If you think the buffer size(s) are not working out then remove those lines (GeometryUpdateBufferSizeMB and ScratchBufferSizeMB). They will go back to game defaults. Or increase them and check whether it is giving you any advantage.
If you face stutters in shadows, or light leaks, or any kind of artifact coming because of installing this mod, then set DynamicInstanceUpdateNumMax > 10. You need to tweak it to best suit your requirement.
Reducing RoughnessThreshold gives a major boost to RT reflections. It skips (technically sends a miss ray) any shader whose roughness is above this threshold. Default is 0.99. If you think you need more FPS, you can reduce it further but at a cost of losing glossy reflection details. Check article on RoughnessThreshold for comparison.
If you observed noise in diffuse GI, try adding the following like under [RayTracing/NRD] DiffuseMaxAdaptiveRadiusScale = 20.000000
For users who wants to use only RT Reflections, please check out Optimized RT Reflections v1.xx. Note that all other RT features are disabled for this optional mod.
The purpose is it make ray tracing budget friendly. My motivation initially was to create setting which will work out on my rig. But as few user complaint about few RT features not working as expected, I had to look after all the RT settings.
This mod disables and reduces few settings. Assuming you will be using all RT features, the settings have evolved around that intention, and the current version doesn't really give much heavy optimization as did my previous versions.
My personal favorite is v1.04, Which should give you a good optimization, but lacks the ability to update all the RT shadows. Please be aware that I haven't updated that version up to the current developments I learned by the time.
Also, by the time, my mod settings helped me finding more people who are interested in tweaking with the RT setting. So this mod also have been working as a knowledgebase.
Dude, Thanks For this I have an i5 9400f An RTX 3070 and I had the same problem of my cpu bottlenecking a lot thanks to this mod the game is running much smoothly now on my pc I play on 1440p Digital Foundary's Recommended Settings except the ray tracing ones I have my ray tracing lighting on ultra and have RT reflections and Shadows turned on.
No, this is not fake. On the description page, I don't know what any of the words mean in the default list, so I don't know how I would change settings to max out everything.
Having such a powerful computer with so little technical know-how may sound weird, but I'm really unsure of how this all works. If you were in my shoes, what settings would you go about changing? What can be maxed, and what should just be left alone?
In that case, I suppose it comes down to personal preference, whether you want high frame rates (presuming you have a high refresh rate monitor) or you want the best graphical fidelity and visuals possible.
To be honest, with your set up, you can have both and you shouldn't need this mod at all. You should be able to crank every setting to maximum and still get relatively high frame rates, but again, it depends on what you consider to be "high".
If I were in your shoes, I would turns every settings to Max, all RT settings on, RT Lighting on Ultra, DLSS set to Quality and see how it runs. You should also be able to turn on Frame Generation (which the 40 series cards have access to) which should basically double your frame rate. If you don't want to or can't use Frame Generation, you could switch DLSS setting to Balanced or even performance, but I wouldn't recommend doing that unless you are playing at 4K.
I thought this mod made the game look AND run better, but from your reply, it sounds like it only makes it run smoother. Is that right? I am running the game with all settings maxed out and haven't had any problems with framerates, is this mod then not useful for me? If this mod is only intended for making the game run smoother, do you know if the general optimization mod is the same? :)
Explained poorly, this mod reduces the accuracy of the Ray Tracing effects, which results in improved performance. It is designed for people who are lacking in performance using RT and want to sacrifice some visual quality for a performance uplift. Since you are already happy with your performance, there is no need for this mod. With your hardware I doubt you would notice a difference in performance either.
AFAIK, the general optimization mod is the same. It is intended for people with low level hardware who need a performance uplift. As someone had mentioned before in another comment, since these mods were originally released the game has seen many updates which have improved performance substantially. Considering this, I don't think you need the general optimization mod either.
