Jennifer Upton
Do you really need to buy an RTX 40-series card to play Cyberpunk 2077 RT Overdrive? More performance means a better experience of course, but strategic settings management – and the arrival of a new mod – means that essentially an older RTX card can get the game running at 30fps or higher. High-end RDNA 2 and RDNA 3 cards can join the party too. Haven’t got a GPU at all? We also check out the game at 4K resolution on GeForce Now’s RTX 4080 Tier.
Note: There’s an error on the benchmark chart – the ‘RTX 2080 Ti’ above the 6800 XT is supposed to be ‘RTX 2080’.
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00:00 Introduction
01:27 Initial Benchmarks
02:48 RTX 3050 at 1080p 30fps
03:31 The Ray Tracing Optimisation Mod
04:46 Optimisation Mod Cutbacks
07:07 The GPU ‘Power Ladder’
07:35 RX 6800 XT at 1080p 30fps
08:16 RTX 3070 at 1440p 30fps
09:34 RTX 3080 1440p VRR/1800p 30fps
11:47 The 30fps Cap: Good News and Bad News
12:42 GeForce Now 4080: The Cloud Experience
14:14 And Now, The Conclusion
