Cyberpunk 2077 Ultra performance

turbot1984 · 24 Apr 2021 at 20:18

Good test for my 3080, but not impressed by the game at all, what a cheesy joke. Anyone else in this boat?

oldestgregg · 24 Apr 2021 at 20:24

Stretlow said:
Gonna post on this again. Since sorting the above out I've had a couple of days at Cyberpunk. The step up from my 1070 to a 3080 is brilliant.

Still undecided whether to play it at 4k 60 or 1440p 90(ish), have it on the latter at the moment.

I know having it on ultimate is the aim of the thread but a couple of tweaks to the settings has it running mint.

Did a bit of undervolting and testing, anything over 1900mhz is pretty much negligible on performance in respect of FPS, undervolted to 875 : 1905 not one crash..

If you are playing it on 4k 60 that dlss is going to look smudgey to say the least. 3090 here and DLSS on quality was anywhere from 35 to 45fps

imginy · 24 Apr 2021 at 20:25

Stretlow said:
Gonna post on this again. Since sorting the above out I've had a couple of days at Cyberpunk. The step up from my 1070 to a 3080 is brilliant.

Still undecided whether to play it at 4k 60 or 1440p 90(ish), have it on the latter at the moment.

I know having it on ultimate is the aim of the thread but a couple of tweaks to the settings has it running mint.

Did a bit of undervolting and testing, anything over 1900mhz is pretty much negligible on performance in respect of FPS, undervolted to 875 : 1905 not one crash..

I done same change, 1080 to 3080. Nice to get great upgrade after years.

You are probably best using 4k then DLS if u want more frames.

Also I found 1440p a bit underwhelming on 3080.

PrincessFrosty · 26 Apr 2021 at 13:54

Played through my first 100 or so hours mostly with RT on and using DLSS, and now replaying again with another build and testing the waters with RT off but in 4k, which also looks very nice. So far I'd say that the RT benefits are very nice for this type of game and outweigh whatever IQ loss you could attribute to DLSS upscaling to 4k over native.

Poneros · 12 May 2021 at 05:27

Interesting tests vis-a-vis CPU performance for RT:

https://www.pcgameshardware.de/Rayt...acing-CPU-Cost-Benchmarks-Frametimes-1371787/

Grim5 · 12 May 2021 at 06:42

Poneros said:
Interesting tests vis-a-vis CPU performance for RT:

https://www.pcgameshardware.de/Rayt...acing-CPU-Cost-Benchmarks-Frametimes-1371787/

Despite under the guise of rayvtracing, these benchmarks are simply a repeat of earlier rdna 2 vs ampere at 720p cpus bottlenecked benchmarks done by hardware unboxed and the results are the same too

Poneros · 12 Oct 2021 at 22:23

Decided to do some more benching, in the interest of clarifying my CPU limits better. The game performance with RT on has improved quite a bit with the last two patches, at least for me.

System

i7 6800K @ 4 Ghz
RX 6800 (Wattman: Core limit 2394 Mhz / 1025mv, Mem 2110 Mhz + fast timings, +15% to power limit)
2x8 GB DDR4 @ 3000 Mhz (16-18-18-36)
Game running from a crappy sata SSD
Cyberpunk 2077 v1.31
AMD Adrenalin 21.10.2

Raster Settings

Kept the same through all tests
Crowd Density: High
Slow HDD mode: On
FOV: 100
HDR PQ: On
ContactShadows: On
FacialTangentUpdates: On
Anisotropy: 16
ShadowMeshQuality: High
LocalShadowsQuality: High
CascadedShadowsRange: High
CascadedShadowsResolution: High
DistantShadowsResolution: High
VolumetricFogResolution : Ultra
VolumetricCloudsQuality: Medium
MaxDynamicDecals: Ultra
ScreenSpaceReflectionsQuality: High
SubsurfaceScatteringQuality: High
AmbientOcclusion: Low
ColorPrecision: High
GlobaIlluminationRange: High
MirrorQuality: High
LODPreset: High

Info

From Skyline East to MLK & Brandon sprinting, 60s run (see pic)
Time of Day was 12pm to 1pm; clear weather
The 50% is through static FidelityFX on
Radeon Image Sharpening is ON in AMDCP
I had one tab with youtube (360p) running in the background as I was listening to something, Brave Browser
I also had the following settings in an ini file, but don't know if they loaded and not sure if they reset as I change settings:

Code:

[RayTracing]
GeometryUpdateBufferSizeMB = 512
ScratchBufferSizeMB = 256

DeflickerStrength = 0.000000
TracingRadiusReflections = 800.000000
VisibilityCullingRadius = 800.000000
VisibilityFrustumOffset = 120.000000