I think you're looking for different mod, which improves path tracing performance. https://www.nexusmods.com/cyberpunk2077/mods/8059 As for settings this is a wonderfull instruction. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnCaBx8zKMw
Lol by my fps standards nothing can run this game comfortably at max settings. Makes sense someone with that setup still wants to optimise for more FPS without a significant hit to visuals. The FPS penalty for RT is insane regardless of hardware. I hope one day they figure out how to make GPUs a lot more efficient at RT so you don't have to half your fps to use it.
Great improvement on my 6700XT. Before this mod with RT on and RT Lighting off i get around 45-60fps with FSR 2.1 on Quality, after tweaking around with this mod i got 70+fps. Great recommendation for anyone with AMD GPUs. Here my settings [RayTracing] GeometryUpdateBufferSizeMB = 4096 ScratchBufferSizeMB = 2048 DeflickerStrength = 0.000000 TracingRadiusReflections = 800.000000 VisibilityCullingRadius = 800.000000 VisibilityFrustumOffset = 120.000000 DynamicInstanceUpdateUseHalfFloat = true EnableShadowCasadesOptimization = true DynamicInstanceUpdateBatchSize = 128 DynamicInstanceUpdateNumMax = 128 MaterialProxyNumMax = 2048 MaterialProxyUpdateNumMax = 32 TransparentReflectionEnvironmentBlendFactor = 0.700000 LocalLightNumMax = 32 LightGridSize = 96 [RayTracing/Reflection] AccumulationSpeed = 0.02000 RoughnessThreshold = 0.99000 [RayTracing/Multilayer] ResolutionScaleEnable = 1 ResolutionScale = 0.010000 ResolutionScaleNormalFactor = 0.010000
HI! - They both are independent of each other, and tweaks different aspects of the 3D engine. - Your system configuration is quite high end, and after touching this game after almost two years, the game has optimized a lot, at least on my setup it is performing pretty well. Besides that you would need to tweak the mods according to your needs to get the best out of it, IMO. - I haven't come across any mods dealing with ray tracing on Nexus.
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[RayTracing/NRD]
DiffuseMaxAdaptiveRadiusScale = 20.000000
RT Features you can selectively enable/disable on your own
If you want the best from this mod, then tweak it! and share your experience with the community.
Note that all other RT features are disabled for this optional mod.
More fps? Less fps? More lighting effects? The same lighting? Better looking reflections or something? :s
This mod disables and reduces few settings. Assuming you will be using all RT features, the settings have evolved around that intention, and the current version doesn't really give much heavy optimization as did my previous versions.
My personal favorite is v1.04, Which should give you a good optimization, but lacks the ability to update all the RT shadows. Please be aware that I haven't updated that version up to the current developments I learned by the time.
Also, by the time, my mod settings helped me finding more people who are interested in tweaking with the RT setting. So this mod also have been working as a knowledgebase.
With this mod i lose 5-10 fps on identical RT settings instead of gaining fps. RX 6700 XT here.
I'm running RTX 4090, i9 13900kf, 2TB SSD, 32 gigs RAM, 24 cores, and 32 threads.
What settings should I use to really push and max it?
I'm not computer savvy, so I would be grateful if you guys could tell me what to do.
Thank you.
Having such a powerful computer with so little technical know-how may sound weird, but I'm really unsure of how this all works.
If you were in my shoes, what settings would you go about changing? What can be maxed, and what should just be left alone?
All help is greatly appreciated; thank you. :)
To be honest, with your set up, you can have both and you shouldn't need this mod at all. You should be able to crank every setting to maximum and still get relatively high frame rates, but again, it depends on what you consider to be "high".
If I were in your shoes, I would turns every settings to Max, all RT settings on, RT Lighting on Ultra, DLSS set to Quality and see how it runs. You should also be able to turn on Frame Generation (which the 40 series cards have access to) which should basically double your frame rate. If you don't want to or can't use Frame Generation, you could switch DLSS setting to Balanced or even performance, but I wouldn't recommend doing that unless you are playing at 4K.
