Cyberpunk 2077

Best PC settings for Cyberpunk 2077 Update 2.0: High FPS, graphics, more

Souhardya Choudhury
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom LibertyCD Projekt Red

Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty has been praised for its graphical fidelity, with the DLC’s visuals surprising even the most seasoned gamers. However, this does come at the cost of high system requirements, so here are the best PC settings to optimally run Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty.

Cyberpunk 2077 received a lot of new content following the launch of the Phantom Liberty expansion as well as Update 2.0. The update refined and revamped many of the game’s systems, while the story expansion added a brand-new district and plenty more to the game.

On the technical side of things, the new content also brought a ton of enhancements to the game’s graphics. Phantom Liberty makes sure to extract every last resource from the hardware it runs on, but many users on low to mid-range setups can also run the game smoothly with a bit of manual optimization.

With this in mind, here are the best PC settings to run Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty.

Best PC settings for FPS in Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty

Cyberpunk 2077 system requirementsCD Projekt Red
Running the game on a low-end PC can prove difficult.

Without sacrificing visuals in Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty, you can get the most frames per second by disabling Ray-Tracing altogether, irrespective of your GPU and other PC settings. Although high-end GPUs can handle Ray-Tracing quite nicely, you should turn it off if you are aiming for as much FPS as possible.

The best PC settings for most FPS in Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty are:

  • Quick preset: Custom
  • Texture quality: High

Nvidia DLSS

  • DLSS frame generation: On, if you have a 40-series Nvidia RTX GPU
  • DLSS Super Resolution: Balanced
  • Nvidia DLAA: Off

Resolution scaling

  • Dynamic resolution scaling: Off
  • AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 2.1: Only use this instead of DLSS if you have an AMD graphics card
  • AMD FSR 2.1 image sharpening: Personal preference
  • Intel Xe Super Samping 1.1: Off

Basic

  • Field of view: Personal preference
  • Film grain: Off
  • Chromatic aberration: On
  • Depth of field: On
  • Lens flare: On
  • Motion blur: Off

Advanced

  • Contact shadows: On
  • Improved facial lighting geometry: On
  • Anisotropy: 8
  • Local shadow mesh quality: High
  • Local shadow quality: Medium
  • Cascaded shadows range: Medium
  • Cascaded shadows resolution: High
  • Distant shadows resolution: Low
  • Volumetric fog resolution: High
  • Volumetric cloud quality: Medium
  • Max dynamic decals: Ultra
  • Screen space reflection quality: High
  • Subsurface scattering quality: High
  • Ambient occlusion: Medium
  • Color precision: High
  • Mirror quality: High
  • Level of Detail (LOD): High
  • Crowd density: Medium

Ray tracing

  • Ray tracing: Off
  • Ray-traced reflections: Off
  • Ray-traced sun shadows: Off
  • Ray-traced local shadows: Off
  • Ray-traced lighting: Off
  • Path tracing (Technology preview): Off
  • Path tracing in photo mode (Technology preview): On

Video

  • Monitor: Personal preference
  • VSync: Off
  • Maximum FPS: Off
  • Windowed mode: Fullscreen
  • Resolution: Depending on your GPU
  • HDR mode: Off
  • Nvidia Reflex Low Latency: On + Boost

Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty can be played at almost every viable resolution such as 1080p, 1440p, and 4K. To get high FPS in the game, the biggest feature that will hold you back is the Ray-Tracing option.

However, if you have a GTX or a previous-gen AMD card, you might want to turn other settings down a few notches, even though there is no scope for Ray-Tracing whatsoever.

Best PC settings for graphics in Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty

Cyberpunk 2077 gameplayCD Projekt Red
High-end GPUs can aim for the best visuals in the game.

Undeniably, Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty has some of the best visuals ever created in a video game. The fact that it can go toe-to-toe with the likes of Red Dead Redemption 2 in terms of graphical fidelity says a lot about the game’s visuals. However, you would need a pretty high-end card to pull off amazing visuals and performance at the same time in this game.

The best PC settings for the best visuals in Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty are:

  • Quick preset: Custom
  • Texture quality: High

Nvidia DLSS

  • DLSS frame generation: On, if you have a 40-series Nvidia RTX GPU
  • DLSS Super Resolution: Quality
  • Nvidia DLAA: Off

Resolution scaling

  • Dynamic resolution scaling: Off
  • AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 2.1: Only use this instead of DLSS if you have an AMD graphics card
  • AMD FSR 2.1 image sharpening: Personal preference
  • Intel Xe Super Samping 1.1: Off

Basic

  • Field of view: Personal preference
  • Film grain: On
  • Chromatic aberration: On
  • Depth of field: On
  • Lens flare: On
  • Motion blur: High

Advanced

  • 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 reflection quality: High
  • Subsurface scattering quality: High
  • Ambient occlusion: High
  • Color precision: High
  • Mirror quality: High
  • Level of Detail (LOD): High
  • Crowd density: High

Ray tracing

  • Ray tracing: On
  • Ray-traced reflections: On
  • Ray-traced sun shadows: On
  • Ray-traced local shadows: On
  • Ray-traced lighting: High
  • Path tracing (Technology preview): Off (Turn it on only if you have a really high-end GPU)
  • Path tracing in photo mode (Technology preview): On

Video

  • Monitor: Personal preference
  • VSync: Off
  • Maximum FPS: Off
  • Windowed mode: Fullscreen
  • Resolution: 3840×2160
  • HDR mode: On
  • Nvidia Reflex Low Latency: On + Boost

Keep in mind that these settings are perfect for cards above or equivalent to the RTX 4080/RX 7900 XTX. Although you can utilize them in a few lower-end variants, that would take a toll on the game’s performance if you are fine with not getting a constant 60 frames per second in Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty.

Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty system requirements

To play Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty with minimum and recommended PC settings, you must have the following system specifications:

Minimum specificationsRecommended specifications
OS64-bit Windows 1064-bit Windows 10/11
ProcessorCore i7-6700 or Ryzen 5 1600Core i7-12700 or Ryzen 7 7800X3D
Memory12 GB16 GB
GraphicsGeForce GTX 1060 6GB or Radeon RX 580 8GB or Arc A380GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER or Radeon RX 5700 XT or Arc A770
DirectXVersion 12Version 12
Storage (Base Game + DLC)110 GB110 GB

These were the best Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty settings for PC to run the game smoothly.

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