DynamicInstanceUpdateUseHalfFloat = true
EnableShadowCasadesOptimization = true

DynamicInstanceUpdateBatchSize = 60
DynamicInstanceUpdateNumMax = 10

MaterialProxyNumMax = 2048
MaterialProxyUpdateNumMax = 32

TransparentReflectionEnvironmentBlendFactor = 0.700000

LocalLightNumMax = 16
LightGridSize = 4

[RayTracing/Reflection]
AccumulationSpeed = 0.02000
RoughnessThreshold = 0.85000

[RayTracing/Multilayer]
ResolutionScaleEnable = 1
ResolutionScale = 0.010000
ResolutionScaleNormalFactor = 0.010000

[LevelOfDetail]
DecalsHideDistance = 40.0

[Streaming]
DistanceBoost = 42.000000

Results

720p & 720p 50% are the only results with no raytracing active, done so as to determine the CPU limit.
The changes for RT settings are next to each item. If said setting is used by itself then only it is mentioned, the only combo of RT settings is "all", i.e. shadows and reflections and lighting (medium/ultra/psycho). For resolution tests with RT all of them were enabled and lighting was at Psycho.

Image Comparisons for RT effects:
https://imgsli.com/NzY3MjI
Album: https://www.flickr.com/photos/87424622@N05/albums/72157720002430198

Conclusion

For a 6800: If you want to turn on RT in this game then 1080p is a good all around resolution, especially if you keep RT L at medium. If you have a VRR display then you can go to Psycho, or maybe drop resolution down to 900p. The softness of the image even on a 4K screen is not too bad actually. 1260p is a nice resolution where you can pretty much cap at 30 fps and still have a "crisp" image. With no RT I can do 75% of 4K and maintain 60 fps pretty easily, while also bumping up AO to High & SSR to Ultra. If you only want to use a singular effect, like RT Reflections or Lighting medium, then 1080p 60 fps is doable, or >40 fps for 1440p (neither shown here but tested by me some other time).

Sean473 · 13 Oct 2021 at 00:02

turbot1984 said:
Good test for my 3080, but not impressed by the game at all, what a cheesy joke. Anyone else in this boat?

I personally loved the game- But then again, I have a 5900X + RTX 3080 and a massive AW3821DW Ultrawide... Need to play it again since its been a while#~!

THX1138 · 13 Oct 2021 at 11:21

Poneros said:
Decided to do some more benching, in the interest of clarifying my CPU limits better. The game performance with RT on has improved quite a bit with the last two patches, at least for me.

System

i7 6800K @ 4 Ghz

RX 6800 (Wattman: Core limit 2394 Mhz / 1025mv, Mem 2110 Mhz + fast timings, +15% to power limit)

2x8 GB DDR4 @ 3000 Mhz (16-18-18-36)

Game running from a crappy sata SSD

Cyberpunk 2077 v1.31

AMD Adrenalin 21.10.2

Raster Settings

Kept the same through all tests

Crowd Density: High

Slow HDD mode: On

FOV: 100

HDR PQ: On

ContactShadows: On

FacialTangentUpdates: On

Anisotropy: 16

ShadowMeshQuality: High

LocalShadowsQuality: High

CascadedShadowsRange: High

CascadedShadowsResolution: High

DistantShadowsResolution: High

VolumetricFogResolution : Ultra

VolumetricCloudsQuality: Medium

MaxDynamicDecals: Ultra

ScreenSpaceReflectionsQuality: High

SubsurfaceScatteringQuality: High

AmbientOcclusion: Low

ColorPrecision: High

GlobaIlluminationRange: High

MirrorQuality: High

LODPreset: High

Info

From Skyline East to MLK & Brandon sprinting, 60s run (see pic)

Time of Day was 12pm to 1pm; clear weather

The 50% is through static FidelityFX on

Radeon Image Sharpening is ON in AMDCP

I had one tab with youtube (360p) running in the background as I was listening to something, Brave Browser

I also had the following settings in an ini file, but don't know if they loaded and not sure if they reset as I change settings:

Code:

[RayTracing] GeometryUpdateBufferSizeMB = 512 ScratchBufferSizeMB = 256 DeflickerStrength = 0.000000 TracingRadiusReflections = 800.000000 VisibilityCullingRadius = 800.000000 VisibilityFrustumOffset = 120.000000 DynamicInstanceUpdateUseHalfFloat = true EnableShadowCasadesOptimization = true DynamicInstanceUpdateBatchSize = 60 DynamicInstanceUpdateNumMax = 10 MaterialProxyNumMax = 2048 MaterialProxyUpdateNumMax = 32 TransparentReflectionEnvironmentBlendFactor = 0.700000 LocalLightNumMax = 16 LightGridSize = 4 [RayTracing/Reflection] AccumulationSpeed = 0.02000 RoughnessThreshold = 0.85000 [RayTracing/Multilayer] ResolutionScaleEnable = 1 ResolutionScale = 0.010000 ResolutionScaleNormalFactor = 0.010000 [LevelOfDetail] DecalsHideDistance = 40.0 [Streaming] DistanceBoost = 42.000000

Results

720p & 720p 50% are the only results with no raytracing active, done so as to determine the CPU limit.

