Optimizing performance in Cyberpunk 2077 can significantly enhance your gaming experience, especially given the game's demanding graphics and detailed open world. Here’s a guide to help you achieve better performance:


Before diving into performance tweaks, ensure your system meets the minimum or recommended requirements for Cyberpunk 2077:

- **OS**: Windows 10 (64-bit)
- **CPU**: Intel Core i5-3570K or AMD FX-8310
- **RAM**: 8 GB
- **GPU**: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 or AMD Radeon RX 470
- **Storage**: 70 GB HDD (SSD recommended)

- **OS**: Windows 10 (64-bit)
- **CPU**: Intel Core i7-4790 or AMD Ryzen 3 3200G
- **RAM**: 12 GB
- **GPU**: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon R9 Fury
- **Storage**: 70 GB SSD

Adjusting in-game graphics settings can drastically improve performance. Here are the key settings to tweak:

- Lowering the resolution can significantly boost FPS. For instance, if you’re running at 1440p, try switching to 1080p.

- High texture quality can impact VRAM usage. Lowering this setting can help if you’re experiencing stuttering or VRAM-related issues.

- Shadows are resource-intensive. Reducing shadow quality can provide a noticeable performance boost without significantly affecting visual fidelity.

- Screen Space Reflections (SSR) can be demanding. Lowering or turning off SSR can improve performance.

- This setting affects the quality and performance of fog and related effects. Lowering this can help improve FPS in foggy areas.

- Reducing or turning off ambient occlusion can enhance performance, especially in scenes with complex lighting.

- Ray tracing is very demanding. If you’re experiencing low FPS, consider turning it off or reducing its quality.

- If you have an NVIDIA RTX card, enabling DLSS can significantly improve performance while maintaining good image quality.


For more fine-tuned control over your game’s performance, consider these advanced tweaks:

- **Power Management Mode**: Set to "Prefer maximum performance."
- **Texture Filtering - Quality**: Set to "High performance."
- **Vertical Sync**: Turn it off in the NVIDIA control panel if you're experiencing input lag.

- **Game Mode**: Ensure Game Mode is enabled in Windows 10 for optimized performance.
- **Background Apps**: Disable unnecessary background applications that could be consuming resources.

- Make sure your GPU drivers are up-to-date. Manufacturers frequently release updates optimized for the latest games.

- Installing the game on an SSD can reduce loading times and improve overall performance.


Use built-in or third-party tools to monitor performance and identify bottlenecks:

- Enable the in-game FPS counter to keep track of your frame rate and make informed adjustments to settings.

- A popular tool for monitoring GPU and CPU usage, temperatures, and more. Useful for identifying if your system is thermal throttling or if a specific component is bottlenecking performance.


- Restarting the game can help clear memory leaks and improve performance during extended play sessions.

- Reducing the crowds density in the game settings can help improve performance in populated areas.

- Ensure your PC is free of dust and adequately cooled. Overheating can throttle performance.

By following these tips and adjusting settings to suit your hardware, you can optimize Cyberpunk 2077 for a smoother and more enjoyable gaming experience.