The new Phantom Liberty expansion and Update 2.0 have completely revamped Cyberpunk 2077. Night City now not only looks better but also plays smoother than ever.
With a plethora of settings available at your disposale, we are going to make it easy for you to choose the best settings for either the best graphics or the highest FPS.
If you are running a low-end or out-of-date system, worry not because you can still optimize the game to run smoothly while looking the as best as possible.
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Cyberpunk 2077 PC requirements
First things first. Before diving into the best possible settings to optimize Cyberpunk 2077 for either FPS or graphics, you need to make sure that your system fulfills the minimum or recommended requirements.
Minimum System Requirements
- Processor: Core i7-6700 or Ryzen 5 1600
- Memory: 12 GB RAM
- Graphics Card: GeForce GTX 1060 6GB or Radeon RX 580 8GB or Arc A380
- Storage: 35 GB available space
Recommended System Requirements
- Processor: Core i7-12700 or Ryzen 7 7800X3D
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics Card: GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER or Radeon RX 5700 XT or Arc A770
- Storage: 35 GB available space
Best settings for high graphics in Cyberpunk 2077
Cyberpunk 2077 is a very demanding game, meaning that you need the best graphics card to get the best graphics settings.
This includes being able to enable the Nvidia-exclusive ray tracing and DLSS settings for high graphics. However, not everyone can afford to purchase a Nvidia RTX 4090. Thankfully, you do not need to spend a ton of money on the latest Nvidia or AMD GPU out there.
The graphics settings below will work equally well even if you have a last-generation RTX 3070 or RTX 3080. Though without the advantage of DLSS.
Nvidia DLSS:
| DLSS frame generation | On, if you have a 40-series Nvidia RTX GPU |
| DLSS Super Resolution | Quality |
| Nvidia DLAA | Off |
Resolution Scaling Settings:
| Dynamic Resolution Scaling | Off |
| AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 2.1 | This setting should only be enabled if you are not using dlss features given you have the amd series graphics unit |
| AMD FSR 2.1 Image Sharpening | Personal Preference |
| Intel XE Super Sampling | Off |
Basic Settings:
| Preset | Custom |
| Texture Quality | High |
| Field Of View | Personal Preference |
| Film Grain | On |
| Chromatic Abberation | On |
| Depth of Field | On |
| Lens Flare | On |
| Motion Blur | High |
Advance Settings:
| Contact Shadows | On |
| Improved Facial Lighting Geometry | On |
| Anisotropy | 16 |
| Local Shadow Mesh Quality | High |
| Local Shadow Quality | High |
| Cascaded Shadows Range | High |
| Cascaded Shadows Resolution | High |
| Distant Shadows Resolution | High |
| Volumetric Fog Resolution | High |
| Volumetric Cloud Quality | Ultra |
| Max Dynamic Decals | Ultra |
| Screen Space Reflections Quality | High |
| Subsurface Scattering Quality | High |
| Ambient Occlusion | High |
| Color Precision | High |
| Mirror Quality | High |
| Level Of Detail (LOD) | High |
| Crowd Density | High |
Best settings for high FPS in Cyberpunk 2077
The Cyberpunk 2077 2.0 Update dramatically increases performance and FPS with just a slight visual compromise. While you will have to disable cumbersome features like ray tracing. the FPS boost you get with the settings below is going to make your game smoother than ever.
It goes without saying that Phantom Liberty has proven to be an amazing expansion for players looking for a middle ground between high FPS and the best graphics.
Nvidia DLSS:
| DLSS frame generation | On, if you have a 40-series Nvidia RTX GPU |
| DLSS Super Resolution | Balanced |
| Nvidia DLAA | Off |
Resolution Scaling Settings:
| Dynamic Resolution Scaling | Off |
| AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 2.1 | This setting should only be enabled if you are not using dlss features given you have the amd series graphics unit |
| AMD FSR 2.1 Image Sharpening | Personal Preference |
| Intel XE Super Sampling | Off |
Basic Settings:
| Preset | Custom |
| Texture Quality | High |
| Field Of View | Personal Preference |
| Film Grain | Off |
| Chromatic Abberation | Off |
| Depth of Field | Off |
| Lens Flare | Personal Preference |
| Motion Blur | Off |
Advance Settings:
| Contact Shadows | Off |
| Improved Facial Lighting Geometry | Off |
| Anisotropy | 8 |
| Local Shadow Mesh Quality | Medium |
| Local Shadow Quality | Medium |
| Cascaded Shadows Range | Medium |
| Cascaded Shadows Resolution | Medium |
| Distant Shadows Resolution | Low |
| Volumetric Fog Resolution | Medium |
| Volumetric Cloud Quality | Medium |
| Max Dynamic Decals | Medium |
| Screen Space Reflections Quality | Medium |
| Subsurface Scattering Quality | Medium |
| Ambient Occlusion | Off |
| Color Precision | Medium |
| Mirror Quality | Medium |
| Level Of Detail (LOD) | Medium |
| Crowd Density | low |
Best Cyberpunk 2077 settings for low-end PC
If your PC only meets the minimum requirements (or low) to run Cyberpunk 2077, you can still enjoy Night City by following our optimization settings.
The settings below are aimed at squeezing the most FPS from your hardware while retaining as much visual fidelity as possible. Night City will not look that beautiful, but you will be able to play the game without any issues.
Do note that the following settings are advisable for players running old GPUs like the GTX 1650, 1660, or equivalent AMD graphics cards.
Resolution Scaling Settings:
| Dynamic Resolution Scaling | Off |
| AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 2.1 | Off |
| AMD FSR 2.1 Image Sharpening | Personal Preference |
| Intel XE Super Sampling | Off |
Basic Settings:
| Preset | Custom |
| Texture Quality | Low |
| Field Of View | Least |
| Film Grain | Off |
| Chromatic Abberation | Off |
| Depth of Field | Off |
| Lens Flare | Off |
| Motion Blur | Off |
Advance Settings:
| Contact Shadows | Off |
| Improved Facial Lighting Geometry | On |
| Anisotropy | 1 |
| Local Shadow Mesh Quality | low |
| Local Shadow Quality | Off |
| Cascaded Shadows Range | Low |
| Cascaded Shadows Resolution | Low |
| Distant Shadows Resolution | Low |
| Volumetric Fog Resolution | Low |
| Volumetric Cloud Quality | Off |
| Max Dynamic Decals | Low |
| Screen Space Reflections Quality | Off |
| Subsurface Scattering Quality | Low |
| Ambient Occlusion | Off |
| Color Precision | Low-Medium (Players can experiment) |
| Mirror Quality | Low |
| Level Of Detail (LOD) | Low-Medium (Both advisable) |
| Crowd Density | Low |