The changes for RT settings are next to each item. If said setting is used by itself then only it is mentioned, the only combo of RT settings is "all", i.e. shadows and reflections and lighting (medium/ultra/psycho). For resolution tests with RT all of them were enabled and lighting was at Psycho.

Image Comparisons for RT effects:
https://imgsli.com/NzY3MjI
Album: https://www.flickr.com/photos/87424622@N05/albums/72157720002430198

Conclusion

For a 6800: If you want to turn on RT in this game then 1080p is a good all around resolution, especially if you keep RT L at medium. If you have a VRR display then you can go to Psycho, or maybe drop resolution down to 900p. The softness of the image even on a 4K screen is not too bad actually. 1260p is a nice resolution where you can pretty much cap at 30 fps and still have a "crisp" image. With no RT I can do 75% of 4K and maintain 60 fps pretty easily, while also bumping up AO to High & SSR to Ultra. If you only want to use a singular effect, like RT Reflections or Lighting medium, then 1080p 60 fps is doable, or >40 fps for 1440p (neither shown here but tested by me some other time).

Thanks for putting the work in Poneros save me some time on setting up.

turbot1984 · 13 Oct 2021 at 11:45

Sean473 said:
I personally loved the game- But then again, I have a 5900X + RTX 3080 and a massive AW3821DW Ultrawide... Need to play it again since its been a while#~!

Yeah the visuals were fine, 4K RT looked sweet, but i kept skipping the crap dialogue bits and probably missed clues and stuff. In the end just gave up.

sWiZzLe · 7 Nov 2021 at 00:51

Back playing this since getting a 3080ti... looks so sexy now

And bugger getting a new cpu, 6700k is fine with it!

Poneros · 8 Nov 2021 at 19:55

Did some more tests, at 768p, again exploring CPU performance & settings scaling. Most interesting is just how HUGE the performance impact of greater crowd density is. Where I didn't mention it explicitly the crowd density is at high.

M all = all raytracing settings on, lighting at medium; RT Lp = for raytracing only lighting is on, and at psycho; rest is self-evident

sWiZzLe · 9 Nov 2021 at 23:47

Poneros said:
Did some more tests, at 768p, again exploring CPU performance & settings scaling. Most interesting is just how HUGE the performance impact of greater crowd density is. Where I didn't mention it explicitly the crowd density is at high.

Crowds are the only issue with my cpu, so I just aim a gun at someone and they all leg it

Nexus18 · 15 Feb 2022 at 17:24

This has just had a massive patch and FSR is added now as well as dlss sharpness slider, screenshot comparisons (dlss sharpness set to 0.25, which is too much imo)

FSR UQ fps seems quite a bit lower than dlss quality, possibly a bug.

Will do another screenshot comparison in bit of different area.

Nexus18 · 15 Feb 2022 at 17:45

shankly1985 · 15 Feb 2022 at 17:48

Wait why am i seeing 2fps and 5fps screenshots? I am confused to what I am looking at here Nativem, DLSS, FSR?

Nexus18 · 15 Feb 2022 at 18:01

shankly1985 said:
Wait why am i seeing 2fps and 5fps screenshots? I am confused to what I am looking at here Nativem, DLSS, FSR?

Yup those are native ones, everything maxed (rt lighting set to psycho) and with several mods + several 4-8k texture packs so gpu is coming under complete bottleneck

The higher fps ones are dlss and fsr is lesser FPS. Only first one has both dlss quality and balanced. Last 2 areas are just dlss quality.

Poneros · 15 Feb 2022 at 19:41

FSR Performance @ 4K looks REALLY stupidly good, hell even Ultra Performance is usable but clearly soft. Big difference in performance between the 2 tho, more than I expected. Unfortunately the scaling seems to be much worse for 3840 x 1620 (I like to stretch it out, works better for first person) and at least in the benchmark had more issues, so I guess I'll have to investigate some more.

Has anyone seen where the Variable Rate Shading option is? Saw it in the patch notes but can't find it.

Nexus18 · 15 Feb 2022 at 19:52

Must admit, FSR is doing a lot better than I expected in this, was expecting jaggies and shimmering to be a lot more pronounced.

oweneades · 15 Feb 2022 at 23:29

Woo when I finally get the patch downloaded (based on the current % it will be an overnighter...) I can actually see what the 6800 in my desktop can do with RT enabled. <30FPS @ 3440x1440 is painful and the 3080 in my laptop was laughing at it...