dissapointed about the 4K performance though. I was expecting to get 40-50ish fps on ultra 4K. Not sub 30
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Runs like crap but good game. Getting 25-30 FPS on 1080p low settings. Maybe i ll wait till next year when i'll upgrade.
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Yep. My gpurx 560 (is r9 380x similar) crawls and I've been negotiating fps and sharpness for 4 hours. I think I can play 900p 30fps locked in a medium high setting with textures and aniso x16. It doesn't look bad but meh. My intention was to play it in 7 months with the foreseeable new 6700 xt but I can't wait hahaha.
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are you sure its not because of the cpu?
my friend had fx6100 with r9 280x and even the games from 2014 like shadow of mordor would lag and have unstable fps no matter the settings but the he upgraded just the cpu to i7 3770 and fps was stable after that
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Well ... Probably. Although I have the 6300 oc to 4.4ghz I find it extremely strange that the gpu being at 100% load has lower temperatures than normal (64-70) when it is usually always at 74.
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I was looking that the fx 6300 would cap the 5700 xt (I want to buy the 6700 xt) at 50% with which to play at 1080p I would be able to play at ultra 60 fps next year. And in two years change cpu, mobo and ram. I can do it all the same year but I don't like to spend so much money all at once haha
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Yes, the cpu is probably holding that gpu back a little bit, but also the gpus isnt that powerful
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Just letting people know that it's possible to get more FPS in Cyberpunk 2077 if you turn off full-screen optimisations. In the past people turned it off for other games to increase FPS a bit or make games stutter less. To disable it you have to right click the game exe -> properties -> compatibility -> Disable full-screen optimisations. Good luck everyone
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And the downside is?
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None, I know of. You just run it in true fullscreen then and not borderless fullscreen. It's one of the options a lot of gamers play with to see if it helps with some games. I know a lot of CSGO players turn it off and it helps
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Alright. I've seen no difference with it disabled so I was curious if there's downsides as well. Thanks
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Yeah, it's either hit or miss. I'm not entirely sure why it works for some and not for others, but it's always worth a try. It might be more helpful for people that have open programs in the background or multiple screens, but that's only a guess of mine.
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i used that option to run older games that wont start, i didnt know that it can also incress peformance
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It's mainly due to borderless window mode in general causes some issues in games, like lower FPS, stuttering or even laggy input in some cases. Full-screen optimisations is basically a more optimised method of it, but it causes some issues too.
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Luckily I can just brute force my way through max settings with RTX on, game looks incredible. Having a blast
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Wow, you are one of the 3 people in the world having this card. Congrats!
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Living the dream, my man! Thankfully, I have a nice balance of looks to performance on my 1080, so I should be able to weather the silicon drought until prices drop enough for me.
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"Luckily" you have an rtx 3090 ffs. Luck has nothing to do with it
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Luck and money :P
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This game is truely amazing! Glad I took 3 weeks of vacation (Christmas included) to really dig into it.
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For me, I'm getting anywhere from 50-65 FPS pretty much maxed out, with Ray Tracing on Ultra and DLSS on Quality. Definitely dips on some areas but not really sure what aspect to give up because the game looks so good
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No need to flex buddy.
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This is truly the most beautiful game created till this day but damn is it demanding. Performance for ultra settings at 4k is around 40fps for me and I have to turn on DLSS Quality to get to playable 60fps. Turning on Ray tracing is a joke as it destroys performance even with DLSS on.
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What is the setting for RTX in these benchmarks?
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off most likely
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I am sure scalpers are enjoying Cyberpunk 2077 in all its ray-traced glory. I will probably get it by fall 2021 if GPUs are available.
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one thing that's bugging me, my cpu utilization tops at to a 45% max and my gpu at 55% while playing the game and this sure is what's causing all this low performance across the board
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Interesting, I hope they fix cpu and gpu utilization soon then
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Thats a sign of bad optimizations.
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Interesting my 1060 is alawys on 99% load, cpu usage never goes above 30-40%, it does not seem cpu heavy
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Same, for me gpu is maxed out, cpu is breezing through.
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how much fps do you get and at what settings/resolution i want to know what should i expect
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Here's what i wrote in the first comment:
If you have a 1440p monitor like me and can't comfortably use ultra settings (with a few key things turned down https://www.gamerevolution.com/guides/669192-cyberpunk-2077-pc-best-settings-guide-nvidia-amd ) but find 1080p a little too blurry, go for 80% fixed resolution scale, which is the next step down that has no half-pixels (2048x1152). This got me over 60fps in the apartment from 40fps. Have yet to try it outside, though.
Update: So i get 60fps, or thereabouts, indoors, and it can drop to the mid-40s in demanding outdoor spaces. Pretty much hasn't yet dropped below 45fps and stutters are minimal so far. Note that i have a 5% overclock.
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I have since changed to 3700x from my 9700k, so I'm curious as to whether your results are better or worse. Likely a little better. I have cpu usage in the 20-30% range with all 16 threads being used.
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I had 99% GPU and 86% CPU.
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That looks like a bottleneck. Maybe a VRAM bottleneck
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I get exactly the same FPS on Ultra preset and on Low preset. Only thing changing is the GPU usage drops from above 90% to under 60%. I watched the CPU cores and half of them are 80-90% usage, other half are 5-20% usage. This is a disaster, can't get above 60FPS on any settings. DLSS also just lowers GPU usage further.
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I'm getting almost the EXACT same results as you on completely different hardware altogether. Same FPS regardless of preset. Same Utilization % on both GPU/CPU.
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They need to clarify that these settings are targeting 30fps... which for most PC gamers is a no go...
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Yeah i was expecting the requirments to target 1080p 60 fps at medium settings :/
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Well to be fair, i did some benchmarking and i must say, i get 60FPS with the low preset, i played around a bit, just to up some settings and keep myself around 50Fps, not optimal, but ok. The game STILL looks good at low settings. This isn't like the other games that look like Halo Infinite at anything lower than Medium. Also the textures don't seem to have an actual impact for my performance, but they can only be changed from the main menu.
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If you have a 1440p monitor like me and can't comfortably use ultra settings (with a few key things turned down https://www.gamerevolution.com/guides/669192-cyberpunk-2077-pc-best-settings-guide-nvidia-amd ) but find 1080p a little too blurry, go for 80% fixed resolution scale, which is the next step down that has no half-pixels (2048x1152). This got me over 60fps in the apartment from 40fps. Have yet to try it outside, though.