Hope this helps
I thought this mod made the game look AND run better, but from your reply, it sounds like it only makes it run smoother. Is that right?
I am running the game with all settings maxed out and haven't had any problems with framerates, is this mod then not useful for me?
If this mod is only intended for making the game run smoother, do you know if the general optimization mod is the same? :)
AFAIK, the general optimization mod is the same. It is intended for people with low level hardware who need a performance uplift. As someone had mentioned before in another comment, since these mods were originally released the game has seen many updates which have improved performance substantially. Considering this, I don't think you need the general optimization mod either.
https://www.nexusmods.com/cyberpunk2077/mods/8059
As for settings this is a wonderfull instruction.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnCaBx8zKMw
[RayTracing]
GeometryUpdateBufferSizeMB = 4096
ScratchBufferSizeMB = 2048
DeflickerStrength = 0.000000
TracingRadiusReflections = 800.000000
VisibilityCullingRadius = 800.000000
VisibilityFrustumOffset = 120.000000
DynamicInstanceUpdateUseHalfFloat = true
EnableShadowCasadesOptimization = true
DynamicInstanceUpdateBatchSize = 128
DynamicInstanceUpdateNumMax = 128
MaterialProxyNumMax = 2048
MaterialProxyUpdateNumMax = 32
TransparentReflectionEnvironmentBlendFactor = 0.700000
LocalLightNumMax = 32
LightGridSize = 96
[RayTracing/Reflection]
AccumulationSpeed = 0.02000
RoughnessThreshold = 0.99000
[RayTracing/Multilayer]
ResolutionScaleEnable = 1
ResolutionScale = 0.010000
ResolutionScaleNormalFactor = 0.010000
Here's my settings:
[RayTracing/Reference]
EnableRIS = true
RayNumber = 2
BounceNumber = 1
EnableProbabilisticSampling = true
[RayTracing]
EnableImportanceSampling = true
EnablePriorityFeedback = false
UseScreenSpaceData = false
UseSSRFallback = false
GeometryUpdateBufferSizeMB = 4096
ScratchBufferSizeMB = 2048
DeflickerStrength = 0.000000
TracingRadiusReflections = 800.000000
VisibilityCullingRadius = 800.000000
VisibilityFrustumOffset = 120.000000
DynamicInstanceUpdateUseHalfFloat = true
EnableShadowCasadesOptimization = true
DynamicInstanceUpdateBatchSize = 128
DynamicInstanceUpdateNumMax = 128
MaterialProxyNumMax = 2048
MaterialProxyUpdateNumMax = 32
TransparentReflectionEnvironmentBlendFactor = 0.700000
LocalLightNumMax = 32
LightGridSize = 96
[RayTracing/NRD]
UseReblurForDirectRadiance = true
UseReblurForIndirectRadiance = true
[Editor/RTXDI]
EnableGlobalLight = true
UseCSReusePasses = false
[Editor/MipBias]
EnableCustomMipBias = true
[RayTracing/Reflection]
AccumulationSpeed = 0.02000
RoughnessThreshold = 0.99000
[RayTracing/Multilayer]
ResolutionScaleEnable = 1
ResolutionScale = 0.010000
ResolutionScaleNormalFactor = 0.010000
Edit: "=" are missing in some lines. Put them back.
Also, my computer uses an RTX 4090 and an Intel i9 13900kf; all the native settings are maxed out. Do you know if these mods do anything for my setup?
Any help is appreciated; thanks :)
Edit: Are there any popular mods that conflict with these two mods?
- They both are independent of each other, and tweaks different aspects of the 3D engine.
- Your system configuration is quite high end, and after touching this game after almost two years, the game has optimized a lot, at least on my setup it is performing pretty well. Besides that you would need to tweak the mods according to your needs to get the best out of it, IMO.
- I haven't come across any mods dealing with ray tracing on Nexus.