Cyberpunk 2077 - OVERDRIVE Ray Tracing Comparison | RTX 4090 Path Tracing

I still think that RT is a lousy gimmick and makes videogames more ugly, because they are not meant to be "realistic". RT is trash (for what it takes on performance).

i dont know about other games, i really didn't care about ray tracing that much, until I saw cyberpunks, it looks insane

Anyone know how it runs on the 3070?

Path tracing + Unreal Engine 5 is going to be crazy

Gonna need a high powered GeForce flash light to find anything in Night City now.

rt off is better

Real cool if only it did not make almost all interior areas so dark you can't see anything

Theres dozens of comments where people just spew their specs out to flex, its funny really. Theyll be like "i hope it runs on my ryzen 9/4090 combo!" lmao okay bud

currently downloading the DLC, im curious because i think my rig works as good but im not sure... will post

my specs

Case LIAN LI LANCOOL 215 GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU) AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16 Core CPU (4.5GHz-5.7GHz/80MB CACHE/AM5)
Motherboard GIGABYTE X670E AORUS MASTER : ATX (WIFI 6E, USB 3.2 Gen 1, PCIe5.0) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM) 64GB Corsair RGB DOMINATOR VENGEANCE DDR5 6000MHz (4 x 16GB)
Graphics Card 24GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3090 Ti - HDMI, DP
1st M.2 SSD Drive 4TB CORSAIR MP600 PRO NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD (up to 7000 MB/R, 6850MB/W)
Power Supply CORSAIR 1000W RMe SERIESTM MODULAR 80 PLUS GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Processor Cooling PCS FrostFlow 100 V3 Series High Performance CPU Cooler (AMD)
USB/Thunderbolt Options MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT
Monitor Coolermaster GM34-CWQ 34" - 3440 x 1440, 0.5MS, 144Hz

Like a raytr.... now you can't see sh*t but it's so realistic!!!

Now if they could just solve the insane ghosting issues that I saw in quite a few of these examples, and make it run on anything other than a 4090, it would be cool technology. I absolutely will not spend $1,600+ on a GPU for a feature that exists in one game and barely runs at 60fps if that.

Overdrive is even compared to normal RT a huuuuge improvment. sadly i have only 1fps av on a rtx 3060 ti with that enabled.

No thx, i need more stable fps without this stupid RTX, then low fps with "cool light".

Really blows that you need a $1600 gpu for this to be viable, because the characters look so, so much better. The environments are nicer, sure, but they were nice to begin with. It's not even comparable with the characters, though, they look way more believable.

guys, please explain what is "RT OD" means?

Hmm.. Maybe I am weird but I actually like the RT OFF look better o.O

It's insane how much more naturalistic pathtracing is in comparison to raytracing. cdpr did a fantastic job with baked lights for non-RTX users and for me personally, I wouldn't upgrade just for raytracing. For rt od on the other hand, it's nothing we've ever seen before.

залупа коня - 99% fps

makes it go from looking like a game to looking like its cgi trailer!

Thing is you dont need path tracing for this. Lots of games using a specific shadowing/ssao that specifically acts a global illumination and darkens areas not cast with light naturally. Only areas where OD and ray tracing are giant leap is reflection accuracy and soft lighting. Rest is just game not using shadowed lights enough without ray/patch tracing.

running a 4070 and a 13700k and it's shockingly playable with OD Path Tracing with DLSS 3 at 1440p

I can't wait to replay this in the future on a 4K ultrawide QD-OLED with pathtracing at 144fps, plus the HD reworked mod. Gonna be a while but it'll be amazing.

Dam the only thing getting is how dark night city would be IRL

i'm playing on 4080 in 1440p and RT overdrive all the time, because this game does not get any better than this, and besides, what did i pay for if not for this?
(also i'm cpu bottlenecked, performance impact isn't really noticeable xd)
not a fan of RTX ON in general, but i decided to make an exception here, it just really is this good, and with ai upscaling and framegen technologies the performance is acceptable too

Believe me, if you had pathtracing on and deactivate it cause it runns shit in Dogtown, the game just looks dull... I cant play without it anymore, it looks amazing, same goes for Witcher 3, cant play without RT Global illumination.

RT OFF ALL THE WAY

tbh it makes the game too dark and there is no flashlight available to use so many details are literally invisible

It's crazy how even an RTX 4090 struggles to keep a high framerate with RT on in these games. Just teleport me a decade into the future when RT is just normal and usable on everything already

Does the overdrive setting provide the enhanced lighting shadows reflections etc? Or do I need to turn on the rest of the rt settings?

Looks almost the same.

you missed the part where the PC is turning your room in hell

yeah, no, you can buy a bike for 4090 price or a cheap car...

I don't like OD. It makes everything look darker.
I get people prefer a more realistic color tone, but I rather have brighter colors that make the art pop.

Too bad the game sucks

Wish it didn't impact performance so badly.

Ghosting is just horrible with overdrive. You are probably using DLSS and ray reconstruction as well. Check out moving man at 3.20.

Both looks ugly, the aesthetic sucks

Im just no a RT fan

Off and on doesn't make that much of a difference. Sure it looks better in comparison, but I don't think it would be that much different when you play. But the OD is really killing it. The atmosphere really changes. This is the first time I think about upgrading my GPU.

This is the best video showing off the differences in lighting/shadow modes that CP77 has. Other videos like the ones from Digital Foundry, the commentators like the sound of their own voices way too much, and they drone on about things that don't matter, instead of just showing what is important.

Commenting for my brother because he had a bit of a point after we watched this video. I commented how good the game looks with all of this. He said, "Yea, it looks great on a 4090. It's supposed to. If you know what you are doing, and want to impress me. Take older hardware and show off how good you can get it to look and run. At the end of the day, I don't care about this, I don't have a 4090, I can't afford one. And when I can, the 6090 will probably be out."

Made me think a bit at least. I did tell him the new FSR is coming out and should help him out soonish. He is on a 2070. And apparently is salty with all of the high end video card videos lol. 3080 for me. Not to high end, But also not horrible.

I dont get the difference but yeah cool

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Holy shit... 110 fps to 70 fps on the top of the line graphics card is insane!!! this is barely usable by a long shot lol... we have to wait for 60 series at least to run this game probably jesus... edit... i was wrong it was from 135 to 70 my fucking god thats almost half the frames gone... no wonder it took 2 years to implement a proper ray tracing to the game edit 2.... it got worse... 150 to motherfucking 50... we might actually have to wait for total ai rendering . no amount of brute rasterization performance can save us..we are doomed. also not a surprise from recent interviews from top devs at nvidia that we will transition to total ai rendering and ditching rasterization completely.

The game was built for SSAO, so it has alot of problems where objects that you would expect to cast shadows or ambient occlusion do not do so. Only the OD mode can bypass this, but it could look better with hybrid RT as well.

The difference between path tracing and regular ray tracing feels greater than the difference between regular ray tracing and rasterization.

We've finally reached the stage of raytracing where everything doesn't need to be unnecessarily reflective anymore

LOL Overdrive is the only one with some real improvements

i think i might be crazy but i'm holding out on this game until 5090 releases and just enjoy this game at it's full potential and more.
RTX 30 series released SEP 2020, RTX 40 series did so on OCT 2022.
soo RTX 50 series late 2024??